On September 10, City Council approved the 25-year Waste Strategy.

What's in the Strategy?

The Strategy will help the City reach its goal of 90% waste diversion from landfill. We’re bringing Edmonton into alignment with internationally-recognized best practices, putting more emphasis on the whole waste management hierarchy with prevention of waste as the best option.

Here's what we're going to do:

Adopt a Zero Waste Framework

Expand source separated organics (the Edmonton Cart Rollout) citywide

Enforce volume limits on residual garbage

Support the move of the multi-unit residential sector and the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional sector to implement a Source Separated Organics Program, effective fall 2022.

Cease commercial collections

Shift programming to support and inspire community-based waste reduction initiatives

Participate in efforts to promote Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies

Enact a process to restrict and better manage single-use plastics/disposables in Edmonton by January 2021

Read the full reports.

What's next?

The City will immediately begin to wind down commercial collections. Next spring, 4-stream waste collection will begin a phased implementation.

Keep watching this page for updates.