The Program

On September 17th, 1981 , the first ever, blue box recycling program was launched in Kitchener, Ontario. Today, more than 90% of Ontario's households have access to recycling programs and annually they divert more than 650,000 tonnes of secondary resource materials. The "blue box" program has expanded in various forms throughout Canada and to countries around the world such as the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia serving more than 40 million households in countries around the world.

The United Nations recognized Ontario's success by awarding the first ever United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Award jointly to Ontario Multi-Material Recycling Inc. (soft drink industry in Ontario), the provincial government and the Recycling Council of Ontario, on behalf of all Ontarians.

The Association's first blue box recycling program was launched on September 5, 1989. In fact, the Bluewater Recycling Association was founded to provide the blue box program to rural households.  It remains our primary focus as the cornerstone of the Association.

Today, our municipalities collect many recyclable items such as magazines, catalogues, soft and hard cover books, cardboard, boxboard, aluminium foil and trays, aerosol containers, paint cans, plastic bottles, plastic tubs and plastic film, as well as newspapers, metal cans and glass bottles and jars.  The Association processes over 2 million pounds of materials per month at its material recovery facility in Huron Park.

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