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Recycling in Apartments

Recycling in Apartments. About Minto. 15,500 suites under management Located in Ottawa, Toronto and London Mixture of town homes, garden homes, maisonettes, terrace homes, high-rise, mid-rise, and walk up apartments Ranging from stand alone apartments to large communities. About Minto.

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Recycling in Apartments

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  1. Recycling in Apartments

  2. About Minto • 15,500 suites under management • Located in Ottawa, Toronto and London • Mixture of town homes, garden homes, maisonettes, terrace homes, high-rise, mid-rise, and walk up apartments • Ranging from stand alone apartments to large communities

  3. About Minto • Minto creates better places to inspire life - Dedicated to making the world a better place • Aon Hewitt’s “Green 30” - MacLeans Magazine • 2010 Green Leadership Award – Hotelier Magazine • Audubon International Green Leaf Rating • 180 Kent – LEED Platinum candidate development • 2010 Green Builder of the Year – Ontario Home Builders’ Association • 2010 Finalist in the GLOBE foundation’s Awards for Environmental Excellence

  4. Some Garbage Statistics • From Statscan 2008 KG/Capita total KG/Capita Diverted Diversion Rate Canada 256 131 51% Ontario 250 145 58% • 4,000,000 plastic bottles used each day in the United States - 1 of 4 is recycled • Recycling Rates Drop in Apartments – CFRA News Radio June 2 “Apartment dwellers are not helping the City of Ottawa's waste diversion rates. The quarterly performance report for Council shows the decline in multi-residential recycling rates continued a two-year trend in the first quarter, with waste diversion dropping to 19.3 per cent”

  5. Minto • Working on Environmental issues for over 10 years • How we deal with our customers’ waste has a huge impact on the environment • Minto 2010 Statistics from our multi-residential rental properties: KG/Suite Total KG/Suite Diverted Diversion Rate 700 310 44%

  6. Garbage versus Recycling – or both??

  7. External Factors • Toronto – migrating garbage from property tax bill to separate charge • Ottawa – organics pick up starting in multi residential in November 2012 • Customer Satisfaction • Customer Co operation

  8. Internal Factors • Capital Cost for equipment (TriSorters = $30k/Building on average • Operating Cost (garbage removal) • Staff Impact (staff injury from strains and sprains) • Educating our customers on recycling, reducing, impact on the environment • Garbage room layout • Access to appropriate power sources • Ventilation • Storage space for garbage and recycling

  9. Our Experience • Recycling centers for over 10 years • New buildings – tri-sorters in high rise • Existing buildings – experimenting with introducing tri-sorter • Experimenting with two different buildings that have identical sister buildings in same area Our experience so far??

  10. Building #1 • 260 suite hi rise, built approximately 1965 • Mid level building • Demographics: Mixed building with families & singles, 1.75 average occupants per suite, average age of primary occupant is 44 yrs Garbage/Yr Paper/Cardboard Plastic/metal Pre Tri Sorter 1092 260 52 Post Tri Sorter 832 520 416 Delta -260 +260 +365 Note (1) Same building, before and after Tri Sorter installation (2) All measurements in cubic yards (3) Garbage is compacted, recycling material is not compacted

  11. Building #2 • 179 suite hi rise, built circa 1983 • Upper mid level building (condo style) • Demographics: Mixed building, 30% students, average age of primary occupant is 34 yrs, 1.48 occupants per suite average Garbage/Yr Paper/Cardboard Plastic/metal Non Tri Sorter 347 225 185 Tri Sorter 336 384 156 Delta -11 +159 -29 Note (1) 2 sister buildings, same time period (2) previous garbage and recycling levels in buildings nearly identical (3) all measurements in cubic yards

  12. Keys to Success • Educate Staff • Educate the customer • Make it easy for the customer • Educate the customer • Monitor the success and evaluate the impact • Educate the customer • Include garbage protocol in move-in package • Posters in each garbage chute room

  13. Lesson Learned • Educate front line staff • Educate customers • Measure, Monitor, Measure again • Work with your suppliers for best practices • Continuous marketing (reminders, posters) • Part of move-in package and orientation • Enforcement for all those who don’t follow protocol • Make it easy and visible

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