BRAMPTON, Ont. – Oct 14, 2025. Beginning January 1, 2026, Peel Region, along with other Ontario municipalities, will transfer responsibility for their recycling programs to Circular Materials, a national not-for-profit organization. While the service provider for recycling will shift on January 1, Peel residents will continue to use their current blue recycling bin. There will also be no change to recycling collection days or schedule.
There is no action required at this time from residents.
This change comes as part of the Ontario government’s shift to an Extended Producer Responsibility model, which makes producers, the companies that create recyclable packaging, fully responsible for funding and managing recycling programs.
As of January 1, Circular Materials will take over the operation of the residential recycling program on behalf of producers across Ontario. While the recycling collection program will be managed by Circular Materials, Green For Life Environmental (GFL) will be the official collection contractor in Peel for recycling material.
Peel Region remains the source for information on recycling until the end of this year and residents are encouraged to continue to visit peelregion.ca/waste for all waste collection information, including information related to the upcoming change to recycling. For more information about Circular Materials, visit circularmaterials.ca