Montreal: Zero Waste by 2030

Why: 

• meet UN greenhouse emissions goals
• encourage the market to use greener products 
• encourage citizens to change their consumption habits
• improve how the city handles waste

Individual Responsibility: Each Montreal citizen would need to reduce their waste by 20 lbs/year.

The Plan: 

• public hearings to decide appropriateness of single-use items easier 
• reuse & donation of materials
• modernize  waste pickup 
• incrementally ban the throwing out of organic waste
• improve composting facilities
• reduce garbage pick-up

Cost: $8 million/year from 2020 to 2025 but the city estimates a $10 million savings in the cost or waste management

CBC | How the City of Montreal plans to go ‘zero waste’