Green box is a rigid plastic container used to collect materials such as cardboard, plastics, newspapers and other materials. They were first used in North York, Ontario

North York, Ontario

North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...

 to supplement the Blue Box (container) in the recycling programs in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Timmins, Ontario

Timmins, Ontario

Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...

 unlike much of the rest of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, uses Green Boxes for all materials being recycled.

• Blue Box (container)
• Green bin
  Green bin
  A green bin is a short, rigid container used to collect biodegradable waste or compostable materials as a means to divert waste from landfills. In some localities green bins are also used to contain unsorted municipal waste...
  
   - composted materials
• Grey box - paper and cardboard
• Recycling bins - boxes with holes to allow users to drop in material for recycling

See also

• Green box (phreaking)
  Green box (phreaking)
  In Phreaking, the Green box was a device whose function was to manipulate the coin collection mechanism of Payphones. It employed three of the MF tones used in the Blue box and could be viewed as a subset of that device.- Operation :...
  
  
• Green box (WTO agreement)