What Happened To Less Packaging?
Sunday, August 14th, 2011I very well could be dating myself with this article but I cannot help but remember during the late 80′s and early 90′s there was a push on in North America to reduce the amount of material that was being used in packaging. This was coupled with the first residential recycling programs and initially it [...]
Recycling Our Electronics
Monday, February 7th, 2011We here at Green Company Canada get many emails asking about locations for recycling used electronics, and which items can be recycled. This seems to be both easy and hard – and it all depends on where you live. Large cities have many options for people looking to drop off electronic items for recycling and/or [...]
TD Canada Trust Green Event Lacking
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010This weekend saw the opening of a new TD Canada Trust full-service banking location open in Burnaby, British Columbia with a theme of being green. Attendees were invited to bring electronic goods to be recycled when they came by the new location. All of that is fine and well, and certainly does help in some [...]
Alberta Canada Campuses Compete In Recycling Contest
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Alberta Canada Campuses Compete In Recycling Contest In Alberta a Back to School contest is seeing students from across the province compete to see who can recycle the most empty beverage containers in order to win a trip for 21 students to the world-class ski resort at Lake Louise. The fierce competition is seeing students [...]
Stikeman Elliott Carbon Neutral Certificate
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009If you’ve ever paused during your curb front recycling, and gazed at those sharp glass and brushed aluminum escutcheons and wondered if any of the corporate bigwigs has any notion about sustainability, the good news is that they…do. The sustainability movement is catching on in the boardroom, and not a moment too soon. Stikeman Elliott, [...]
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