Mayor John Tory says he wants staff to look at how the city can contract out garbage collection east of Yonge street.
A motion is expected at Monday's public works committee meeting.
The staff report would be expected back in January.
"To me, it is not at all ideological,"Tory said during an announcement Monday morning. "It is about value for money; good services at as low a cost as possible."
Contractors already collect trash in the city's west end, which Tory says, saves the city $11.7 million each year.