Goal: Achieve Zero Waste

Eliminate or reduce to the maximum possible all wastes associated with campus activities and affiliated facilities and operations.
End the use of toxics and persistent pollutants not readily assimilated into the environment on-campus or in the atmosphere, downstream, or in groundwater.

Why we're working towards it: 


• Efficient use of resources and materials and associated cost savings.

Steps we're taking:

• Composting and recycling programs at Burnaby campus
• Initiatives to reduce toxics, plastic waste, and paper use at Burnaby campus
• Initiatives to use local, sustainable, low-packaging foods, and compost and recycle
• Stormdrain marking program to reduce toxins in wastewater at Burnaby campus

Focuses: 
make purchasing decisions and waste management activities that support eco-industrial networking; manage space demand and facilitate facility and equipment renewal and reuse; use full cost accounting and lifecycle assessment for purchasing, construction, and maintenance; reduce demand for energy and materials through efficiency, renewables and design; reduce emissions through mitigation, then sequestration; pilot Living Building Standard for new buildings, or build to LEED Gold standards or higher.