The City of Toronto has a goal to divert 70% of waste from landfill. By achieving this goal, the City will recycle enough Blue Bin materials to save 900 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, enough to supply all the electrical needs for 170,000 homes.

To achieve this diversion rate, a number of initiatives are being pursued. In addition to improved Blue Bin and Green Bin Recycling and re-use programs, the City will need to build a waste processing facility to divert 75,000 tonnes per year of recyclable and compostable materials from the residential mixed waste stream. The interim name being used for the proposed facility is Green Lane Resources.

To learn more about the City’s efforts, as well as selection criteria and comments from public consultations, please see the full Green Lane Resources Update.