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Solid waste user fee study

Change is coming to Downtown waste collection! 

The provincial Blue Box Regulation has changed how recycling is operated and Guelph’s own Downtown Renewal Program will bring in enhanced waste infrastructure over the next decade. 

A Council-approved user fee Study is underway in 2025 to determine how industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) waste collection may continue and how it can be fairly and sustainably funded through these changes. 

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Who's Listening

Roberston Reid, Project Manager Solid Waste Resources, rob.reid@guelph.ca

Tracy Suerich, Community Engagement Advisor, City of Guelph, tracy.suerich@guelph.ca

Phases

Phases overview
Phase 1: Background
Background
Phase 2: Meeting with businesses
Meeting with businesses
Phase 3: Downtown businesses: current waste needs
Downtown businesses: current waste needs
Phase 4: Working Group meetings
Working Group meetings
Phase 5: Local events and institutions: waste needs
Local events and institutions: waste needs
Phase 6: Preferred options
Preferred options
Phase 7: Report to Council
Report to Council

Local events and institutions: waste needs

July 1, 2025 4:00 AM - July 25, 2025 4:00 AM

We're back to hear from organizations who host public special events on city lands and smaller institutions like churches and non-profit agencies throughout Guelph.

The necessary changes for waste collection will impact how you dispose of recycling too. We want to hear about your needs as we develop alternatives to present to council later this year.


Please take just 2 minutes to complete the survey that applies to you:

Small institutions survey

Special events survey

Events

Past events