Recycling and Organics Collection Up in Niagara

Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:50

By Linda Morgan

Region says green bin usage up 24 percent.

The Niagara Region is acknowledging local residents for their increased use of the Green Bin.

Since switching to every-other-week curbside collection a year ago, the Region says Green Bin tonnage is 24 percent higher.

Meanwhile, officials say recycling has increased by about 8 percent, and garbage tonnage is down by almost 16 percent.

On October 19th, 2020, Niagara Region switched to every-other-week garbage collection, with green, blue and grey bins collected every week.

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