Beginning in late November, residents of Wawa will see the introduction of a new curbside residential recycling program, and the distribution of four new blue boxes. The new program will provide residents with a convenient way to recycle all
\naccepted materials at the curb. Recycling collection will occur every other week on the same day as residents\u2019 garbage pick-up.<\/p>\n
New blue boxes are currently being delivered to households in Wawa, in advance of the program launch.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe introduction of the new curbside recycling program is an important step forward for Wawa and our residents. This program will make recycling more convenient, provide opportunities to divert more waste from our landfill, and support a cleaner, more sustainable community for future generations,” said the Municipality of Wawa Mayor, Melanie Pilon. “We appreciate the collaboration with Circular Materials in bringing this program to Wawa and encourage all residents to take advantage of the new service and do their part to reduce waste.\u201d<\/p>\n
Program Highlights:
\n\u2022 New blue boxes are currently being delivered to Wawa households.
\n\u2022 Residents can begin using their new blue boxes when the new curbside recycling program launches November 17, 2026.
\n\u2022 Information on how to set out materials including sorting containers and fibres is included with new blue boxes.
\n\u2022 Recycling collection will happen every other week and will be collected on the same day of the week as resident garbage collection.
\n\u2022 Residents will receive four blue boxes for use with the new curbside recycling program.
\n\u2022 Residents can find the full list of materials accepted for recycling at circularmaterials.ca\/recycleontario.<\/p>\n
On January 1, 2026, Circular Materials introduced a unified and expanded material list for Ontario allowing residents to recycle more materials through the province’s Blue Box program.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to bring the new curbside recycling program to the Municipality of Wawa,\u201d said Allen Langdon, CEO, Circular Materials. \u201cAs we continue to advance Ontario\u2019s new Blue Box recycling program, including introducing new communities and new materials accepted for recycling, we are committed to delivering tangible results that benefit residents, communities and the environment. We thank the Municipality of Wawa and residents for their participation and engagement with the residential recycling program.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blue box collection process<\/strong> Residents are reminded that recycling is collected every other week. Blue boxes should be used for accepted recyclable materials only and set out according to the collection requirements provided to residents. Residents should sort their materials into containers and fibres. Information to assist with sorting will be contained in the boxes when they are delivered.<\/p>\n Each blue box delivered will include information explaining how to properly prepare and set out recycling for collection.<\/p>\n Information for residents<\/strong> Circular Materials and the Municipality of Greenstone will support residents throughout the program rollout with online information and additional communications to help residents understand the new collection system, accepted materials and blue box requirements.<\/p>\n For questions about recycling collection, residents can contact the local recycling collection service provider, Emterra, at customercareont@emterra.ca or 1-888-597-1541.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beginning in late November, residents of Wawa will see the introduction of a new curbside residential recycling program, and the distribution of four new blue boxes. The new program will provide residents with a convenient way to recycle all accepted materials at the curb. Recycling collection will occur every other week on the same day …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-24 09:54:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87295,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87294\/revisions\/87295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe new blue boxes will be used by residents to prepare and set out accepted recyclable materials for curbside collection.<\/p>\n
\nResidents can expect to receive information about the new recycling program included with their blue box. The information will outline the program start date, blue box set-out requirements, sorting and general recycling tips.<\/p>\n