Introducing Toronto’s new TOwaste App to Answer all Waste Management Questions
The City of Toronto has recently launched a new app to assist with the City’s waste disposal problem. Downloadable under the tag ‘TOwaste’, this app has been designed as an easy way to help Toronto take out its trash.
For residential waste management and pick-up, the new TOwaste app is a big deal. Free to download across iOS and Android platforms, the TOwaste app is a part of Toronto’s ongoing commitment to better waste management. The City’s Long Term Waste Management Strategy program came up with the TOwaste app as a means of supporting reuse and diversion here in the GTA.
Naturally, as a waste management company ourselves, Core Mini Bins was extremely pleased to see the development and release of this app. Any opportunity to increase waste diversion in Toronto is important, just because of the sheer amount of waste produced here in the region and the challenges faced in handling it. Upon downloading it, you’ll see there are many unique features to the TOwaste app that may catch your attention.
To begin with the TOwaste app, you’ll find a section identifying what trash goes into what bin. This helps to simplify the waste toss-out process for consumers and will hopefully minimize recycling cross-contamination which is evidently a huge problem. Any time cross-contamination happens in one of our blue bins, it has the likelihood of ruining everything in said bin that could have been recycled. Long-term, this is a simple way using minimal effort to bring down cross-contamination rates and thereby increase the amount we recycle.
Next, the TOwaste app allows a user to check into the Collection Schedule component which will show anyone their garbage pick-up schedule. A user can even get an advance notification on pick-up day regarding collection times. If you’re a residential or commercial space with day-time curbside collections, this is another key feature. Then, there’s the ‘Drop-off’ feature which is a map of all available drop-off and donation centres. Browsing local drop-off depots, you’ll find hours and types of waste accepted among other information. This is, again, great news as it serves to divert a percentage of landfill waste and providing it to organizations in need.
The TOwaste app is hardly the first time such an app has been launched in Canada. For example, there are similar apps launched for residents in Ottawa as well as in Vancouver, Victoria, and in select other cities.
That said, the willingness of Toronto to develop an app like this is a positive move. Now, anyone with a smartphone has instant access to show them what trash can be recycled, what isn’t recyclable, and when pick-up is their nearby region. Also, if you happen to have things like clothing, sports equipment, furniture, electronics, pet supplies, or tools, you’re able to search out donation centres across the GTA in this app with a simple tap and swipe!
As we hope for the best for the TOwaste app, if you have any questions not answered by the app, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Core Mini Bins. As experts in Toronto waste management, we would be happy to answer any queries and recommend a solution if it’s not already covered by municipal services. If you’re a residential or commercial customer in Toronto or the GTA seeking waste management, recycling, junk removal, or waste pick-up and disposal services, contact a representative today.
