RecycleBC (our provincial curbside recycling program) reported that less than half of plastic packaging is getting recycled. The rest becomes pollution. The Beacon multi-family residents learn how eating lunch can stop plastic pollution and help climate change.

Read about the challenges local businesses face dealing with waste.

Read about NRES and Tectonica collaboration for deconstruction instead of demolition.

Nanaimo Recycling Exchange has partnered with a new plastics processor on Vancouver Island. Our first big project is to get used bale wrap off the farms and into the recycler.