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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
Background
Meeting with businesses
Downtown businesses: current waste needs
Working Group meetings
Local events and institutions: waste needs
Preferred options
Report to Council

Report to Council

October 1, 2025 - October 18, 2025

Staff reported back to Council though Information Report 2026-53 Solid Waste User Fee Study on January 30, 2026.

This report recommended implementing user fees no later than 2031 for the Downtown and pledged to revisit the topic with Council and the community closer to that time.

No recommendations were made to implement user fees to small institutional customers or event operators.

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