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Waste Management

City Council adopted a 10-year 70% waste diversion target in alignment with the 2013 Strategic Goal of Environmental Leadership. While progress has been made since 2013, the City will not meet the target by 2023.

Current waste diversion practices include curbside and multi-unit residential recycling, subscription food and yard waste collection, recycling and compost drop-off depots, and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) drop-off events.

These efforts currently achieve a 22% rate of diversion from the Saskatoon landfill.

The City is targeting 70% diversion by 2023, which will require substantial efforts including city-wide organics collection and processing, disposal bans, increased recycling programming, education and awareness, and usage fees for garbage.