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Zero Waste: Innovation to Drive the Circular Economy

Cities, Climate + Environment, 2014, Summit Innovation The Shock of the Possible, Economy

Waste management presents increasingly significant challenges to Metro Vancouver and much of the world. SFU has responded to the challenges by developing some successful models for waste management. Now we have begun to explore systems for going beyond diversion that tackle sources of waste before they need to be managed. In doing so we’re ready to drive closed loop systems that support the Circular Economy. Innovations in product and packaging design, in purchasing practices, and in materials collection are critical to this shift and to developing effective approaches and tools that meet communities’ diverse needs.

Thank you for joining us at this event where experts led a dialogue on how to foster a climate for zero waste innovation in Metro Vancouver.

Dialogue participants contributed to the development of the following outcomes: 

  1. The development of a 'regional roadmap' for driving the Circular Economy in the region
  2. A set of guiding principles for organizations, municipalities and businesses wanting to move beyond waste management

These outcomes was sent to all participants after the event. 

Mon, 20 Oct 2014

8:00 a.m. (PT)

SFU’s Segal Building

500 Granville Street, 
Vancouver
Room 1200

About Innovation: The Shock of the Possible

Are you ready to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by innovation? Our 2014 Community Summit took place October 19 to 24 in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey and included a diverse range of activities and events. We asked what innovation means for some of the most important social, environmental and economic issues facing communities in BC, Canada, and beyond. People joined us for an evening at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with Ray Kurzweil, Richard Florida and Amanda Lang, an ideas competition addressing sea level rise, a young innovators crawl, a national forum on innovations in undergraduate learning and a roundtable on health technology and patient care.

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Speakers

Malcolm Brodie

Chair, National Zero Waste Council and Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Committee, and Mayor of Richmond

Brock Macdonald

CEO, Recycling Council of British Columbia, and Co-Chair, NZWC Circular Economy Working Group

Candace Le Roy

Director, SFU Sustainability Office

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