Swap Your Cans Did you know the Region of Peel plans to divert 70 percent of waste from landfills by 2016? Peel residents' participation is vital to the success of this program. This website is dedicated to helping make that a reality. Swap Your Cans offers you anecdotal evidence on how a simple change in habit can reduce your waste. We offer the benefits of recycling, becoming a more sustainable society, the fight against climate change and an email page for those who wish to tell us their success stories.  A family of five would presumably produce significant garbage every week. Add on the fact that two of the family members are extremely active and eat more than an average person, a young girl who is growing like a weed, and a dog and cat to add to the excitement, you would be correct in assuming this family produces more garbage than the average family. Then, it would come as a surprise that this family of five and two pets only produces one grocery bag of garbage a week! We are all aware that the environment is a hot button issue for many Canadians. Climate change in particular is making many people anxious, especially as we feel disillusioned in making a difference. Swap your cans is here to demonstrate how you can make a difference that won't make a dent in your wallet, that takes only a few minutes of your time, and that can make a huge difference in our fight to save the planet. Most people have their garbage cans more accessible than their recycling bins. It made sense a few years ago, as we had to separate paper and plastic and could not dispose of our organic waste other than in the trash. Today is different. We have a brand new organic waste system, along with an accommodating recycling program, where we can mix all recyclable products together. The amount of trash is negligible if you use this to affect. Swap your cans simply asks you to take your garbage can, and turn it into a recycling can. Take the black bag out, put the blue bag in, and you will find that your garbage at the end of the week is a fraction of what it was before. Put a small bathroom garbage can under your sink, beside your organic waste and the retrofitted recycling can, and the results will be astounding.