When residents in Oshawa mill about at the city’s facilities and government buildings, they are usually forced to throw apple cores, soda cans, and other waste items in regular garbage receptacles, instead of the required blue or green bin.

This often leads to problems in recycling and segregating waste to minimize pollution and trash buildup.

However, that problem might be solved if Oshawa’s city council chooses to add “multi-sort containers”, which have areas for recyclables and organics, to municipal buildings.
Councilors and government officials discussed the idea on January 19, going over reports on how much the containers would cost, and recommendations of a 4-month dry run at the Legends Centre.

The multi-sort containers are designed with a slot for paper materials, one for soda cans and liquid bottles, one for organic waste like fruit peels & the like, and finally another one for regular trash.

Oshawa Councilors Joe Kolodzie hopes that the bins take off, leading to city-wide distribution in the future. And while these multi-sort containers come at a price, the savings the city would make on recycling and segregating waste materials would also be significant, he added.

Council will come to a final decision on the first day of February.