Recycling Alternative and The Cultch have partnered up for the week of The You Show, May 10 – 14, 2011 to further reduce our waste stream to the landfill by striving for creating zero waste. Please help us by recycling everything you can both at The Cultch and at home!
Everything you need to know about Single Streaming but are afraid to ask. Continue reading…
Last week Metro held a series of its Dialogues for the Region focusing on ‘Accelerating Multi-Family Waste Diversion’ (i.e. apartments and condo’s).
A tall order indeed. Compared to the 55% diversion achieved from single family homes in the region, only 16% of waste from apartments and condominiums is getting recycled. Doing the math and looking at it from the other end of the tail pipe, the fact that 84% of waste from apartments and condo’s is going to landfill despite over 25 years of public education means we need to change our strategy dramatically in order to achieve Metro ‘s, 70% waste reduction targets by 2015. Continue reading…
Our Social Fabric is hosting a ‘Fill-A-Bag’ sale!!
If you have never experienced one of these extravaganzas you are in for a real treat! Continue reading…
Alternative fuel about as carbon neutral as you can get
Made from recycled sources, biodiesel is catching on with more Metro Vancouverites searching for new ways of getting around guilt free
Finally! The inaugural Blog Flight! To say this has been on my to do list for last 3 months (see 2011 Resolutions) is to admit it has loomed even larger on my outreach landscape for over a year now. Alas, the Blog Plunge beckons and there is no turning back. Trash Talk is here, and like its moniker is not going away. Continue reading…
The debate on whether to burn or bury (our waste, that is) has been raging in the Lower Mainland lately. On July 30, Metro Vancouver voted to take bids from companies offering alternative solutions for garbage, alongside bids from incineration companies (For those who aren’t familiar with the story, Frances Bula summed up the recent history of the debate in Monday’s Globe and Mail). Continue reading…
As part of the National Film Board’s web-documentary about the human side of the Canadian economic crisis, Recycling Alternative was spotlighted in this photo essay June 8, 2010
What’s a recycling company to do when a global meltdown decimates its markets? Rethink, reinvent – and hire new staff.
