Clean Streets Peterborough
Clean Streets Peterborough is the City’s response to comments and concerns heard from the community. Our goal is to create a clean City by working with the community to find ways to make waste management easier and more convenient so that waste from homes finds its way to its final destination as simply and efficiently as possible. By making curbside collection easier, there is expected to be less waste being misplaced in parks and public spaces resulting in a cleaner City for all.
The Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is the heart of our city when it comes to local business, arts, food and entertainment. Staff are also focused on applying Clean Streets priority to this area in collaboration with the DBIA, property owners and businesses.
The City-Wide Clean Streets Survey and the Downtown Clean Streets Survey are both open for feedback.
As policy changes are being planned, we want to hear from you on what waste collection means to you, how you experience the City from the view of waste and what we can do looking forward. This is our first public survey since the introduction of the green bin program and an opportunity to hear from you on this and other programs.
We want to understand how well our current programs are working for you, whether you live in a neighbourhood, operate a business in the downtown area, or simply move through our streets and rights-of-way. Your experiences and insights will help us evaluate everything from collection schedules and service levels to waste diversion, public education, enforcement, and the overall cleanliness of our City.
Public feedback is welcomed and will help us better understand how residents and businesses feel about our waste-related by-laws, landfill operations and the placement and maintenance of public waste bins in parks, trails and high-traffic areas. By gathering this feedback, we can make informed decisions that support a cleaner, more sustainable and more welcoming Peterborough.
The results of this survey will remain anonymous. We are not only looking for opinions, we are trying to understand the real-life choices, pressures, and conditions that lead to waste ending up in the wrong place.