Mandatory waste reporting for businesses now open

The City of Lethbridge is reminding businesses, organizations and institutions to submit their annual mandatory waste diversion report for 2024.

The free and easy-to-use online system is now open for waste reporting and takes less than five minutes to complete. Reports must be submitted by January 31, 2025.

Lethbridge is home to more than 2,900 businesses, institutions and private organizations. Whether large, small, family-owned, part of a national corporation, for-profit or charitable, these establishments all fall under the Mandatory Recycling and Organics provisions within the City of Lethbridge’s Waste Bylaw 6146. Home-based businesses are excluded from the mandatory requirements of the bylaw as they follow residential waste, recycling and organics requirements. 

Historically, the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector has represented nearly two-thirds of all landfilled waste in Lethbridge each year. Mandatory reporting for businesses exists as part of the City’s Waste Management Master Plan, which aims to increase the landfill diversion rate and reduce business waste. 

To access the free tools and resources designed to assist with these requirements, including the online waste report submission portal, go to lethbridge.ca/businesswaste.

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