Gold Box Program

• Residents must reside at the property listed on the entry ballot. If the property is occupied by tenants, the tenant must fill out the ballot. Absentee landlords are not eligible.
• No more than one entry ballot is permitted per eligible property per calendar year (January – December).
• Once your ballot has been approved, the property at which you reside will be eligible to participate.
• By submitting a ballot, the household is agreeing to the collection and sorting of any waste including but not limited to, blue boxes, green carts, and garbage being placed at the curb for collection.
• Six (6) properties will be randomly selected each month to be audited by the City.
• Your curbside waste will be collected by City of Hamilton staff without notice to you. The waste will be sorted and weighed in order to determine the amount of household waste you currently divert from landfill.
• To be declared a winner, eligible properties must meet or exceed the community’s target diversion rate of 65%.
• The Grand Prize goes to the household that diverts the most waste out of the randomly selected properties each month.
• Runner Up prizes will be given to households each month who meet or exceed the community’s target of 65% waste diversion from landfill but do not exceed the diversion rate of the Grand Prize winner.
• If two or more properties are tied for the Grand Prize, a draw will take place to determine one winner.
• Winning households will be eligible for an audit and prize no more than once per calendar year (January – December).
• City of Hamilton employees, contractors, and their families are not permitted to enter.
• Must be 18 years or older to fill out a ballot.
• All audited households will receive a copy of the audit summary for their property.

Recognize

• Each month, one winning household will be presented with a cheque for $140 to illustrate the savings that can be realized by diverting waste from landfill by recycling and composting.
• Winning households will be recognized in local media
• Winning households will be recognized before City Council on an annual basis.
• All audited households that meet or exceed the community target of 65% waste diversion from landfill will be given ‘gold’ blue boxes to use each week for blue box collection.