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Making Connections
This issue of ‘TerraNotes is reflective of the way in which Emterra is involved with our various communities in such rich and meaningful ways that go beyond our core business of collecting and processing waste resources and marketing commodities.
In fact, as I look through the selection of Emterra stories we’ve assembled for you, what occurs to me is how much we make connections among people, organizations and industries. These connections focus on improving our use and reuse of resources, the value and utility of products and packaging, and contributing to the practical applications of the “take-make-return” circular economy. Nowhere is that more evident than in the item that describes our partnership with two consumer products brand owners, Keurig Green Mountain and Tim Horton’s. In both cases, these brand owners came to Emterra to work with them to test and identify critical technical solutions to the challenge of recovery and recyclability so that they can further achieve sustainable outcomes in the emerging circular economy framework while bolstering commercial success.
At Emterra, we see this role as a technical and thoughtful partner in designing new packaging and developing technical capabilities to collect, process and market resources as a key component of our strategic imperatives for 2017 and beyond. We are able to partner in such projects because of our network of integrated resource recovery infrastructure and human capital. And we are committed to this new role for Emterra because the team here, including Vivian, Paulina and I, believe that social, environmental and economic priorities are not mutually exclusive in a circular economy world. We’ll be talking more about these priorities in the future.
We want to take this opportunity to thank our staff for their support and great contributions and our customers for having faith in Emterra as a service provider.
We wish you a glorious summer and, as always, we look forward to your questions and comments.
Best wishes,
Our sustainability first approach
is equivalent to removing
94,535 cars
from the road annually.
Emterra’s ‘Make Your Contribution at the Curb (TM) tops a quarter million dollars in donations to health care
More than half a decade ago, Emterra created a program we call 'Community Care' (TM). It’s all about contributing to the social and environmental health and well-being of the communities where we provide waste resources collection and processing services and where our employees work and live. One of our Community Care (TM) programs is called ‘Make Your Contribution at the Curb (TM),' and this past month, under this program, we surpassed a quarter of a million dollars in donations to local health care in two Emterra service communities.
Emterra Works with Producers to Develop Sustainable Packaging
It’s common knowledge among consumer goods manufacturers and brand owners these days that using resources once and then discarding them is no longer economically, environmentally or socially acceptable. Players in the consumer goods chain including retailers and consumers are looking for more responsible resource utilization and upcycling of waste resources. For the last several years, Emterra Group has been working in partnerships with two brand owners, Keurig Green Mountain and Tim Horton’s, and other organizations to find solutions to recycling challenges presented by hard-to-recycle packaging.
Emterra Group recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers
Canada’s Greenest Employers program recognizes organizations that are leaders in sustainable operations and that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness in their organizations. For the second consecutive year, Emterra Group has earned the honour of being named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers and Emterra is the only organization in the waste management industry to do so.
Emterra Environmental USA helps fill porches and streets with music in Port Austin
Front porches are synonymous with American culture. They are a part of the home used for sipping lemonade, passing the time and are open for all to enjoy. In the community of Port Austin, Michigan, they have assigned another purpose to this space - music.
Emterra’s Paulina Leung re-elected to serve second term on OWMA Board
Paulina Leung, Emterra Group’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development has been re-elected to serve a second term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA).
Winnipeggers Give Emterra Thumbs Up for Good Garbage and Recycling Service: City Survey
Winnipeggers gave Emterra Environmental top grades for garbage and recycling services in 2016 according to the City of Winnipeg annual financial report released in May 2017.
*Winnipeg Free Press photo
A shared vision for community, business and art
What do a shared vision, 1,111 melted aluminum cans and shattered recycled glass have in common? The answer can be found in a long-standing strategic partnership and a symbolic piece of art fashioned from recovered and recycled materials that now proudly hanging in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Waste Liquids ‘Transformed’ to Windshield Washer Fluid
The finished product helps keep your windshield clean and it is created from something that would normally be considered waste. By maintaining the value and utility of our customer’s original product, Canadian Liquids Processors is transforming a waste to a resource.
Chilliwack, BC welcomes green cart collection for the first time
The City of Chilliwack has rolled out new green carts to residents. This new program adds another green initiative to the sustainability portfolio of this city in the heart of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
Welcome to the Emterra family
Over the past few months, we have started programs in the following Saskatchewan communities: Town of Ituna, Village of Golden Prairie, Village of Neudorf, Village of Macrorie, George Gordon First Nation and the R.M. of Pleasant Valley. In Chilliwack, BC we added organics and green cart to the waste and recycling service already offered. And, we are providing service in the County of Brant, Ontario. We welcome these communities to the Emterra family!
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