Get Help Writing Recycling Contracts

Writing a Request for Proposal for recycling collection or recycling processing services can be daunting. CIF now offers a searchable database and model documents tool that municipal staff can use to make this process easier and less time-consuming.

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Considering Carts for Single or Multi-family Recycling?

CIF can coordinate a joint tender to procure carts for single family or multi-family recycling cost effectively. With this approach, we’re able to achieve economies of scale that might otherwise elude smaller programs or those that are making smaller orders.

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Thinking about Adding Plastics?
Additional capacity for plastic packaging recycling in Ontario means these markets are capable of taking your existing blue box plastics and more. You can improve your diversion by adding plastics or increasing the range of 3 to 7 plastics you already collect. Check out the 2011 funding programs CIF has developed to help you.

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CIF Can Help You Maximize Your Best Practices Funding
Municipalities need up-to-date waste management and promotion and education plans to answer 'yes' to some WDO Datacall Best Practices questions. Answering 'yes' increases your blue box funding. CIF has funding programs and tools to help you put plans in place.

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CIF Resources & Tools That Save Time & Help Municipalities Meet Best Practices

P&E Help for
Small Municipalities

Find an online tool to help small municipalities develop a best practice P&E plan plus access funding to produce and distribute print communication. Read More

Improving Capacity in
Multi-Unit Recycling

In 2011, CIF will fund a best practice measure to evaluate and implement improved capacity in multi-family buildings. This includes funding additional collection bins. Read More

Contracts Database
Simplifies Tendering

Searchable database of model collection and processing RFPs helps municipalities meet best practice in procuring collection and process services. Read More

ABOUT US

CIF was created to help Ontario municipalities undertake best practices initiatives to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of blue box recycling programs.
Program funding is derived by setting aside a percentage of the fees that companies contribute to municipalities as their share of the cost of operating Ontario's blue box programs.