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Technology Newsletter at CANMET-MMSL  From the July 1996 issue
Municipal Waste Diversion in Ontario  By Linda Varangu  Over the
past years we have seen a public awakening to the concerns of
managing solid waste. With total waste quantities generated
across the province of Ontario at around 10 000 000 tonnes per
year, the diversion of some of this waste would be welcome. The
public has been well served by local municipal waste diversion
programs such as recycling programs, household hazardous waste
programs, backyard composting programs, reuse centres, and
education on less wasteful and toxic alternatives. Through these
various programs, Ontario residents were able to divert an
estimated 900 000 tonnes from landfills in 1994, with
approximately 500 000 tonnes coming from the blue box program.
The blue box program has become an institution in households
across Onta