Public Works Committee approves Updates to the City of Hamilton Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and... 11-0

The update was required to address serviceability issues increasingly encountered in small infill and intensification developments. It reflected new waste programs, operational practices, and diversion requirements, and supported the efficient servicing of new development across Hamilton.

The Plan updated guiding principles to direct future work, 11 short-term action items, three long-term action items, and multiple enabling initiatives designed to increase the City’s waste diversion rate, modernize waste collection, and extend the life of the Glanbrook Landfill. The Plan will remain responsive to regulatory changes, service requirements, technological developments, and community needs.

Municipal Waste Collection Services were the standard service model for eligible developments, and where a development consisted of a single dwelling or building type, the service provided by the City was consistent across the entire development. The Waste Management Plan should identify the waste-related design considerations for the development, and the applicable waste collection method and design requirements would be determined by the City on a case-by-case basis. This might increase pressure on municipalities to provide voluntary services or work with developers to include recycling requirements during development approvals. The next step in the SWMMP update process was the development of the full SWMMP document.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Updates to the City of Hamilton Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and Collection (City Wide) (Spadafora/Beattie) That Report PW26052, dated May 25, 2026, respecting Updates to the City of Hamilton Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and Collection (City Wide), BE RECEIVED, and the following recommendations, BE APPROVED: (a) That the updated “City of Hamilton Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and Collection”, as detailed in Appendix “A” to report PW26052, BE APPROVED; (b) That staff BE DIRECTED to apply the updated “City of Hamilton Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and Collection”, to all new development applications and requests for collection received by the City, upon Council approval; and (c) That staff BE DIRECTED to report back to the Waste Management Sub Committee annually on the number of development applications in each ward that have not been designed to receive municipal waste collection.

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