{"id":61884,"date":"2025-10-08T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/61884\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:06:09","slug":"these-big-recycling-changes-are-set-for-january-in-windsor-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/61884\/","title":{"rendered":"These big recycling changes are set for January in Windsor-Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in January, there will be a new, single-stream recycling system in Windsor-Essex.<\/p>\n<p>That means you\u2019ll get a big blue cart dropped off at your house over the next few weeks. It will be similar to a Herby Curby and the new green bins that were dropped off in front of homes this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This means you won\u2019t have to sort all of your recyclables and put them into different red and blue boxes. Collection will remain biweekly across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese carts will help simplify recycling, reduce litter and provide increased storage capacity,\u201d said Allen Langdon, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularmaterials.ca\/resident-communities\/essex-windsor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Circular Materials<\/a> \u2014 a Toronto-based non-profit company in charge of Ontario\u2019s new recycling system for packaging and paper products.<\/p>\n<p>The actual recycling pickups are being farmed out to the service provider, GFL Environmental in Windsor-Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Ontarians will be able to recycle the same way \u2014 and include even more materials \u2014 no matter where they live.<\/p>\n<p>Some newer items includes hot and cold beverage cups, deodorant and toothpaste tubes, plastic ice cream tubs, black plastic containers and frozen juice containers.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll continue to accept paper, cardboard, newspaper and catalogues, cartons, plastic containers, metal containers, and glass bottles and jars.<\/p>\n<p>Some items you still won&#8217;t be able to put out for recycling are diapers, ceramics, toys and books.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture of a blue recycling bin on wheels plus some recycling tips listed off to the side.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759950369_242_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6430260047281324\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Blue bins circulated across Windsor-Essex by Circular Materials. (Circular Materials)<\/p>\n<p>Circular Materials recommends ensuring recyclables are separated from garbage and organic materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also suggests bundling flattened cardboard and keeping things clean, dry and loose, whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>During snowy weather, it recommends placing the cart on a shovelled surface at the end of the driveway \u2014 and not on the street or on top of a snowbank.<\/p>\n<p>Carts are to be placed with the wheels away from the curb, with the lid opening to the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting in January, there will be a new, single-stream recycling system in Windsor-Essex. That means you\u2019ll get a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-61884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}