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Encore Condos at The Met

Encore Condos at The Met. TSCC 1979 25 Carlton Street. About Encore. Encore is a 33-story building, consisting of 334 residential suites including 6 town houses and 3 retail units H ome to approximately 600 residents

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Encore Condos at The Met

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  1. Encore Condos at The Met TSCC 1979 25 Carlton Street

  2. About Encore • Encore is a 33-story building, consisting of 334 residential suites including 6 town houses and 3 retail units • Home to approximately 600 residents • Encore residents are primarily first-home buyers, ranging in age from 25 – 45, students and young professionals • Approximately 50% of the building is leased and only ½ of the owners reside in their suites • Building registered in late November 2008

  3. About Encore Residents • A lot of younger residents • High consumption of take-out or delivery food by many residents • A lot of waste and packaging • On any given night, between 50-100 food deliveries • Many small suites with tiny kitchenettes do not encourage cooking

  4. The Waste Removal System • Each floor’s disposal room contains a garbage chute • 3 Tri-Sorter buttons at each chute opening • Trash, Recycle and Organic • Under-sink Organic Containers in each suite • City of Toronto Blue Bag in each suite • Under-sink Blue Bin in each disposal room for collection of LCBO bottles • Large clothing bin located in Loading Bay • Additional recycling located in Loading Bay

  5. Recycle & Organic Bins Waste is separated in each suite for easy disposal down the chute Inexpensive Bag Hangar for reduced Waste Kitchen Sink In Suite Waste Separation

  6. Organics Compartment Select Organics Button No diverter movement Organic Button lightsAll Floors - Door Unlocks quickly Organic access onlyAll floors - Waste/Recycle buttons lock-out • When Last Door Closes • System ready for use -NO Flashing Light delay

  7. Organics System Layout

  8. FLASHING LIGHT DOORS LOCKED OUT Recyclables Selection RECYCLE BUTTON FLASHES WHEN PRESSED • SELECT RECYCLE BUTTON • Recycle Button lightsAll floors • - Diverter moves (few seconds!) - Door Unlocks – use thumb latch • Recycling access onlyAll floors • Organics/Waste buttons lock-out • When Last Door Closes • Ready for next selection

  9. Dry Recyclables Bin

  10. FLASHING LIGHT = DOORS LOCKED OUT Waste Compactor FLASHING LIGHT GOES OUT SELECT WASTE BUTTON Waste Button lightsAll floors - Diverter plate moves - Door Unlocks – use thumb latch Waste access only- All floors Organics/Recycle buttons lock-out • When Last Door Closes • Ready for next selection

  11. Waste Compacted into bin

  12. Issues with Waste Minimization • New Building • Many other building concerns are given preference • Performance Audit • Deficiency recovery • Negotiations with Builder • Waste Removal Costs were not a high priority during 1st year budget

  13. Waste by the Numbers • Prior to Registration, private waste removal in place • Up to 65 Garbage Bins collected each month • Cost of almost $3000 per month • Monthly contract in place for a set amount of bins • An extra fee ($36) applied to each additional bin • Minimal Recycling in place– not a high priority

  14. After Registration • Switch to City of Toronto waste removal services • Implementation of Recycling, and then later, Organic waste collection • Substantial reduction in the number of garbage bins picked up – from 65 to 15 • Significant increase in the amount of Recycled and Organic waste collected free of charge

  15. Getting the System On-line • Garbage Chute manufacturer contacted to reprogram tri-sorter to provide recycling • Purchase of Organic “Twin Bins” • Contact made with the City of Toronto to add Encore to their organic and recycle collection • Conversion of several compactable bins to non-compactable recycle bins – no fee charged for non-compactable bin

  16. Chute Tri SorterCorner Layout and “Twin Bin”

  17. Implementation of “The System” • Organic under-the-sink bins distributed to all units during in-suite fire inspection • Signs posted in each Disposal Room • Notices posted on Recycle Room Door • Information brochures posted in Mail Room and Elevator Notice Boards • City of Toronto Blue Bags distributed to all suites

  18. Why Encore? • Brand New Building with all the tools to succeed • Currently still incurring large waste removal fees • More focus to be given towards waste minimization strategies • Attitudes and lifestyle habits likely need to change • Waste collection needs to be reduced a further 50% to avoid the city’s garbage levy and to achieve the 70% waste diversion goal

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