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A new report,\u00a0Protecting Scarborough\u2019s Success: How Contracting Out Could Harm Scarborough\u2019s Waste Diversion Performance, from the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) finds people living in Scarborough have nailed it when it comes to recycling, but that wouldn\u2019t necessarily be the case if garbage collection was privatized. The report had a big and immediate impact.\u00a0 On January 30, … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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A new report,\u00a0Protecting Scarborough\u2019s Success: How Contracting Out Could Harm Scarborough\u2019s Waste Diversion Performance<\/a>, from the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) finds people living in Scarborough have nailed it when it comes to recycling, but that wouldn\u2019t necessarily be the case if garbage collection was privatized.<\/p>\n

The report had a big and immediate impact.\u00a0 On January 30, 2017, the Toronto City Council voted against a plan to move forward with contracting out waste collection in Scarborough. One of the key questions that TEA brought to Council’s attention is why waste diversion (recycling and composting) rates are worse in districts served by private collectors.\u00a0 In a surprising turn of events at last week\u2019s Council meeting, Mayor Tory echoed TEA\u2019s advice and voted with a majority of Councillors to seek more information about what impact privatization might have on service levels and diversion rates in Scarborough.<\/p>\n

“City data shows Scarborough has the best recycling rates in the city. Our report shows how Scarborough\u2019s waste diversion performance could be harmed if Council rushes ahead and privatizes waste collection in Scarborough. The report makes it clear there are too many risks involved in contracting out waste collection in Scarborough. For example, the report provides many examples of private waste collectors in Toronto and across the GTA who have broken the rules and act in ways that harm recycling efforts of residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Emily Alfred Waste Campaigner for the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA)<\/p>\n

TEA Convinces Council to Get the Facts on Waste Diversion<\/a> – TEA, February 6, 2017<\/p>\n

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