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2020 - POSTPONED Single Use Plastics - We can't recycle our way out of the plastics crisis
Date and Time
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
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Tessa Vanderkop
604 412-0100 ext. 1107 tessa@bbot.ca
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Description
Event Details: This event is postponed. Contact admin@bbot.ca or 604 412 0100 for more information.
This workshop is an interactive dive into eliminating single-use plastics and products in the food sector and on an institutional level.
It will explore how organizations can educate and engage their communities and customers to act on minimizing waste and apply circular economy concepts by reducing and eliminating single-use plastics and products, while introducing reusable alternatives.
We will present Simon Fraser University's Re-use for Good initiative which includes:
- SFU's approach, drivers, and focus areas
- How SFU collaborated between multiple departments and with students
- How to (and how not to) communicate behaviour change and sustainability initiatives
- Successes and hurdles experienced along the way, including programs launched to deliver the initiative
Kayla Blok is the Manager, Campus Sustainability at Simon Fraser University. She is a sustainability change maker whose career journey, from coast to coast, has taken her from a small non-profit to a board room and the public sector. At SFU her portfolio focuses on operational and business functions across the institution to implement and scale sustainable decisions and practices. Kayla also works closely with internal and external partners on signature projects and initiatives, like the Reuse for Good initiative.
Event Details:
Date: March 26th, 2020
Time: 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Place: MOSAIC - 5575 Boundary Road, Vancouver
Cost: $10.00 for all Burnaby Board of Trade members.
Call: 604 412-0100, sign up online with your email address, or email us directly
COVID-19 Note -- The Burnaby Board of Trade continues to welcome our members and guests to join us for events! We will strive to provide hand sanitizer at all events, and want guests to feel comfortable avoiding shaking hands or making other physical greetings during this outbreak should they wish to.
We do invite potential attendees to reconsider attendance if they are experiencing symptoms of illness, have recently returned from a COVID-19 affected area, or have underlying medical conditions that put them at higher risk of complications from a respiratory infection such as COVID-19.
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