#circular-materials — Public Fediverse posts

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

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#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

A thread (5 posts) on the disastrous roll out of the Toronto's new recycling collection system.

The City of Toronto's switch to using Circular Materials for recycling collection in Toronto made almost every mistake possible:
- many, many, many missed pickups
- a broken mobile app
- a broken address lookup function on website
- incorrect paper calendars sent to some addresses
- failing to respond to customer help calls

In particular, rolling out a new collection schedule to millions of people without ensuring that your website and app are functioning correctly is inexcusable.

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#Toronto #recycling #garbage #TOWaste #CircularMaterials #TOPoli

Can circularity be attempted in Developing Regions? Most solid waste there is food. Get large portions of that out of the solid waste stream & waste mgmt would be so much easier.
Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/0Myzg4L_z-M?si=qEEhv31QLWhXDMux

#sustainability #circulareconomy #recycling #wastemanagement #circularity #reuse #sustainable #circularmaterials

Up to now Environmental Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) can't be done for construction projects until materials have been chosen, which is too late in the Architecture process to make positive changes. Here I discuss a method of having initial baseline LCAs early in the process.

Listen on Spotify

#lca #lifecycleanalysis #sustainability #Architecture #constructionindustry #construction #circulareconomy #circularmaterials #sustainablefuture #environmentalimpact

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0djDusxDo3NNCjVksmdZ20

How can manufacturers find circular materials? How can 1 industry know what waste materials others produce? How can materials from deconstructed buildings be found & sold? How can we build up sites of industrial symbiosis?
We need A Circular Materials Commodities Market

Listen on Spotify:

#sustainability #circulareconomy #sustainable #circularmaterials #reuse #recycling #sustainablefuture #deconstruction #industrialsymbiosis

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7I2fToHvyA2OfljZSq8CiM

Taking Inspiration from Early Aviation History to Spur Sustainable Innovation, Ingenuity, & Advancement with Prizes.

Listen on Spotify:

#sustainability #circulareconomy #innovation #sustainable #circularmaterials #reuse #recycling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5whv2EvnbDeYIvbF9VYfD2

Taking Inspiration from Early Aviation History to Spur Sustainable Innovation, Ingenuity, & Advancement with Prizes.
Read or Listen:

#sustainability #circulareconomy #innovation #sustainable #circularmaterials #reuse #recycling

https://sparkssustainability.com/2025/04/09/stimulating-circular-innovation-with-prizes/

How can manufacturers find circular materials? How can 1 industry know what waste materials others produce? How can materials from deconstructed buildings be found & sold?
A Circular Materials Commodities Market

#sustainability #circulareconomy #sustainable #circularmaterials #reuse #recycling #sustainablefuture #deconstruction

https://sparkssustainability.com/2025/01/26/circular-materials-commodities-market/

Minerals for the Energy Transition: Can We All Work Together? https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-materials/opinion/minerals-for-the-energy-transition-can-we-all-work-together/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Circularmaterials

@crispius @Snowshadow @zazzoo
Another big part of the big lie is modern community refuse recycling programs. My province just got one last year. It's run by #CircularMaterials.

Who is CM?

Most of the companies listed above - some of the world's most prolific plastic polluters.

https://www.circularmaterials.ca/board/

#FridayFacts - on #circulareconomy ♻️: How much of the #materials used in the 🇪🇺EU #economy came from #recycledmaterials in 2021?

More info and the correct answer are available in #EEAbriefing: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/how-far-is-europe-from
#circularmaterials #recycling

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1659483207362916352