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Ontario: Curb the fight over garbage, Editorial Sept. 15, according to The Star. As a result, Ontario has an existing and very successful electronics recycling program. Ontario has responsibly diverted 75,702 tonnes of electronics from landfills this past year, which is 5.6 kg per capita making it one of the highest rates for electronics recycling in the world. In the process, saving municipal taxpayers millions of dollars, in landfill costs and Re: Curb the fight over garbage, Editorial Sept. 15 We would like to point out to readers that there are already two pieces of legislation on the books in Ontario dealing with waste diversion and recycling, the Environmental Protection Act EPA and the Waste Diversion Act WDA . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.