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A guide to Peel’s new waste cart policy

A guide to Peel’s new waste cart policy

BY MICHAEL MELRO As of January, municipal governments in the Region of Peel launched their new waste cart policy. It involves the axing of old disposal practices and the introduction of new critter proof bins for garbage, recycling and organic waste to over 300,000 homes. As of last year, Peel recorded that they handle more than […]

Sheridan takes out the trash

Sheridan takes out the trash

VIDEO BY ROBERT SGOTTO The office of sustainability spearheads Sheridan’s green plan by reducing waste to landfills. On Oct. 16, volunteers and co-op students helped sort and audit Sheridan’s waste, the first time since April of last year. There’s a lot of confusion on what waste goes where, and coffee cups seems to end up […]

College lacking meaningful climate change approach

College lacking meaningful climate change approach

COLUMN AND PHOTO BY CHRIS COUTTS The dazzling sustainability metal waste bins that litter Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus grounds illustrate what appears to be the Emerald City of environmentalism. But the college administration’s style-over-substance approach to some of the most important decisions an institution can make is the same sort of thinking that landed our planet […]

Mission aims to cut Waste to Zero

Mission aims to cut Waste to Zero

INFOGRAPHIC BY KAGAN PITTMAN Get the scoop on waste disposal and recycling habits at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus, and learn how the school will go green with Mission Zero. Read more on Mission Zero and what progress the school is making in an associated article by Jaime Polmateer.