WASTE & RECYCLING · CANADA-WIDE
Commercial Waste Collection And Recycling Services
Scheduled collection for every stream your building produces, separated at source and reported monthly. One provider for the bins, the pickups, the diversion rate and the compliance paperwork behind it, run with the same logged, accountable approach as Learn about our Mailroom & Courier Services.
- Every stream collected separately
- Diversion reported monthly
- Waste audits and reduction plans
A Number, Not An Estimate
diversion measured by stream and reported every month
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WSIB Insured
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BEYOND THE BIN
What Commercial Waste Collection Actually Involves
A Plain Explanation Of The Difference Between A Pickup Service And A Waste Program.
Commercial waste collection covers everything a building throws away, and everything it should not be throwing away: general waste, cardboard, mixed paper, containers, organics, and the streams that need separate handling such as electronics, batteries and hazardous materials. A pickup service moves the bins. A waste program decides how many bins there should be, what goes in each one, where they sit so that people use them correctly, how often they need emptying, and what the resulting diversion rate actually is, run as part of the same full-scope coverage as Explore Total Facility Management Solutions. That last part matters more than it used to. Designated commercial and institutional buildings in Ontario have carried waste audit and source separation obligations since the 1990s, and most organizations now report waste as part of their own sustainability reporting. A bin that gets emptied is not the same thing as a waste stream you can account for.
A Pickup Service
- Bins emptied on a fixed route
- One or two streams, everything else mixed
- No record of volumes or diversion
- Compliance paperwork left with you
A Managed Waste Program
- Bin count and placement set by a waste audit
- Every viable stream separated at source
- Volumes and diversion rate reported monthly
- Audits and reduction plans prepared for you
THE CONTAMINATION PROBLEM
One Wrong Bag Can Send An Entire Bin To Landfill.
Recycling only works if what arrives at the processing facility is close to what the label on the bin said. A cardboard container with a bag of cafeteria waste in it is not contaminated cardboard, it is garbage, and it gets charged and disposed of as garbage. This is where most diversion programs quietly fail. The bins are there, the signage exists, and the diversion rate still sits well below what the building could reach, because nobody is looking inside. Contamination is almost never deliberate. It is a bin placed where the nearest one is the wrong one, a night cleaner consolidating four liners into a single cart at the end of a shift, the kind of habit addressed through staff training under our Janitorial Cleaning Services, or a tenant who moved in eighteen months ago and was never told the rules. Fixing it is unglamorous work: relocating bins, matching signage to what is actually in front of people, briefing cleaning staff on separation, and checking loads before they leave the building.
SERVICE SCOPE
Our Waste Collection And Recycling Services
Collection And Equipment On One Side, Diversion And Compliance On The Other.
COLLECTION · EQUIPMENT
Bins, Pickups And Hauling
The physical side of moving waste out of your building on a schedule that fits how it runs.
- Scheduled waste collection
- Recycling collection and hauling
- Organics and food waste pickup
- Compactor and baler servicing
- Bin, cart and container supply
- On-demand and bulk removal
DIVERSION · COMPLIANCE
Separation, Data And Paperwork
The part that turns collection into a diversion rate and a record you can defend.
- Waste audits and stream analysis
- Waste reduction work plans
- Source separation program setup
- Bin signage and staff training
- Monthly volume and diversion reporting
- Hazardous and regulated waste handling
STREAMS WE HANDLE
The Streams We Collect Separately
Each One Handled, Priced And Reported On Its Own Rather Than Absorbed Into General Waste.
General & Mixed Waste
Cardboard (OCC)
Mixed Paper
Containers & Plastics
Organics & Food Waste
Scrap Metal
Wood & Pallets
Electronics & E-Waste
Batteries & Lamps
Construction & Demolition
Confidential Shredding
Glass
Which of these a building generates in volume decides how the program gets built. An office tower is mostly paper, containers and kitchen organics. A retail plaza runs on cardboard, often enough of it to justify a baler and turn a disposal cost into a rebated commodity. A warehouse produces pallets, stretch wrap and scrap metal, the same operational profile covered under our Factory & Warehouse Cleaning. A healthcare site adds regulated streams that cannot travel with anything else, and a hotel adds its own mix again, the kind of variation covered on See our Hotel & Hospitality Facility Management page. Bin sizes, collection frequencies and on-site equipment are set around what you actually produce, which is exactly what a waste audit is for.
