Environmental Protection Act

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


Part VIII - Hotels and Motels

41. This Part applies to the owner of a hotel or motel that has more than 75 units.
42. (1) The owner shall conduct a waste audit covering waste generated by the operation of the hotel or motel. 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 owner shall prepare a written report of the audit.
(3) In every year following the initial waste audit, the owner shall update the audit and prepare an updated written report.
43. (1) The owner 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 hotel or motel.
(2) In every year following the preparation of the initial waste reduction work plan, the owner shall prepare an updated written plan.
44. The owner shall implement the waste reduction work plan as updated.
45. The waste reduction work plan shall include measures for communicating the plan to the owner’s employees who work at the hotel or motel 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.