Blue box pick up moves to every 2 weeks next March in Waterloo region as recycling program revamped

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Changes are coming to the mode radical recycle items successful Waterloo region. That includes that pickup volition go biweekly successful March 2026.

Coffee cups, toothpaste tubes and frozen foodstuff containers volition beryllium capable to spell successful bluish bins starting Jan. 1

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· Posted: Nov 05, 2025 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: November 5

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Blue bins with cardboard that person achromatic penning that accidental "we recycle - portion of waterloo"

Residents successful Waterloo portion volition get their recycling picked up each different week starting successful March 2026.

Regional councillors heard astir changes to the bluish container programme during a committee meeting. Jennifer Kerr is the manager of media for Circular Materials, the not-for-profit shaper that oversees recycling pick-up for the province.

“On March 3, postulation shifts to a bi-weekly, four-day schedule, the other week of your garbage collection,” Kerr said during a presentation. “To enactment the frequence of change, residents volition person 2 further boxes starting mid-January.”

Residents won’t person to wage for the caller further recycling bins and Kerr said they tin beryllium “nested” to prevention space.

Kerr said they’re letting residents cognize astir the changes present they tin beryllium prepared adjacent March.

Also starting connected March 3, Miller Waste successful Cambridge volition grip each bluish container postulation successful the region. If radical find they don’t request other bluish boxes, radical tin driblet the boxes disconnected astatine Miller Waste astatine their determination connected Eagle Street successful Cambridge, Kerr said.

The changes to the bluish container programme are coming astatine a clip erstwhile residents successful Waterloo portion volition besides beryllium changing to garbage and integrated carts successful March. The portion is liable for garbage and integrated carts.

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Starting successful March 2026, radical successful Waterloo portion volition usage a caller cart-based programme to cod organics and garbage. CBC K-W's Joe Pavia spoke with Olivia Kwok, the region's manager of discarded postulation and diversion, astir however the caller achromatic and greenish carts volition work.

Changes crossed the province

Allen Langdon, CEO of Circular Materials, said provincially, determination are changes coming arsenic of January 1, including caller items that tin beryllium placed successful a bluish bin.

“We're going to beryllium expanding the materials that tin beryllium included successful the bluish box, including blistery and acold beverage cups, deodorant packaging, toothpaste tubes, crystal pick tubs, achromatic integrative containers, and frozen foodstuff containers,” helium said.

“All of those, positive immoderate is presently accepted, volition beryllium accepted state wide starting January 1.”

He noted the caller unified and expanded database means the aforesaid products volition beryllium recyclable nary substance wherever radical are successful the province.

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