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The City is updating its 2014 solid waste management master plan, exploring new and innovative ways we can support our growing community's waste management needs.
We're looking at how new approaches in waste management and consumer trends will shape the future of waste management in Guelph, and how we can improve our current system for a more sustainable future.
Guelph is proud to be a leader in waste management. We need to continue to work together to build on Guelph’s leadership in reducing waste to create a plan that meets our needs today and tomorrow.
Your input is an important part of this process.
To learn more about the City’s current system, current challenges and future directions, view our interactive multimedia webpage.
The City is updating its 2014 solid waste management master plan, exploring new and innovative ways we can support our growing community's waste management needs.
We're looking at how new approaches in waste management and consumer trends will shape the future of waste management in Guelph, and how we can improve our current system for a more sustainable future.
Guelph is proud to be a leader in waste management. We need to continue to work together to build on Guelph’s leadership in reducing waste to create a plan that meets our needs today and tomorrow.
Your input is an important part of this process.
To learn more about the City’s current system, current challenges and future directions, view our interactive multimedia webpage.
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.
By 2050 the weight of all plastics in the ocean could be greater than the total weight of all fish.
What does the City’s existing waste management system look like now?
How do we compare to other jurisdictions?
Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
How will the City and the waste management industry change in the next 25 years?
How can we eliminate/reduce single-use plastics?
Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
What changes to our waste management system should we consider?
How should we evaluate options?
How do we measure performance?
What is the cost and how should we pay for the future system?
Summer 2020 - Fall 2020
What are the potential environmental, social and financial impacts of each option?
Fall 2020 - Winter 2021
Which options will be carried forward?
When will the options be implemented?
Spring 2021
Project Specialist, Environmental Services, Solid Waste Services, City of Guelph
Phone | 519-822-1260 extension 2636 |
phil.jensen@guelph.ca |
Manager Business and Technical Services, Environmental Services, Solid Waste Services,City of Guelph
Phone | 519-822-1260 x 2082 |
heather.connell@guelph.ca |
Associate, Community Engagement, Dillon Consulting Limited
mboyco@dillon.ca |
Associate, Professional Engineer, Dillon Consulting Limited
bvarghese@dillon.ca |