Welcome to Green Venture's Waste Website!

We live by the Three R’s

Reduce
This is first for a reason. We must always think before buying items and reduce the amount of waste we needlessly purchase. This can also be called Precycling, or some people refer to this first step as Refuse!

Reuse Everything

...and then Recycle
If you have no other options, then please recycle or use your Green Cart.

About 90-95% of the waste you create can go into Blue Boxes, or the Green Cart. You can reduce your waste by properly sorting your waste and putting it in the right place; this keeps it out of the landfill.

Waste Website Features:

Davis Creek Clean-up 2012 report

Green Venture partnered with the City of Hamilton in October 2012 to help improve our local neighbourhood. As part of My Green Adventures, Green Venture staff and volunteers organized a creek clean-up of the Davis Creek. The waste was then analysed and a report produced. Click here for more information. 

Holiday-Wise

Click here for great tips on how to limit your waste over the holidays.

Virtual Tours

A series of how-to guides for many Waste-related programs in Hamilton

Composting

Backyard Composting
Vermicomposting

Tips and other links to composting options

Hazardous Waste in Your Household

What is it- Where to Get Rid of it

Sustainable Flooring

Environmentally-friendly options for floors

Habitat for Humanity ReStore

Habitat for Humanity's building supply stores accept and resell new and used building materials that create funds to support their organization.

City of Hamilton

Green Venture has partnered with the City of Hamilton’s Waste Management Division for many years on different activities. See the Gold Box program for an example.

Do your part to help reach our diversion goals and extend the life of our landfill.

Win a GOLD BOX !

Looking for an efficient way to help clean up your neighbourhood?  The City of Hamilton's Team Up to Clean Up program allows you to join a network of motivated neighbours, as well as providing you with recycling bags for the Do-It-Yourself Litter Picker-Upper.

For more information on City of Hamilton brochures, calendar, and other valuable information, please visit their website or give them a call 905-546-CITY (2489).

See also the local Davis Creek Neighbourhood Action Plan.