Put Waste in the Right Place
Find out where and how to properly dispose of an item.
If you live and work in Hamilton, putting waste in the right place is the same when you're out and about as it is when you're at home.
Help keep valuable recyclables out of our one and only landfill. Water bottles, pop cans and juice cartons are a few of the containers that can be recycled.
Make sure candy wrappers, coffee cups & lids, cigarette waste and fast food containers, like Styrofoam and black plastic, go in the garbage and don’t end up as litter in our beautiful parks, trails and roadways.
Put waste in the right place!
Cigarette Litter Initiatives
Hamilton Butt Blitz 2023
On Saturday, June 3, 2023, fourteen volunteers collected a total of 13,371 cigarette butts from Hamilton.
What does this mean?
- Approximately 670 packs of cigarettes were collected
- 200 Million strands of plastic were kept out of our waters and ecosystems
- 2.7 kg of plastic was removed from the streets of Hamilton
Thanks you so much for coming out to help! We couldn't have this kind of impact without all the helping hands of our volunteers. It is truly inspiring to see the change that can be made by a group of individuals working towards a common goal. Your local community and environment is cleaner all thanks to you!
Cigarette butt litter is a difficult issue to address, it is estimated that around 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are improperly disposed of every year. They contain chemicals and plastics that have harsh impacts on our drinking water and vital ecosystems. However, it is volunteers like you, that are passionate about making a change, that can help fight this issue.
Collection Totals by Location
Location | Total |
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Downtown BIA | 7,955 |
Concession Street | 1,775 |
Green Venture | 1,570 |