Waste Strategies - Engagement
Waste Strategies - Engagement
Engagement Opportunities
See the Resident's Survey Feedback Report and the Building Owner/Manager Survey Feedback Report for the Apartment/Condo Food Waste Diversion engagement, which ran from Jan. 18 to Feb. 8. Please note the survey for building owners/managers had previously run in November 2020 and was reopened to accept further input during this period.
Community engagements:
- Winter 2021: From Jan. 18 to Feb. 8 the City surveyed residents of apartments/condos (with seven or more units) -- and re-opened a similar survey for building owners/managers -- about the option of making use of the Green Bin program/food waste diversion mandatory.
- Fall 2020: The City is consulting directly with owners/managers of multi-residential buildings with seven or more residential unit about the option of making use of the Green Bin program mandatory. Download the feedback report on the first Food Waste Diversion Survey sent directly to building managers. This survey was reopened and closed at 4 p.m. on Feb. 8.
- Fall 2019: View the feedback report from the 2019 Waste Strategies engagement. Thanks to all who offered input on household waste diversion strategies being considered at one of these four open houses that took place around the city:
- West: 5-7 p.m. Sept. 18 – INVISTA Centre, 1350 Gardiners Rd. Enjoy a FREE skate from 5:30-6:30 p.m.!
- East: 5-7 p.m. Sept. 24 – École Sir John A. Macdonald School, 529 St. Martha St.
- Central: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 1 – John Deutsch University Centre, 99 University Ave.
- North: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 9 – Rideau Heights Community Centre, 85 MacCauley St.
- Produced to support the above open houses, this two-minute Inside Our City video offers an overview of our Waste Strategies project.
- Fall 2019: View the feedback report from the 2019 Waste Strategies engagement.
- Sept. 18 to Oct. 18, 2019: residents could also review the presentation and take a survey at GetInvolved.CityofKingston.ca. The survey closed at 4 p.m. on Oct. 18.
- Summer 2019: Opportunities for input on diversion strategies at community events a to gather input toward developing a list of recommended strategies.
- Late May/early June: Stakeholder meetings and focus group/workshops in to develop a list of waste strategies for further engagement.
- See what the City heard at June 5-6 focus groups about proposed strategies to divert more waste in this feedback report.
Want to know how engagement opportunities are being used to advance this project? See the Latest Updates page.