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Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative
Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.
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Case Study: An innovative path toward net-zero homes
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Webinar recording: How to start reducing GHG emissions in community buildings
Watch the discussion on how to create a GHG reduction pathway for community buildings.
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Neighbouring municipalities create a pathway to sustainable procurement on P.E.I.
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Webinar recording: Accelerate your community’s net-zero transformation with new GMF funding
Watch our webinar to discover how GMF’s new funding can help you upgrade infrastructure and reduce local GHG emissions.
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Case study: Increasing waste diversion to reduce landfill use
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Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities
If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.
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Webinar recording: Net-Zero Circularity: Procurement
Watch this webinar recording to see how circular procurement can help put the principles of a circular economy into action.
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Resources: Strengthening your municipality’s circular economy initiatives
Find case studies, exercises and worksheets to help your municipality reduce waste and strengthen its circular economy initiatives.
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Case Study: How Lac-Saint-Jean’s Réemploi+ program is building a circular economy
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Case Study: How Guelph-Wellington is building a sustainable food future
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Piloting a new method of diverting organics from landfill
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Webinar recording: How to start the conversation about circular economies in your municipality
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Webinar recording: The 5 keys to a green municipal project business case
Watch this webinar recording and discover the five critical focus areas you need to address to get your project started, from financing and partnerships to integrating a triple-bottom-line approach.
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Circular Cities & Regions Initiative
Interested in learning more about how the circular economy can come to life in cities and regions? Review the CCRI webinar recordings featuring speakers from leading organizations and global cities.
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Case study: Animal-proof bins wrapped in local art get Canmore, AB, composting
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Case studies: 2020 Sustainable Communities Award winners
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Case study: Campbell River, BC, develops plan to protect against rising sea levels
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Study helps set direction for new composting facility
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One-stop shop for waste management sparks community pride
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Pilot program proves textile recycling within reach for Canada’s municipalities
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Webinar recordings: Best practices in municipal sustainability
How are cities and communities of all sizes tackling their environmental challenges? Find out from our five-part webinar series on innovations and opportunities in municipal energy, waste, water, transportation and land use initiatives.
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Report: Solid waste management in Canadian municipalities
Expanding responsibility for producers to include the post-consumer stage of their products is a key solution for financial and environmental sustainability in the waste sector.