NANAIMO RECYCLING EXCHANGE SOCIETY

COMPLETION OF THE JOINT DECONSTRUCTION/REUSE AND CONSTRUCTION/RECYCLING PROJECT BETWEEN NRE AND TECTONICA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RESULTED IN DATA AND BEST PRACTICES NOT PREVIOUSLY OFFERED TO THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A WIDER CONTEXT FOR EDUCATION NRE IS COMPLETING A BEST PRACTICES DOCUMENT FOR THE LARGER INDUSTRY OF CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE BEST PRACTICES AND BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPED FOR DECONSTRUCTION. THE SECOND REPORT WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO THE INDUSTRY SECTOR AND ALSO TO EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS COAST WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. ONGOING STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AND INPUT INTO DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA CONTINUES. AS NRE ROOTS PRIORITIZE POLLUTION PREVENTION PLASTICS REGULATION AND THE ROLE OF RETHINK AND REDUCE ARE BEING PRESENTED TO GOVERNMENT WITH DATA ABOUT THE ROLE OF RECYCLING AND EPR FOR SUCCESSFUL WASTE PREVENTION. NRE CONTINUES TO OFFER EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND DEFINITIONS TO ENSURE POLICY FOLLOWS RESEARCH. ONGOING RESEARCH AND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SINGLE-USE PLASTIC AND FOOD PLASTIC REGULATIONS CONTINUES AS REGULATIONS ARE DEVELOPED AND REFINED. NRE VOLUNTEER COMMITMENTS CONTINUE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOLID WASTE MONITORING COMMITTEE ZERO WASTE CANADA AND ZERO WASTE BC COMMITTEES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIAISON.

AS PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND POLLUTION CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THE ENVIRONMENT NRE HAS ADOPTED A NEW PRIORITY FOR EDUCATION ABOUT PREVETNTION OF PLASTIC POLLUTION FOR THE COMMUNITY. NRES IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE WITH UPDATED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT PLASTIC IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. NRE HAS DEVELOPED NEW EDUCATIONAL TOOLS SUCH AS AN UPDATED POLLUTION PREVENTION HIERARCHY WITH CLEAR STEPS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCED TO THIS TOOL FOR PREVENTING WASTE: NRE IS MAKING THE TOOL ACCESSIBLE TO INDUSTRY AND FOR EVERY DAY LIFE. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER. NRE EXPERTISE IN RECYCLING POLLUTION PREVENTION AND WASTE PREVENTION CONTINUES TO BE CALLED UPON FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM GOVERNMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND REGULATION DEVELOPMENT. TIMELY RESPONSE FROM NRE IS OUR PRIORITY. THERE IS SIGNFICANT NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING THE RESULTS OF WASTE PREVENTION VS WASTE MANAGEMENT AND NRE IS DEVELOPING NEW PLATFORMS TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY SECTORS AND GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE PREVENTION. MORE WORK IS NEEDED. NRE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN NON-RESIDENTIAL PAPER AND PACKAGING AS IS CRUCIAL TO CONTINUE TO BE THE VOICE OF POLLUTION PREVENTION ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PLASTIC. POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING AND PARTICIPATION IS INTEGRAL TO A FUTURE THAT CAN REGULATE PLASTIC ENOUGH TO PRVENT FURTHER POLLUTION. NRE WILL CONTINUE TO USE CURRENT RESEARCH AND OUR EXPERTISE TO RESPOND TO EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON PLASTIC WASTE AND WASTE PREVENTION. WE CONTINUE THIS WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND CLEAN FOR ALL WHO DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE WORLD OF POLLUTION AND WASTE AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS HOW OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON US.