AUDIT TO OUTCOME
How We Take A Building From Waste Audit To Diversion Rate
1
Waste Audit
We sort and record a representative sample of what your building is throwing out, which is the only reliable way to learn what is sitting in your general waste, at no cost.
2
Program Design
Bin types, counts, placement and collection frequencies are set from the audit findings rather than from a standard package based on square footage.
3
Rollout And Training
Containers and signage go in, and cleaning staff and tenants are briefed on what belongs where, because a separation program lives or dies at the bin.
4
Scheduled Collection
Each stream is collected on its own schedule, with volumes recorded and loads checked for contamination before they leave.
5
Reporting And Reduction
Monthly reporting shows volume and diversion by stream, and a written reduction plan targets whatever is still going to landfill unnecessarily.
10+
Years in operation
500+
Buildings serviced
12
Streams collected separately
100%
Insured & bonded
WHAT SETS US APART
Why Cleaning 365 For Waste And Recycling
Anyone Can Empty A Bin. The Value Is In Knowing What Was In It.
Audits Before Assumptions
The program is designed from a physical waste audit of your building, not from a template that guesses volumes from floor area.
Diversion You Can Report
Monthly volume and diversion figures broken out by stream, in a format that goes straight into your own sustainability or ESG reporting.
Contamination Actively Managed
Loads are checked and problem streams traced back to a bin, a floor or a shift, instead of being written off as unavoidable.
Our Own Licensed Collection
Collection and transport is carried out by our own licensed staff and equipment under the approvals the work requires, rather than handed to a subcontracted hauler you never meet.
Compliance Paperwork Prepared
The waste audits and waste reduction work plans required of designated commercial and institutional buildings are prepared and kept current as part of the contract.
One Building Contract
Waste sits with cleaning, pest control and maintenance under one point of contact, and where we also hold your janitorial contract, the people consolidating bins each night are already trained on separation.
COST FACTORS
Waste Collection Pricing
Priced Around Volume, The Number Of Streams, And How Often The Building Needs Emptying.
Waste Volume
Total generated, by weight or container capacity
Number Of Streams
Collection Frequency
Equipment On Site
Get A Waste And Recycling Quote In 30 Minutes
Tell us your building type, size and what you currently have collected. We will send transparent pricing with no hidden fees.
IN THEIR WORDS
Trusted By Property And Operations Teams
“The waste audit was uncomfortable reading. A large share of what we were paying to send to landfill was cardboard and paper. We already had the recycling bins. They were simply in the wrong places.”
Property Manager
Office tower, Toronto
“Head office asks for diversion numbers every quarter. It used to take me two days of chasing invoices to build that. Now it arrives monthly without me asking for it.”
Facilities Coordinator
Retail portfolio, Mississauga
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Waste And Recycling, Answered
A physical sort of a representative sample of your building's waste, recorded by stream and weight. It tells you what is actually in your general waste, which is almost always different from what people assume it is.
For many buildings in Ontario, yes. Designated commercial and institutional establishments above set thresholds, including larger office buildings, retail complexes, hotels, hospitals, schools and manufacturers, are required to conduct waste audits and maintain waste reduction work plans under provincial regulation. We prepare both and keep them current as part of the contract.
The share of your total waste that goes somewhere other than landfill. It is reported by stream, so you can see where the remaining landfill volume is coming from rather than just watching one number move.
Yes. Organics are handled as a separate stream with the container types and collection frequency needed to keep them manageable, which usually means more frequent pickups than general waste, particularly in summer.
It is recorded and traced rather than quietly disposed of as garbage and forgotten. Repeat contamination almost always points at a bin location or a shift routine, and both of those are fixable.
Yes. These are collected separately under the handling and documentation each one requires, which is not the same as letting them go out in the general bin.
Yes. We review your existing contract, notice period and equipment ownership first, so the changeover happens without a gap in collection or a penalty you did not see coming.
Often, though not always immediately. Savings come from removing streams that should never have been in general waste, right-sizing containers and frequencies, and in some buildings from rebates on baled cardboard. The audit tells you whether that applies to your building before you commit to anything.
Find Out What Is Actually In Your General Waste
A free waste audit covering volumes, streams and where your diversion rate is being lost. Book an assessment and get a fixed monthly quote.