Ottawa households generate less waste leading up to new 3-item garbage limit, statistics show [Video]

There was a decrease in the amount of waste heading to the City of Ottawa’s landfill in the two months leading up to the city’s new three-item garbage limit.

As of Monday, households are limited to three items of trash every two weeks as part of a plan to extend the life of the Trail Road Landfill to 2049.  Ottawa is phasing in enforcement of the new garbage limit, with warnings issued in October and full enforcement of the three-item limit starting in December.

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Statistics provided to CTV News Ottawa show 10,655 tonnes of garbage was sent to the landfill in September, compared to 10,645 tonnes in September 2023.

 In August, households sent 11,017 tonnes of waste of the landfill, down 7.7 per cent from the 11,931 tonnes of waste produced in August 2023.

The …