April 2014

To our customers and friends-

2013 was a wonderful year for Emterra Group and for me personally. With all of the awards and accolades we received from our peers, I honestly thought it couldn’t get any better. And yet, 2014, our 38th year in the waste resource management business, is already turning out to be pretty exciting. At the forefront so far is the collaboration with Cascades Recovery and Merlin Plastics under the new banner name, Green by Nature EPR (GBN) and the success of GBN in winning the Multi-Material BC contract to provide post collection services for 1.25 million BC households under its recycling program. What else awaits us this year? Can’t wait to find out.

On behalf of Paulina, Vivian and the staff and employees of Emterra Group, I would like to thank our customers, suppliers, and friends for your business, support, and your fellowship, for your guidance and for your recognition. We look forward to continuing to work together to explore innovative pathways to continuous improvements in our waste and resource management industry.

Emmie Leung, CEO and Founder

Emterra Environmental is excited to be a partner with Cascades Recovery and Merlin Plastics in the new innovative organization, Green by Nature ERP (GBN), that won the contract to process and market about 185,000 tonnes of recyclables expected to be collected under Multi-Material BC’s industry-led and financed residential recycling program. Read more

Multi-Material BC has announced that Emterra is the successful bidder to provide curbside recycling services for packaging and printed paper to four BC communities: the University Endowment Lands (UEL) in Vancouver; Regional District of North Okanagan; Prince George and Quesnel. Read more

Emterra has teamed up with BC’s “Be the Change Earth Alliance” and the Delta School District to help young people, tomorrow’s leaders, understand that they have the power to foster programs on a local level that can contribute to positive change in global sustainability. Read more

Good news for our Winnipeg division. We’re in year two of a five-year contract to collect garbage, recycling and yard waste for the City of Winnipeg. The city recently released its Comprehensive Integrated Waste Management Strategy (CIWMS) 2013 Annual Report, which showed that Emterra Environmental achieved a milestone service performance level topping 99.8% in 2013. Read more

Winnipeggers have a reputation for being tough. Every year some of the worst winter weather in the country descends on them and yet they take it as their heritage and get on with life….and with helping others. Read more

We are still feeling “over the moon” for the wonderful honours and accolades that came our way in the past months. Being named by Grant Thornton, LLP and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as one of the “10 top private sectors businesses in Canada” was an incredible honour. Emterra and Founder Emmie Leung are most grateful for the recognition that has come our way. Read more

The membership of the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) has returned Emterra’s Paulina Leung, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, to a second two-year term on the board of directors. Read more

Our Emterra Environmental USA division is excited that they’ll be launching a new website soon. The expanded website will give readers a bigger picture view of the breadth of the company’s services and activities. In addition, it features a community collection section that allows residents in the communities that Emterra services easy access to the information that is most important to them…what gets picked up when!

Emterra is delighted to welcome new and returning customers in our service areas across Michigan and Canada, among them Michigan’s Algonac, Marysville and Argentine; in BC, Capital Regional District, University Endowment Lands in Vancouver, North Okanagan, Prince George, Quesnel, Oak Bay and Sidney; in Saskatchewan, Fort Qu’Appelle; in Manitoba, Rural Municipality of West St. Paul and Rural Municipality of Macdonald. Read more