Waste Reduction Week for Businesses
2022 Program for Businesses
Looking to raise awareness around waste reduction at your business or organization? Seeking a way to improve green practices around the office? Here are some things you can do to minimize your footprint while maintaining your bottom line!
- Register your business for Circular Economy Month and join others across the country in your commitment towards green practices.
- Download the Waste Reduction Week Business Resource Kit from the national website. This resource provides tips to help your organization plan and implement waste reduction activities, including conducting a waste assessment, developing a waste reduction action plan, sustainable purchasing, and energy efficiency.
- Check out RCBC's Business Food Scraps Collection Program Kit. This resource provides tips and suggestions for implementing a successful organics collection program that fits the needs of your business or organization.
- Download the National Zero Waste Council Circular Economy Toolkit, a how-to guide for businesses of all sizes, and sectors, to explore the opportunities of circular modes of design, production and service.
Past RCBC Zero Waste Profiles
Looking for case studies of companies leading the way in waste reduction? RCBC has an archive of local businesses and organizations that embraced zero-waste principles and made an impact:
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Sea to Sky Removal - On a pioneering mission to change how the construction industry thinks about and handles its waste streams.
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Green Coast Rubbish - An award-winning waste removal service that emphasizes the recycling and reuse potential for all their jobs. (Updated in 2018 with the latest stats!)
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: London Drugs - Lowering their environmental impact across 80 stores through 10 years of their GREEN DEAL Recycling Program.
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Bridge Brewing - Striving to become a zero-waste brewery since 2012.
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Uproot Now - A social enterprise tackling wood waste through entrepreneurship, engagement and empowerment.
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Cork-It! - Using the ordinary stopper to evoke conversation and innovation.
- RCBC Zero Waste Profile: Zero Waste Market (Now NADA) - This 100% packaging-free store looks to tackle plastic pollution and food waste.
Doing something innovative in reducing your business or organization's waste? We would love to hear from you! Please email us at hotline(at)rcbc.ca and we may share your story with others to inspire change.
