Circular Materials wrote to provide an update on their recent communication to Peel Region residents on recycling material overflow collection.
In our communication, we have asked residents to place all recyclables loose in their recycling bin to support collection starting March 1, 2026. This includes not leaving extra materials outside of the bin.
We recognize that there are residents that consistently experience a high volume of recycling during their collection cycles. In these cases, residents can request an additional recycling container for free through our website. The request form, together with considerations, can be found here. It is important to note that additional recycling containers are to support residents that consistently exceed recycling volume and are not intended for occasional material surplus. For occasional material surplus we ask that residents hold onto their material until the next collection cycle.
Completed application forms will be reviewed to support the need with residents notified on next steps. While we are committed to responding to additional recycling cart requests in a timely manner, it may take up to or over 30 days to process the request based on volumes and Canadian supply chain constraints.
We do appreciate this is a change to previous practices.
To support residents with this change and delivery timelines, we will continue to collect additional recycling overflow until the end of May 2026. After this time and starting June 1, 2026, additional material will need to be placed in the recycling bin for collection.