Turtle Island Recycling worked with HBC and Ivanhoe Cambridge to create Canada’s first zero waste program in a multi-tenant office building. Turtle Island Recycling expanded the scope of the recycling program to include additional items generated at the facility and also provided extensive education for tenants and staff.
The Group of Twenty (G20) summit that was held in Toronto this past weekend (June 26 & 27, 2010) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was serviced by Turtle Island Recycling as a “Zero Waste” event.
The green bin and waste contract with Turtle Island Recycling and Waste saved the northern six municipalities in York Region more than $300,000 in the first year of a 10-year deal.
Staff members at Turtle Island Recycling have formed two teams in preparation for the 2010 World Wildlife Federation (WWF) CN Tower Climb to fight climate change.
Turtle Island Recycling has been awarded a 5 year contract by the Region of Waterloo to operate the Region’s Materials Recycling Centre.
Before it was cool to go green and reduce your carbon footprint, two guys in Toronto used a borrowed station wagon and 10-foot by 10-foot room to collect discarded materials from businesses throughout the city. It was the early 1990s and the beginning of Turtle Island Recycling (TIR).
TORONTO, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - The Delta Chelsea Hotel, Canada's largest hotel and located in downtown Toronto, has offset 109% of our annual carbon footprint as recognized by the LivClean Eco-Stay Program that provides Canadian hotels with leadership positioning in environmental action, accountability and responsibility.
