Give Waste a New Life: solid waste management master plan

The City of Guelph is updating the Solid Waste Management Master Plan to provide strategic direction for managing the city’s waste over the next 25 years. Through this update, we will be examining how new approaches in waste management and consumer trends will shape the future of waste management in Guelph, and how to improve our current waste management system for a more sustainable future.

We acknowledge that COVID-19 may have changed the way you think about the materials we use and how we manage waste. In some of the questions that follow, we ask you to reflect on your waste management patterns before the pandemic, while other questions ask you how your opinions may have changed as a result of the pandemic.

This survey will take approximately 8 minutes to complete.  Please share it with your friends and family! 

Be sure to visit our Give Waste a New Life multimedia webpage to learn more about the Solid Waste Management Master Plan, Guelph’s current system, our future needs, and the big challenges we are facing.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary. All individual responses will be kept confidential and will be used only for the purposes of helping to develop an updated strategy for waste management in Guelph. Non-identifiable summaries of responses may be developed and shared publicly. Personal information, as defined by Section 2 of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, and in accordance with the provisions of the MFIPPA. For questions regarding the collection, use and disclosure of this information please contact Phil Jensen, Project Specialist for Solid Waste Resources, at 519-822-1260 extension 2636 or by email at phil.jensen@guelph.ca. Accessible formats of this survey are available by contacting Solid Waste Resources directly at Solid Waste Resources 519-767-0598, or TTY: 519-826-9771. For more information about the Solid Waste Management Master Plan, visit guelph.ca/plans-and-strategies/solid-waste-management-master-plan.