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Climate Change & the Environment

Waste and recycling platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Waste and recycling.
We don't have any ONDP policies on Waste and recycling.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Waste and recycling.

Green
  • Expand the federal list of banned single-use plastics to include water bottles, coffee cups, and other unnecessary packaging
  • Expand Deposit Return to non-alcoholic beverage containers
  • Ban food waste from landfills or incinerators and expand food waste collection to all municipalities across the province
  • Set required minimum use of recycled aggregates in infrastructure projects
  • Provide research and education funding to improve re-engineering and re-use of reclaimed concrete

    "Set required minimum use of recycled aggregates in infrastructure projects as well as providing research and education funding to ensure that all reclaimed concrete material can be re-engineered and re-used as effectively as possible" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Create a community fund to support tool sharing libraries and repair programmes

    "Create a community fund to support tool sharing libraries and repair programs to help people save money and reduce waste" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Introduce a Circular Economy Act to support reuse, repair, and recycling jobs and businesses

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