Environmental Protection Act

Ontario Regulation 102/94
Waste Audits and Waste Reduction Work Plans


Part X - Educational Institutions

51. (1) This Part applies to the operator of an educational institution in respect of a location or campus of the institution if, at the location or campus, at any time during the calendar year, more than 350 persons are enrolled.
(2) This Part continues to apply in respect of a location or campus for the two calendar years following the last year in which more than 350 persons were enrolled at the location or campus.
52. (1) The operator shall conduct a waste audit covering the waste generated by the operation of the institution at the location or campus. The audit shall also address the extent to which materials or products used consist of recycled or reused materials or products.
(2) After conducting the waste audit, the operator shall prepare a written report of the audit.
(3) In every year following the initial waste audit, the operator shall update the audit and prepare an updated written report.
53. (1) The operator shall prepare a written waste reduction work plan, based on the waste audit, to reduce, reuse and recycle waste generated by the operation of the institution at the location or campus.
(2) In every year following the preparation of the initial waste reduction work plan, the operator shall prepare an updated written plan.
54. The operator shall implement the waste reduction work plan as updated.
55. The waste reduction work plan shall include measures for communicating the plan to the operator’s employees who work at the location or campus and, as a minimum, those measures shall require,
(a) that the plan or a summary be posted in places where most employees will see it; and
(b) if a summary is posted, that any employee who requests to look at the plan be allowed to do so.