Waste Management
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Handling recycling and waste is hurting janitors
Every day, millions of janitors compromise safety when handling garbage and recycled materials.
REMI Network
Input needed for food, organic waste framework
Ontario is asking for input on a proposed food and organic waste action plan, which may include banning food waste from disposal.
REMI Network
Mississauga adopts greener purchasing practices
The City of Mississauga is updating its purchasing practices in order to make the decision-making process much more sustainable and ethical.
REMI Network
HOOPP LEAP Awards honour environmental leadership
HOOPP recently handed out its sixth annual LEAP Awards to honour property managers and tenants across Canada for leadership in sustainability initiatives.
REMI Network
Green Standards partners with GM for landfill-free solution to office transformation
General Motors (GM) has partnered with Green Standards in an effort to divert $1-million worth of used office equipment from landfills.
REMI Network
Ontario searches for waste reduction champions
Canada is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Waste Reduction Week, which runs from October 17 to 23.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Duo builds ‘unique’ prototype for bin cleaning
Two Winnipeg men have designed and built a prototype of a mobile pressure washing truck that sustainably sterilizes and deodorizes all garbage bins.
REMI Network
Province passes Waste-Free Ontario Act
A new law to divert more waste from landfills will soon be rolled out in Ontario.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Designing for better waste management
A building's design influences the operational efficiency waste collection programs, the cost of servicing the programs and diversion rates.
REMI Network
Saskatchewan infra projects get funding boost
26 infrastructure projects across Saskatchewan will receive more than $43 million in financing under the New Building Canada Plan’s Small Communities Fund.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
National Waste Benchmarking Study released
The Recycling Council of Ontario’s first commercial, industrial and institutional waste performance benchmarking study has been released, revealing an immediate need for industry-wide improvement, with
Construction Business
Waste management system breaks ground in B.C.
Ground has been broken on North America’s first closed-loop waste management system in Surrey, B.C., with construction to begin this spring. The project is located
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Calgary approves multi-family recycling bylaw
As of Feb. 1, 2016, Calgary multi-family building residents will have access to more robust on-site recycling services under the region’s new council-approved Waste & Recycling Bylaw. Apartments, condominiums, townhouses and other multi-family complexes will be required to accept paper and cardboard, food cans, glass jars, plastic containers and bags. The City of Calgary will not collect multi-family recycling, but builder owners and managers will be tasked with determining which private company best serves the needs of their building.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Improve waste diversion in the workplace
How can centralized recycling stations help improve waste diversion and streamline its collection? Gavin Bajin of ServiceMaster Canada explains.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Wastewater heating and cooling technology
Building owners can implement wastewater heating and cooling strategies to save money. Lynn Mueller of International Wastewater Systems explains how.
Canadian Property Management
Waste diversion in the workplace
Promoting waste diversion within a building is one of the most complex and important factors when trying to foster a green workplace.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Don’t let a recycling program go to waste
The Recycling Council of Ontario's Meirav Even-Har and Jessica Wilkinson explain how property managers can work with building occupants and staff to ensure best recycling practices, and why management should care whether their recycling program is a success.


