Recycling

recycling

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
wood waste biomass

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.
Garbage chute decommissioning stalls in Toronto

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.
subpar waste diversion results trail Ontario target

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.
sustainability

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.
waste

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.
plastic waste glut attributed to China's ban on imports

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.
zero waste

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.
recycling

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.
zero waste

CondoBusiness

Invitation to join Zero Waste High Rise project

Toronto Environmental Alliance is currently accepting applications for condos to join its Zero Waste High Rise Project in the spring and summer of 2020.
Few funds with Quebec's student housing promise

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Quebec boosts budget for solid waste reduction

Five newly announced initiatives are promised $92.7 million, aimed at improving recycling, reducing the volume of waste sent to landfill and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
garbage areas

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Status quo rejected for Saskatchewan land fill

Saskatchewan currently ranks second among Canadian provinces for per capita disposal, equating to 842 kilograms of waste per resident every year, but the provincial government is aiming for a 30 per cent reduction from 2014 levels by 2030.
carbon

REMI Network

Canadian universities rank high for sustainability

Canadian universities are celebrating their recent standings in the 2019 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, which measure campus sustainability.
foam container ban

REMI Network

Assitive tools released ahead of foam container ban

The City of Vancouver has launched toolkits to help businesses find recyclable and compostable alternatives to foam containers
blue box program recycling

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Ontario to improve Blue Box Program

The Ontario government is taking steps to improve recycling and address the serious problem of plastic pollution and litter across the province.

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

B.C. organization calls on public to recycle safe

Recycle BC is warning residents in British Columbia to pay attention to the hazardous materials that are being placed in the province’s residential packaging and paper

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Partnership urges Canadians to rethink plastics

10,000 Changes has been made possible through funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada.