Cheryn Wong from the Olympic Village Drop Spot was interviewed on the Early Edition about composting options for multi-family buildings. Lots of great info, listen to it here at about minute 20:17
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2257263590/
Or download the podcast at: http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/podcast/2012/07/17/disabled-parking-landslide-research-condo-composting/
July 15, 2012
NEW ORGANIC RECYCLING OPTIONS FOR VANCOUVER APARTMENT AND CONDO RESIDENTS!
Two groups of residents in the West End and Olympic Village are joining other high-density Vancouver neighbourhoods in a community effort to divert organics from the landfill by creating new Food Scraps Drop Spots.
On June 16, 2012 the West End Neighbourhood Food Network and Village Vancouver launched their 10am-1pm Saturday Drop Spot at the West End Community Centre. Continue reading…
WE Vancouver
By Hussein Alidina
Jun 5, 2012
Source: http://www.wevancouver.com/eeditions/?iid=i20120705071317703
BC Hydro News
June 29, 2012
Source: http://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2012/ywca-award-winner.html
“Every so often in life, something hits you in the head like a ton of bricks,” says Louise Schwarz, founding partner of Vancouver-based Recycling Alternative, explaining the epiphany that led her to develop some of Vancouver’s most innovative green community solutions.
In 1989, Louise was visiting a friend in Seattle and was amazed by their advances in recycling. It might seem strange Continue reading…
Business in Vancouver
Glen Korstrom Fri Jun 8, 2012 9:00am PST
The City of Vancouver offers curbside food scraps collection for single family dwellings but is having a “headache” dealing with multi-unit dwellings, which dominate the downtown peninsula, West End Neighbourhood Food Network (WEFN) spokesman Randy Helten told Business in Vancouver June 7.
Now a new program is opening in the West End to help apartment and condo dwellers to compost their food scraps. Continue reading…
Back in February, 3 dear friends surprised me, when they came into my office to declare they had nominated me for the ‘ YWCA Women of Distinction Awards’. Their insistence on making the journey into my office to see me that day, caused me to suspect they might be coming in to announce that one of them was pregnant (probably not the man in the group!) – so not only was I gob-smacked to hear about the award nomination Continue reading…
Listen to Recycling Alternative’s Louise Schwarz talk about the Food Scraps Drop Spot on CBC’s BC Almanac!
(Check min 40:00)
EcoRoamer, a 27,000 lb. diesel truck made out of recycled material visited the Vancouver Biodiesel Co-Op pump at Recycling Alternative’s Warehouse. They filled up with 100% Biodiesel on their way up to Alaska…and are eventually going to see the world! Thank guys!
The Vancouver Sun
By Andrew Mccredie
April 11, 2011
Source: http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/alternative_fuel_about_carbon_neutral_you_can_get
Made from recycled sources, biodiesel is catching on with more Metro Vancouverites searching for new ways of getting around guilt free.
Just a few short years ago, Chris McDowell knew absolutely nothing about diesel or biodiesel technology. 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.