Bill 87: Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Source Separation Programs), 2025

This bill affects a broad range of businesses in Ontario that generate waste in industrial, commercial, and institutional settings — think restaurants, office buildings, factories, retail stores, property management companies overseeing multi-residential buildings, and institutions like hospitals and schools. Day-to-day activities like sorting recyclables, managing waste bins, hiring waste haulers, and tracking how much material gets diverted from landfill could all be affected by whatever new requirements emerge from the review. The review explicitly considers size thresholds, meaning smaller operations may eventually be treated differently from larger facilities. While the bill itself only mandates a review and report (not new rules yet), it signals that stricter diversion targets, disposal caps, contamination limits, public reporting obligations, and third-party auditing requirements are likely coming for Ontario's ICI sector.