{"id":221673,"date":"2026-01-07T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/221673\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:03:07","slug":"black-plastic-and-toothpaste-tubes-can-now-go-in-hamiltons-blue-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/221673\/","title":{"rendered":"Black plastic and toothpaste tubes can now go in Hamilton’s blue box"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hamilton residents can now put used toothpaste tubes and black plastic containers in the blue box, thanks to Ontario\u2019s new \u201cunified material list\u201d that came into effect on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOntario residents will be able to recycle the same and even more materials at home no matter where they live across Ontario,\u201d said Allen Langdon, chief executive officer of Circular Materials,\u00a0 the group tapped by the Ontario government to manage the province’s recycling system, in an email to CBC Hamilton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new unified material list in Ontario will make it easier for residents to recycle, improving recovery rates and benefiting both people and the environment.”<\/p>\n

The full list of what is recyclable is available at circularmaterials.ca\/recycleontario<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Circular Materials was founded by 17 of Canada\u2019s “leading food, beverage and consumer products manufacturers, restaurants and retailers,” including Coca-Cola Canada, McDonald’s and Loblaw Companies Limited, according to the company’s website.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with CBC\u2019s Ottawa Morning, Langdon explained that those companies will report to Circular Materials every year on the amount of packaging “they supply into the marketplace,” then pay fees based on those amounts and types.<\/p>\n

“There’s now an incentive to reduce because if they reduce the packaging, they’ll pay [fewer] fees and have [lower costs] for supporting the blue box program,” Langdon said.<\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s recycling program transitioned from the city\u2019s responsibility to that of Circular Materials last April. This process occurred over three years in a rolling fashion in different parts of the province, but was completed as of Jan. 1, said Langdon in the email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unified material list and new materials included are a great example of how extended producer responsibility advances innovation and improves environmental outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-221673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}