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Every Edmontonian has the power to reduce the waste they make at home and at work.
Reducing waste not only saves money but also helps to protect our environment and conserve valuable resources.
The Waste Reduction Network helps businesses and organizations in the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector connect with peers and the City to:
Interested in joining?
Aside from the programs and initiatives in place, the City also supports waste reduction through various strategies and plans.
Applications are now closed for 2024!
The Waste Reduction and Reuse Grant (WRR Grant) helps fund the people and projects that support waste reduction and reuse in Edmonton. The funding is for innovative initiatives that reduce residential waste and increase participation in waste diversion.
There is a total of $75,000 available to be awarded to one or more successful applicants.
Grant Guidelines Assessment Criteria Application Example
For more information - call: 587-989-4846 or email: wrrgrant@edmonton.ca.
The Sustainable Clothing Exchange was designed to:
Clothing Repair Clinics are monthly community clothing repair workshops with a focus on teaching mending, repairing and upcycling pre-existing clothing and textiles.
The Sakaw Gardens Master Composter used the grant to further education efforts and build a worm tower composter program to help give residents hands-on experience.
The Baturyn Community League’s Clothing Swap event allows patrons to donate and swap unwanted family clothing with other residents.
The Sustainability Social aims to teach participants about textile waste and solutions from panel experts. Participants will leave with the skills, knowledge and confidence to repair and extend the life of the clothes they already own.
TuneUp/WasteDown teaches community volunteer bicycle maintenance and tune up skills, who put their skills to use running bicycle maintenance and tune up sessions in their local neighbourhoods.
Waste Free Edmonton created a community-led initiative to educate Edmontonians about the negative impacts of lawns and lawn care, as well as the benefits of converting them into regenerative spaces that enhance biodiversity, carbon sequestration and local food security.
Explore Edmonton is creating a waste reduction guide for both of its venues. The goal is to provide resources that enable managers to initiate a waste conversation with event planners and help reduce waste ahead of events.
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