Turtle Island Recycling Corporation draws upon more than 50 years of combined professional experience and expertise in the environmental waste management industry. In order to exceed our customer’s expectations, we continuously refine our services to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Our Environmental Initiatives Department has been very instrumental in finding new ways to creatively help our customers reduce their garbage output and increase their waste diversion rates. Our highly trained Environmental Recycling Specialists are able to design a customized Recycling Program that is right for you. In so doing, we ensure increased recycling rates, cost reduction and customer satisfaction. We are also able to identify opportunities for cost savings and recommend joint venture programs where possible.

Some of the services provided by our Environmental Department include:

• Waste Assessments
• Waste Audits & Waste Reduction Workplan
• Design and Implement customized recycling programs
• Train custodial staff, tenants and students on Recycling Initiatives
• Seminars and PowerPoint presentations on Waste Reduction Initiatives
• Design and Implement Waste Minimization Plans
• Design and Implement Waste Diversion Plans etc.
• Prepare Monthly Recycling Progress Reports
• Establish and Monitor Green Teams
• Booth Displays
• Prepare clients for Environmental Awards
• Provide Consultation on starting a new Recycling Program

The Environmental Department also designs recycling programs for businesses with multiple sites.  We build your program with your requirements in mind.  We reduce your costs and arrange for high quality, dependable service that is scheduled according to the needs of each individual site.

In addition to cost reduction, our programs will provide you with accurate and ongoing diversion reporting and assure your business is meeting all regulatory compliance conditions.   Take advantage of the services we provide and realize:

• Significant cost savings to help improve your bottom line;
• Assured compliance with Recycling and Waste Disposal regulations ;
• Increased environmental awareness among staff, tenants, customers and other business partners;
• Increased bottom line and a positive environmental image.

This involves a walk through your organization/facility to make an assessment of the existing recycling program, adequacy of available bins, proper sorting of the waste materials, disposal methods used by the cleaners, placement and adequacy of garbage and recycling facilities, accessibility of recycling bins to visitors and location of signage/labels of the bins. Depending on the size of your organization, a Waste Assessment can take between 30 minutes to 3 hours.

Waste Assessments are free to all of Turtle Island’s customers.

A waste audit is a systematic analysis to identify what types of waste are being generated, where in your organization the waste is being generated, and who is generating the waste. The waste audit provides a detailed analysis of how materials are purchased, what is brought into the facility as raw material and what goes out as waste, identifying potential 3Rs opportunities.

Our detail analysis will:

• Measure quantities and types of waste produced
• Identify potentially recyclable wastes
• Identify the real cost of waste to individual departments within a facility
• Identify opportunities to increase waste diversion rates
• Calculate how 3R practices can reduce costs of doing business

Upon completion of your waste audit, Turtle Island Recycling also prepares and presents a PowerPoint presentation of the waste audit findings to your management team, staff, tenants or custodial staff. Following the presentation, a Waste Reduction Workplan is prepared which highlights all initiatives to be taken to capture recyclable items from the waste stream. The plan will also specify timelines and assign responsibilities to various person/s.

Turtle Island Recycling works with an array of companies from different sectors some of which include Retail, Manufacturing, Hotel/Motel, Restaurants, Hospitals, among many others. For this reason, our Environmental Recycling Specialists are trained to design customized programs to meet specific goals of your company. We assess your recycling needs, help you set goals and targets as well as define strategies to accomplish these goals. We service some of the largest companies in downtown Toronto many of whom has surpassed their recycling goals and have won numerous environmental awards.

Training for custodial staff/tenants/students is the key to maintaining a good diversion program. A Turtle Island representative will visit your facility or institution, provide promotional and training materials and take the cleaners/students through the details of the recycling program. Our Recycling Specialists will from time to time, again visit your facility to assure that proper procedures are being followed and the program remains on track.

Turtle Island has developed among other tools, PowerPoint presentations to educate your employees, tenants or students on the recycling program as well as to promote new environmental and waste reduction initiatives. Our staff will organize at your convenience workplace presentations that are effective in promoting new environmental initiatives or to simply refresh people’s memories on your sites waste management procedures.

A Waste Minimization Plan is designed to address specific aspect or materials in the waste stream. For example, the plan can be specifically written to address hazardous waste or specific large volume waste materials such as paper or organics.

A Waste Diversion Plan is usually written to address the overall generation of waste materials. The plan includes a look at all aspect of your business or institutional operations and various strategies are derived to reduce your waste output.

Turtle Island Recycling Environmental Specialists have successfully establish Green Teams in many facilities, buildings and establishments. These teams are focus groups which are comprised of members of your company, recycling & housekeeping contractors and other facility users to implement, monitor and continually review the recycling program. Green teams meet as regularly as deemed necessary on a monthly or quarterly basis to review the progress of the program and take action as required.

Booth Displays are typically setup at the start of a new recycling program, on environmental days or as a way to promote the recycling program. Booth Displays are very effective in engaging building occupants, reminding them of the recycling program and getting their feedback. It is also a means of communicating valuable information about recycling program as well as to highlight achievements.

Turtle Island Recycling has been known to set very high recycling goals for their clients. Our commitment and relentless dedication has helped many clients surpassed their recycling goals. Our high expectations are as such to equip our clients with the ability to win environmental awards and recognition. This has been evident with many of our clients enjoying the benefits of being recipients of the Recycling Council of Ontario Waste Minimization Award as well as the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Awards.

Turtle Island Recycling provides open consultation to both clients and non-clients on how to start a new recycling program. With over 14 years of experience in the environmental and waste management industry, Turtle Island Recycling Environmental Initiatives Department has all the answers to your recycling needs. We will visit your location to discuss your recycling needs and develop a Plan of Action to implement a recycling program.