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- Nationally, the amount of non-hazardous waste sent to private and public waste disposal facilities decreased 4% from 2008 to approximately 25 million tonnes in 2010. Quebec and Alberta saw the greatest declines in waste disposal, each decreasing by 6% from 2008. Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan had the highest increases over the same period, at 4% each.
- At 37%, residential waste accounted for slightly more than one-third of the total waste disposed in 2010. The disposal of residential waste decreased by 1% and the disposal of non-residential waste fell by 6% between 2008 and 2010.
- The amount of waste diverted to recycling or organic processing facilities decreased by 3% from 2008 to 8.1 million tonnes, or 236 kg per person in 2010. This decrease, which was the first since 2002, was fueled by an 11% decrease in non-residential waste diversion. In contrast, residential waste diversion increased by 5%. The largest increase in diversion was for electronic materials, at 60%.
- Operating revenues for governments from the provision of waste management services reached $2.3 billion in 2010. Current expenditures increased 12% from 2008, totalling $2.9 billion in 2010. Full-time employment in the government sector of the waste management industry rose by 5%.
- Revenues of Canadian businesses providing waste management services increased 2% from 2008 to nearly $6 billion in 2010, while expenditures fell by 3% to just under $5 billion. Full-time employment in the business sector increased by 2% during the same period.
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