"Premier Doug Ford says he will make changes to residential recycling collection if needed after the province's newly privatized system had a rough start in Toronto, with some full blue bins sitting uncollected as of Monday. "The company that's doing it, make no mistake, if it doesn't work, we'll change it," Ford told reporters. "If it's not working, plain and simple, let's make the changes continuous improvement. But we're going to do well, folks, I'm feeling positive.""
"Blue bin collection was taken away from Toronto as part of a provincial regulation designed to shift responsibility for recycling from the city to producers of blue box materials. The change, which means city workers are no longer picking up blue bins, took effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Circular Materials, a private company, has taken over collection of recyclables for single-family homes, most multi-residential buildings, schools, long-term care facilities and retirement homes."
A provincial regulation effective Jan. 1, 2026 shifted responsibility for blue-box recycling from the City of Toronto to producers, and a private company, Circular Materials, assumed residential collection. Circular Materials covers single-family homes, most multi-residential buildings, schools, long-term care and retirement homes, while commercial and certain institutional collections remain unchanged. Initial special post-holiday pickup dates were missed in multiple Toronto neighbourhoods, leaving full blue bins uncollected across areas east and west of Yonge Street. Premier Doug Ford said the contractor will be changed if the system does not work. Councillor Josh Matlow reported resident complaints and called the privatization a mistake.
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