4.2 Tires  

In 2019, EWSWA like all other municipalities transitioned their tire recycling program early in the year from the Ontario Tire Stewardship Used Tires Program to the Used Tire program under Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA). RPRA’s goal is to support a waste-free Ontario, where all resources are reused and recycled through the new Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) framework. This is due to the Tires Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) that designated tires as the first material under Ontario’s IPR framework to transition.

While automotive tire recycling is now offered at many locations across Essex-Windsor, EWSWA does still collect and recycle used tires through the new RPRA program. In 2019, RPRA Datacall resulted in diversion of approximately 2,830.90 tonnes of used tires in the Essex-Windsor area.

4.3 Scrap Metal 

There are 40-yard roll off bins located at the Public Drop-off Depot for collection of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal material. The metals are sold through a competitive bid process to local scrap dealers. In 2019, approximately 588.08 tonnes of metals were collected and recycled. While the Authority does not advertise that it accepts other metal household objects besides steel cans in the blue box program, the Authority does receive and does try to capture any metal objects which are called “mixed metal”. An additional 71.86 tonnes of mixed metals were received in 2019 for a total of 660 tonnes of scrap metal.

4.4 Electronics Recycling

Under contract to the Authority, Greentec supplies roll off bins for the collection of electronics at the Authority’s Public Drop-off Depots. EWSWA staff place the electronic items from the public in these bins. In 2019, a total of 316.61 tonnes of computers, televisions, audio visual equipment, and various electronic items were collected through the Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) stewardship program. Based on a residual portion of 20%, the total electronics recycled was approximately 253.29 tonnes.