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Municipal Champions

In this section we highlight effective municipal leaders and collaborations that are driving significant positive change in their communities. Discover how these trailblazers are setting new standards in sustainability, community engagement, and resource management, particularly in textile management and diversion from landfills, serving as inspiring examples for others to follow.

Champions of Sustainability

From small local municipalities to large metropolitan communities.

Municipality (Alphabetical Order)

Why they are Champions

Alberta

City of Calgary

Used an RFP process that required charity/not-for-profit status
Hosts textile collection sites at its landfills in partnership with a charity
Promotes the ‘textile donation locator’ tool provided by NACTR

City of Leduc

Partnered with Goodwill Industries to place a donation site at the Waste Management Facility

Strathcona County

Hosts a curbside collection event
Provides a list of non-profit thrift stores and what they accept

British Columbia

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Participated in the West Kootenay Textiles Working Group to address the need for sustainable, long-term solutions for textile collection, storage, and transportation

Regional District of Kootenay Boundary

Participated in the West Kootenay Textiles Working Group to address the need for sustainable, long-term solutions for textile collection, storage, and transportation

Metro Vancouver

Advertises collection programs, including pick-up services, offered by charitable organizations
Partners with local organizations to host reuse and drop-off events

City of Victoria

Holds special “Beyond the Curb” events that accept textiles and home furnishings, specifically aiming to collect items that are clean and in working condition.
Maintain a list of collection and pop-up events

Manitoba

City of Brandon

Uses cobranded bins and advertises textile diversion options

New Brunswick

Fundy Region

Hosts a donation event with charitable partners

Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality

Supports community-led reuse events by providing staff support and promotional resources

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Supports community-led reuse events by providing staff support and promotional resources

Ontario

City of Guelph

Provides a map of clothing donation centres

City of Markham

A bin licensing program that works

City of Orillia

Used an RFP process that required charity/not-for-profit status

City of Toronto

Advertises a clothing drop box locator similar to the one provided by NACTR
Hosts Community Environment Days which include drop-off depots

City of Vaughan

Used an RFP process that required bidders to be a registered charity, advertises opportunities for textiles donation

Municipality of Dysart

Used an RFP process that required bidders to be a NACTR member

Niagara Region

Sets up collection sites in partnerships with charitable organizations

Region of Durham

Set textile diversion targets in its solid waste management plan

Region of Peel

Sets up collection sites in partnership with charitable organizations

Town of Ajax

Signed a Charter to divert textiles from landfills, including “collaborating with charitable textile collection organizations to help our environment, economy and community through increasing textile diversion”
Learn more about their program here

Town of Aurora

Co-brands bins with charities and advertises that textiles will benefit a charity

Town of Newmarket

Co-brands bins with charities and advertises that textiles will benefit a charity

Township of King

Co-brands bins and partners with charitable organizations
Advertises free pick-up services

Regional Municipality
of York

Sets up collection sites in partnership with charitable organizations
Promotes textile donation through their online waste directory, similar to the locator tool provided by NACTR