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– ABOUT THE SERIES – Measuring What Matters: Quantifying Social Return on Investment CWMA in partnership with MNP and Grey Sky Tech have created valuable workshops to empower you to use your data for quantifying Social Return on Investment and understand the impact and value of your work. While each session works well as a […]
– DETAILS – The Power of Micro Recycling: A Showcase of Community Empowerment Micro recycling is the process of breaking down and reprocessing materials at a small-to-medium scale - typically at the community, household, and small business level, rather than through large industrial facilities and often with a focus on specific waste types (like plastic) […]
– DETAILS – CWMA Roundtables are meant to bring everyone together to hear challenges and share ideas and solutions. This will be a specific conversation on rural and remote challenges across BC with construction and demolition waste. Please plan to attend and take part! – AGENDA – Virtual Doors Open at 9:50 AM Pacific for […]
– ABOUT THE SERIES – Measuring What Matters: Quantifying Social Return on Investment CWMA, in partnership with MNP and Grey Sky Tech, have created valuable workshops to empower you to use your data for quantifying Social Return on Investment and understand the impact and value of your work. While each session works well as a […]
– EVENT DETAILS – This event has been quickly added to our summer events as we have heard from numerous members that many require more clarity on the reporting obligations for haulers, landfills, and recyclers (“service providers") under the Federal Plastics Registry. The Environment and Climate Change Canada team leading the Phase 2 guidance development […]
– EVENT DETAILS – We're witnessing infrastructure gaps in our household hazardous waste (HHW) systems, particularly with items that are technically hazardous but have become ubiquitous consumer products. 1-lb Propane Tanks: A Perfect Storm These small canisters present a complex challenge—they're pressurized vessels with explosion potential containing flammable gas, yet marketed as "disposable" consumer products. […]
– DETAILS – Waste to Watts Series – Part 2 Energy and Resource Recovery from Waste: Exploring Climate, Carbon, and Business Cases In British Columbia, "waste as a resource" refers to strategies for transforming waste streams into valuable resources, reducing landfill waste, and mitigating environmental impacts. This involves reducing waste generation, reusing materials, recycling, recovering […]
– EVENT DETAILS – The BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG) is a team in the BC Public Service that helps ministries use behavioural science to support development of stronger policies, programs, and services. They work with ministry partners to identify where best to intervene in a system and which behaviours to focus on to […]
A Virtual Bonus Event as part of 2025 Conference! Note: We are cleverly using 1995 movies as thematic elements to add nostalgia and personality to our sessions. 1995 Movie Panel Theme: The Usual Suspects Just as investigators slowly piece together inconsistencies in the main character’s story, waste management professionals use sorting, testing, and tracking to […]
A Virtual Bonus Event as part of 2025 Conference! Note: We are cleverly using 1995 movies as thematic elements to add nostalgia and personality to our sessions. 1995 Movie Panel Theme: A Toy Story The entire premise revolves around toys finding new purpose and meaning as they’re passed between children. Woody and Buzz don’t become […]
Welcome to the 2025 Conference Registration Only Virtual Attendance Remain. Visit the Main Conference Site for more details on the event. Various attendance options are available, please read carefully. Our 30-Anniversary Celebration Reception on Wednesday October 8 is included for Full Conference delegates and Wednesday-only delegates, but can also be attended as a single event […]