On the Cusp - Alberta's Circular Podcast

Circle Economy's Impact Report on Resiliency and Circularity

The following is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2020 Webinar Series – Building Resiliency of Material Systems. In this segment, Natalia Papú Carrone, a lead researcher for Circle Economy, based in the Netherlands, shares the latest Impact report on resiliency and circularity.

HalifACT 2050 - the City of Halifax Climate Change Strategy

The following is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2020 Webinar Series – Building Resiliency of Material Systems. In this segment, Shannon Miedema, the energy and environment program manager with the City of Halifax talks about advancing environmental policy in a pandemic. HalifACT 2050: Acting on Climate Together is a commitment to reducing emissions, switching to clean and reliable energy sources and demonstrating local government leadership.

Green Strings: Principles and conditions for a green recovery from COVID-19 in Canada

The following is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2020 Webinar Series – Building Resiliency of Material Systems. In this segment we hear from Vanessa Corkal, a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development based in Ottawa. Vanessa is the author of Green Strings: Principles and conditions for a green recovery from COVID-19 in Canada and she shares recommendations for a green recovery.

 

Zero Waste Champions Recommend Actions During COVID-19

Plastic-Free YYC, Waste Free Edmonton, and Environment Lethbridge join the Recycling Council of Alberta to pitch ideas for Albertans to continue to advance positive environmental actions during COVID-19 and discuss the challenges and opportunities after the pandemic. Visit the groups on social media and their websites: https://plasticfreeyyc.com/, https://wastefree.ca/, http://wasteless.ca/, http://recycle.ab.ca 

Ontario's changing EPR landscape

In this segment, Peter Hargreave from Policy Integrity Consulting takes listeners through the changes in Ontario’s Extended producer responsibility program, compares the Ontario and BC models of EPR and suggests how Alberta might benefit from EPR policies. The segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd to 4th in Jasper, Alberta. 

The Circular Cities Project

The Circular Economy keeps products and materials circulating within the economy at their highest utility and value, through waste prevention, improved design, re-use, recycling, remanufacturing and innovative business models. The RCA is working with six communities across Alberta to create a Circular Cities roadmap to design out waste and conserve resources. In this session, the communities talk about the work they are already doing to create sharing economies and circular cities. We hear from the City of Calgary, the City of Lethbridge, Strathcona County, the University of Alberta and the Town of Banff. The segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd to 4th in Jasper, Alberta. 

The Plastic Bank

In this session we hear from Lindsay Christianson the Director of Business and Partner development at the Plastic Bank, an organization that aims to shut off the taps of plastic pollution while empowering people to earn a living by cleaning up and recycling plastic. Lindsay explains how this one of a kind social enterprise functions with the goals to build infrastructure in the world’s poorest regions while enabling residents to earn a stable income and gain social services such as healthcare, tuition and more. Collected plastic is then recycled into socialplastic and used by companies to make new products. The segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd to 4th in Jasper, Alberta. 

A Steward's Perspective on EPR

John Coyne, VP of External Affairs and Sustainability at Unilever Canada offers a steward’s perspective about the work being done by his company and other partners to implement extended producer responsibility programs for packaging across the country and why this work is critical to collect and recycle materials. This segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd to 4th in Jasper, Alberta. 

 

Waste Free Ontario

This presentation is from Dr. Dianne Saxe, one of Canada’s most respected environmental lawyers with over 40-years’ experience. Dianne is the former environmental commissioner of Ontario and now heads up Saxe Facts; a firm that provides strategic advice and presentations on climate, energy, and the environment. Dianne provides insight into the circular economy and the Waste-Free Ontario Act. This segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd to 4th in Jasper, Alberta. 

Circular Economy for Plastics

This segment is a presentation from the Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2019 Sea Change Conference held October 2nd-to-4th in Jasper, Alberta. We hear from Usman Valiante, principal at Cardwell Grove Inc. with 27-years of experience in a variety of fields including; environmental science and economics, corporate and commercial strategy, public policy, and communications. Usman proposes systematic changes to create a circular economy for plastics.