Blue Box Recycling - Gananoque Transitions March 31st
Gananoque's blue box recycling program transitions March 31st and will be managed by Circular Materials, the administrator of the common collection system and a national not-for-profit organization that is committed to building an efficient and effective recycling system in Ontario.
Emterra Group will be the new contractor for your recycling curbside collection starting March 31st, 2025.
Emterra, Circular Materials and Town Staff are working together to make this a smooth transition. What you can recycle and alternate week schedules will not change.
Collection days will change March 31st - your current recycling day will move forward ONE day. Recycling collection east of Stone St will have Tuesday collection, while recycling collection west of Stone St will become Friday. This change works out well come March 31st as it means your recycling and garbage will go to the curb the same day. This will take effect March 31st.
Keep in mind there will be 2 different contractors – one for garbage and one for recycling.
We will do our very best to keep you in the loop along the way of this provincial transition. Visit www.gananoque.ca and www.circularmaterials.ca for more information.
Gananoque - Circular Materials Program
Circular Materials manages the packaging and paper extended producer responsibility program in Ontario.
Visit www.circularmaterials.ca/ON for detailed information about the program happening in Ontario.
The regulation for this program makes producers resident in Canada that supply packaging and paper to Ontario consumers fully financially and operationally responsible for their products and packaging at the end of life.
In July 2023 communities across Ontario began transitioning to the new framework, which will be fully implemented by 2026.
The Town of Gananoque transitions March 31, 2025.
What does this mean?
- The Town will no longer have the responsibility of managing the blue box recycling program
- The program will be managed by Circular Materials Ontario with the producers becoming fully financially and operationally responsible
- A contractor will collect the blue box recycling material at the curb as they do presently
- You will see a different contractor collecting your blue box recycling next year as the Town transitions
- Materials collected remain the same during transition (March 2025 to December 2025)
- Nothing changes for garbage, as this new program includes blue box recycling only
