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Green Talks: Part 1 – Driving Sustainability Through a COVID19 Economy
September 15, 2020 Hemlock Printers Return-it sustainability sustainability during covid19
Are you interested in sustainability and what it looks like during COVID-19? Want to know more about the green economy, sustainability trends, and improving the ecological footprint of your business?Join the…
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B Corp 101: Measure What Matters Workshop
September 15, 2020 BDC
Measure What Matters: Your company's health and impact on others Does your company help make the Greater Vancouver Area a better place to live? Are you striving to improve the livelihoods…
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National Zero Waste Conference 2020
September 8, 2020
A FUTURE WITHOUT WASTE: Resiliency, Prosperity, Carbon Neutrality - the Circular Economy Solution For 10 years, the Zero Waste Conference has been at the forefront of Canada’s circular economy journey bringing…
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Bike to Work Week: September 28th to October 2nd
September 8, 2020
Bike to Work / School Week is back! What to expect This fall, we are excited to see: A return of the ‘Celebration Station’, updated for COVID-19 regulations and rebranded…
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Pack4Good: A Commitment to Protecting our Ancient and Endangered Forests
August 19, 2020 Hemlock Printers
At Hemlock, we recognize that single use packaging, whether plastics or paper, currently exerts an impact on ecosystems at the resource extraction point, during production and in disposal. Addressing this…
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Climate Change How-To Guide for Industry and Professional Associations
August 17, 2020
What can industry and professional associations do to help industry sectors and professionals prepare for climate change? This week the BC Council for International Cooperation released a Climate Change Guide…
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Return-It Modernizes B.C.’s Beverage Container Recycling System for a Greener Future
July 7, 2020 recycling recycling innovation British Columbia Return-it
Return-It is announcing a broad suite of innovations to modernize British Columbia’s beverage container recycling system to make it easier and more convenient to recycle – ensuring future generations can…
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New partnership to make homes safer, more energy-efficient, less polluting
June 29, 2020
The Province, through BC Housing, and the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together to find ways to make homes safer, more…
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Less Food Loss and Waste, Less Packaging Waste – New Report
June 2, 2020
Do we need to package food to avoid food waste? How important is packaging to delivering on food safety or longer shelf life? What materials should food be packaged in?…
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Building Deconstruction Capacity in BC: Opportunities for a Changing Industry
May 26, 2020
The National Zero Waste Council in partnership with the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment hosted a webinar on deconstruction that attracted a large audience indicating a growing interest…
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