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Recycling in Ontario

Learn more about Ontario’s enhanced recycling system.

Find your local recycling information

Type your community name to find more information about your recycling program. If your community is not listed, please refer to your community’s website for recycling information.

Your recycling program

Circular Materials, Ryse Solutions, H2 Compliance and EnvironFocus Incorporated are the producer responsibility organizations that are operating Ontario’s new common collection system.

In June 2021, the Province of Ontario released the Blue Box Regulation to shift the financial and operational responsibility of recycling from municipalities to the organizations that produce packaging, paper and packaging–like products.

Between July 2023 and December 2025, the responsibility for Ontario’s Blue Box program will transition to producers. Learn more here.

Circular Materials is the producer responsibility organization that is responsible for implementing and managing the new extended producer responsibility recycling system in Ontario.

 

 

Why Recycle?

By recycling, you make a difference. 

Your recyclables – once collected, sorted and processed – can be used again and again, coming back into your home as another product or packaging! 

By recycling, you help protect our environment and conserve our planet’s natural resources. 

Recycling in action

Latest news

Attendees at Circular Materials event in New Brunswick

May 1, 2025

Circular Materials celebrates the expansion of recycling across New Brunswick

This latest phase extends recycling to multi-family residences, schools and communities that were previously depot-based or without any recycling services. With this expansion, all communities in New Brunswick now have curbside recycling. 

landscape image of Yukon territory

April 21, 2025

Key milestone reached in the Yukon’s transition to extended producer responsibility

On February 1, 2025, the Government of Yukon’s Department of Environment approved the Yukon Stewardship Plan for Packaging, Paper and Single-Use Products. This marks a significant milestone for the Yukon’s transition to full extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper products, set to launch on November 1, 2025.

April 16, 2025

Circular Materials joins the Circular Plastics Taskforce

The Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT) announced the expansion of its membership with the addition of Circular Materials on April 16, 2025.