THE ROAD TO ZERO WASTE
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Campus Sustainability , Kayla Blok , is that sustainability should be integrated into all projects , research and teaching . It is also central to procurement , with all contracts and purchases over $ 100,000 required to be considered from a sustainability point of view . “ Whenever we go out to tender we have questions and requirements for suppliers , and I support multiple request for proposal ( RFP ) committees by advising on how that should be done . When we undertake a project , are our staff seeing their work through a sustainability lens ?
When our students graduate are they leaving with a holistic understanding of sustainability ? These are the type of questions we are asking .”
THE ROAD TO ZERO WASTE
It is never going to be possible to recycle 100 % of waste , but by adopting ‘ circular economy ’ practices SFU is heading towards a goal of 10 % waste minimisation and 90 % diversion from landfill . SFU started its zero waste journey in 2012 at a time when it had only a two-stream waste diversion system and most items were being
AUGUST 2019