Reduce Waste
Upcoming REUSE Activities Around the Village
LVRA to host another Liberate Your Locker on May 23!
This Liberty Village REmarket event is back by popular demand!
Help your neighbors REduce and save items from the landfill. Come out on Saturday May 23rd to shop (don’t forget to bring cash).
Use Spring Cleaning as an excuse to brig out all the under-used items taking up space in your storage lockers, closet and home. Look out on LVRA’s social media for posts on how to sign-up to rent a table for the day.
Excess waste in condos creates excess charges for buildings
Toronto households living in condos generate much more garbage compared to those living in single family homes. Multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) generate 70 per cent more waste than single family homes in Toronto, which is not only wasteful but costly to buildings and ultimately residents. Toronto levies charges to each MURB for garbage that exceeds a specific threshold—which it always does if you’re the average condo in Liberty Village.
The FAQs below provides some resources and information for disposing, donating, repairing and recycling.
Waste & Disposal FAQs
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The City of Toronto has a Waste Wizard search tool where you can input an item and the application will give you information about the waste sorting mechanism used in Toronto. Waste Wizard can also be downloaded as an app on your phone.
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Yes, there are several retailers that accept items that do not belong in the Blue Bin!
Organic Garage - accepts used batteries at the entrance to the store.
Winners - accepts small plastics and metals from make-up and beauty products. Look for the Pact Program box in the store.
Toxic Taxi - your property manager can place a request through 311 for a Toxic Taxi pickup for certain types of household hazardous waste as long as it over 10 kg but under 50 kg.
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Through Diabetes Canada you can schedule a pick-up for textiles, small household items and books.
Free Geek will also give your donated electronics a second life, located nearby at 180 Sudbury St.
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Yes!
Creative Reuse is an arts an environmental organization where you can book time for repairs or donate items at 68 Abell St.
Repair Café opens on most Sunday afternoons within the Creative Reuse location at 68 Abell St. and offers repair services for small appliances, clothing and other items at a pay-what-you-can rate.
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The City of Toronto offers free training and support through the 3R Ambassador Program to support your multi-unit residential building. The 3Rs= reduce, reuse, recycle!
