Advancing Waste Diversion - ICI Sector


It's time to take the next step to send less waste to the landfill.

Approximately 40 per cent of what goes to the landfill comes from businesses, institutions, industry and workplaces – not homes. It’s estimated that 42 per cent of the waste can be diverted through recycling or composting.

The City is exploring diverting more waste from non-residential properties known as ICI.

ICI is the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector and it's made up of small, medium and large businesses and organizations. This includes schools, hospitals and other public institutions.

The goal is to support greater diversion of waste from the landfill.

Strengthening recycling and other waste diversion initiatives will:

  • get us to our long-term waste management goals of becoming a sustainable community

  • defer a major capital investment in the development of a new landfill.

The City is gathering input from the ICI sector to develop the proposed regulations.

The recommendations will be refined using input from businesses, feedback from industry stakeholders, and best practices across Canada.

A report will go to City Council for consideration in the coming months.


It's time to take the next step to send less waste to the landfill.

Approximately 40 per cent of what goes to the landfill comes from businesses, institutions, industry and workplaces – not homes. It’s estimated that 42 per cent of the waste can be diverted through recycling or composting.

The City is exploring diverting more waste from non-residential properties known as ICI.

ICI is the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector and it's made up of small, medium and large businesses and organizations. This includes schools, hospitals and other public institutions.

The goal is to support greater diversion of waste from the landfill.

Strengthening recycling and other waste diversion initiatives will:

  • get us to our long-term waste management goals of becoming a sustainable community

  • defer a major capital investment in the development of a new landfill.

The City is gathering input from the ICI sector to develop the proposed regulations.

The recommendations will be refined using input from businesses, feedback from industry stakeholders, and best practices across Canada.

A report will go to City Council for consideration in the coming months.

  • Residential Waste Diversion Program

    Prior to implementing a residential, year-round food and yard waste collection and processing service, the City ran a one-year pilot project from September 2020 to 2021 to test, evaluate and revise any service details before city-wide implementation. On November 24, City Council approved the implementation plan for the city-wide curbside and alleyway food and yard waste collection and processing in fall 2023. It included:

    • A 240-litre green cart to collect the material 
    • All food scraps, including meat, bones, dairy and greases, yard waste and soiled paper (paper towel, cardboard and tissues) can go into the green cart which will divert roughly 50 per cent of the waste that is currently going into the garbage in Regina
    • Residents can use compostable bags
    • Green carts will be collected weekly between April and October and biweekly between November and March; Brown garbage will be collected biweekly year-round

  • ICI Engagement - Phase 1

    In 2022, City Administration connected with Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional stakeholders to discuss the proposed waste diversion program.

    Feedback from these sessions has been incorporated into the current proposal.

Page last updated: 22 Sep 2023, 10:16 AM