Municipalities

Municipalities are required to submit the following information as part of the Initial Report on or before September 30, 2021:

  1. The number of residents and residences in the eligible community.
  2. The municipality, local services board, First Nation or other entity that provides the WDTA blue box program and garbage collection in the eligible community.
  3. The contact information of the person responsible for waste management in the eligible community.
  4. The number of residences that received collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community.
  5. The criteria or conditions used to determine which facilities were included in the WDTA blue box program as of August 15, 2019.
  6. The number of facilities in the eligible community that received collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program.
  7. The number of blue box receptacles in a public space in the eligible community that receive collection under the WDTA blue box program.

The requirements for the Initial Report are set out in Section 54 of the regulation.

Detailed guidance on how to report to the Authority will be provided to all municipalities ahead of the reporting date.

The Transition Report is to be submitted no later than:

  • September 30, 2021 for municipalities transitioning in 2023
  • August 31, 2022 for municipalities transitioning in 2024
  • August 31, 2023 for municipalities transitioning in 2025

Municipalities are required to submit the following information as part of the Transition Report:

  1. The location of residences that receive curbside garbage collection in the eligible community.
  2. The location of residences that receive depot garbage collection in the eligible community.
  3. The location of every garbage depot collection site in the eligible community.
  4. The location of residences that receive curbside collection under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community.
  5. The location of residences that receive depot collection under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community.
  6. The location of facilities in the eligible community that receive collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program.
  7. A description of a method pursuant to which additional information about the addresses of residences and facilities in the eligible community that receive collection under its garbage collection program and the WDTA blue box program can be provided.
  8. The location of each blue box receptacle in a public space in the eligible community that received collection under the WDTA blue box program.
  9. A list of materials that are collected under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community.
  10. The frequency at which residences in the eligible community receive collection under the WDTA blue box program.
  11. The number of collection streams in the eligible community under the WDTA blue box program.
  12. The location of every depot collection site in the eligible community under the WDTA blue box program.
  13. The languages used for communications about the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community.

The requirements for the Transition Report are set out in Section 55 of the regulation.

Detailed guidance on how to report to the Authority will be provided to all municipalities ahead of the reporting dates.

If there is a change to the information submitted in either the Initial Report or Transition Report, the applicable local municipality or local services board is required to submit the updated information to the Authority through a Change Report. More information on how to submit a Change Report will be provided in the future.