Waste Reduction Week Presentation to Maple Ridge Mayor & Council

A huge Thank You! to all who helped make our Waste Reduction Week (WRW) presentation to Maple Ridge Mayor & Council on October 13 a success!

Ridge Meadows Recycling Society Vice-President Leigh Hodgins first updated council on our amazingly busy summer (thanks to the popularity of the new recycling boxes!) and the highest membership we’ve had in our 43-year history.She briefly reflected on past WRW presentations and plugged an upcoming screening of “Just Eat It” being shown in partnership with Cinema Politica on Thursday, October 22, 7:00 pm at the Maple Ridge Council Chambers.

Leanne Koehn (Community Engagement) then explained how this year’s WRW activity was inspired by initiatives taken by two elementary schools (Alouette & Fairview). After introducing some of the initiatives and the School District’s first annual Energy Challenge, RMRS Environmental Educator Dan Mikolay continued to describe the “Zero Waste School – Year 1” initiatives including other ideas that were inspired by schools in the District.

Some enthusiastic students from Alouette Elementary helped us give out Zero Waste Kits and air purifying houseplants to Mayor & Council to inspire their Zero Waste efforts.