Starting Jan 1, 2026 Circular Materials (the primary Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) in Ontario, will not allow blended collection (from eligible / non-eligible sources).
Not all Ontario municipalities collect recyclables from non-eligible sources, as this is not mandated under the Municipal Act. The chart below shows municipalities that are currently providing recycling collection and are making decisions.
Chart taken from the Niagars Region PW Committee Report PW 8-2025 March 4, 2025
A number of BIAs and Municipalities have written to the Province to advocate for co-mingling of recyclables. Thank you to Downtown Beamsville BIA, Timmins, St Catharines Downtown Association, Thorold BIA, Whitby BIA, and Picton for your advocacy.
Best Practice: make sure to cc OBIAA ([email protected]) on your correspondence so that OBIAA can add support to your correspondence.
If you have been advocating regarding this matter or if your BIA is impacted please let us know by emailing [email protected]
Petition
The Niagara Regional BIAs have created a petition that they are encouraging their members and community members to sign (physically). If you would like to share this petition with your members please click the link below to download and print the petition.
Petitions will need to be collected and submitted as one package.
Please mail any completed petitions to OBIAA at
4996 Beam St, Basement,
PO Box 1146,
Beamsville, ON
L0R 1B0.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Rachel at [email protected]
Letter to the Minister
OBIAA has submitted a letter to the Minister of the Environment, the letter can be viewed below. This letter can be used as a template for your own letter or you are welcome to share it with your local MPP to show your support.
