Loyalist Township has a Pay As You Throw (PAYT) bag tag program in place that requires garbage bag tags for every container or bag of waste either collected at the curb or disposed of at the landfill site. The price of bag tags is $20.00 for a sheet of 10 and tags may be purchased at the following locations: Bag Tag Distributors List

When the PAYT program was introduced there were two stated goals: To shift the cost from the tax rate to a user rate. To reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, Loyalist Township residents have responded beyond our expectations by reducing the amount of waste collected for landfill by 44% since the introduction of PAYT program. This resulted in a corresponding reduction in revenue raised through PAYT garbage bag tags, thus increasing the amount of revenue for waste management to be raised through taxes.This increase in the garbage tag rate is to re-adjust the balance between revenues raised for waste management through bag tags and the general tax rate.

Recently the Ministry of the Environment gave notice to Municipalities that provincial funding to encourage waste reduction and increase recycling will be tied to the success rate in the quantity and the number of waste streams the Municipality recycles. The Provincial goal is to increase waste diversion to 60% of the waste stream. The PAYT program encourages residents to reduce the amount of waste generated and bag tag rates are a contributing factor in the PAYT program, thus encouraging an increase in waste diversion.