Recycling
Construction Business
Vancouver pilot diverts 38,000 kg of plastics
A Vancouver pilot diverted more than 38,000 kg of plastic, providing unique datasets in tracking construction plastics from job sites.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Blue bins defunct in Ontario’s outdoor spaces
Recyclable materials from receptacles in Ontario’s parks, playgrounds, transit stations and sidewalk locations are now mixed into the solid waste stream that is sent to landfill.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Paying attention to the use and disposal of lithium batteries
Lithium batteries are widely used, but many businesses remain uninformed about the proper use, risks, and disposal. From phones and laptops to power tools and energy
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily food waste output spurs intervention
With plans to soon roll out compulsory food waste recycling to all multifamily buildings, the City of Montreal is exploring how to encourage compliance.
REMI Network
Recycling expands across New Brunswick
Curbside recycling is now available to multi-family residences, schools and new communities that were previously depot-based or without any services.
Construction Business
Two projects join Construction Plastics Initiative
Light House announced two new construction project partners in their Construction Plastics Initiative located in Vancouver and Richmond.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sustainable waste management
As businesses strive to lower their environmental footprint and work towards their ESG goals, waste management is one area where there may be an opportunity
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ramp up your facility’s recycling program
Sustainability and ESG goals remain important to companies and consumers, so increasing your efforts and decreasing your carbon footprint are good for business. Does your
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Stepping up your building’s recycling
For maintenance managers, recycling can often be part of the mandate to improve efficiency and lower your building’s carbon footprint. As sustainability becomes even more
Construction Business
Burnaby adopts new construction waste bylaw
Burnaby is moving towards its climate action commitments with the adoption of its new Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion Bylaw.
Canadian Property Management
Garbage chute decommissioning stalls in Toronto
A new report to Toronto City Council reveals that just 24 permits to allow the sealing of garbage chutes have been issued to multi-residential landlords over the past 12 years.
Canadian Property Management
Subpar waste diversion trails Ontario target
About 85 per cent of waste from Ontario's businesses, public institutions, residential buildings with six or more units and construction/demolition sites ends up in landfill, including a vast amount of recyclable material.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sustainability tips for commercial facilities
Infection control measures have understandably been the priority for facility managers, but sustainability should not fall by the wayside.
CondoBusiness
Multi-res tackles zero waste during COVID
A growing number of multi-res high rises across Toronto have continued to reduce waste during the pandemic.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Plastic waste glut could fuel innovation
A new report projects the market for polymer recycling could reach USD $162 billion by 2030, but investment will be required to improve sorting and reduce contamination.
REMI Network
Zero Waste High-Rise project’s new online format
The Toronto Environmental Alliance launched an online step-by-step format for its Zero Waste High-Rise project to help buildings reduce waste.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Alberta’s recycling program expanding to accept additional electronics
Up to 24,600 tonnes of electronics products not previously accepted in Alberta's program could be recycled under the two-year $43 million pilot project.
