Toronto just passed a resolution to the Federal government asking for a national strategy on plastics. A national strategy on plastics could create a uniform approach for all provinces and cities, setting national targets and standards, and holding the multi-national companies that create plastics responsible for the environmental impacts.

New rules to ban or put fees on harmful single-use plastics could be coming to Toronto within the next year.

The staff and board of 430 Mayfair on the Green were the recipients of TEA's first-ever Greener City for All Award.

We are thrilled to announce a new three-year project that will help Toronto’s high-rise buildings reach their zero waste goals.

Located in the Malvern neighbourhood of Scarborough, this highrise is showing how zero waste is possible: with over 1000 residents, this building is generating only one dumpster of garbage per month!

The numbers are staggering: estimates show that Ontario generates 500,000 tonnes of clothing and textile waste every year and that number is expected to grow rapidly.

TEA is thrilled to have been part of the Mayor's Towering Challenge and to have been a member of the judging panel. In the end, 11 buildings won awards for their efforts in reducing waste in their buildings!

On Earth Day, TEA focused on zero waste for Toronto's vertical communities with a zero waste event and community clean up at CityPlace, a high-rise community of 13,000+ residents.

Half of Toronto households live in multi-residential buildings - including apartments, condos and co-operative housing - and many of those are high-rise buildings. Unfortunately, statistics show that multi-residential buildings generally have lower rates of recycling and composting.