Island Waste Management Corporation
The Island Waste Management Corporation (IWMC) is a Canadian provincial Crown corporation operated by the Government of Prince Edward Island. Headquartered in Charlottetown, IWMC is responsible for collecting and disposing of solid waste in the entire province. Faced with ever-increasing amounts of solid waste heading to antiquated, poorly designed community landfills across the province during the 1980s, the provincial government conceived its Waste Watch program in the early 1990s with the eventual goal being to standardize the collection and disposal of waste, while closing all small community landfills. IWMC was established to administer and provide solid waste management services throughout the province. The company sub-contracts the collection and disposal services and collects an annual fee for its operations through provincial property taxes for both residential and commercial properties. Waste Watch IWMC operates and maintains the Waste Watch program, a 3-stream source separation based waste management system implemented across the entire province. Implementation of the program began in Prince County, eventually being expanded by the late 1990s and early 2000s to the entire province once adequate waste handling facilities were constructed. IWMC provides every property owner and tenant in the province with 2 standardized carts (there are 3 sizes available) -