Circular Economy Workshop

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The circular economy is one that treats materials like they are finite, rather than disposable and where resources are continuously recaptured and reused. Shifting to a circular economy would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from product use and manufacturing, stimulate new areas of the economy, and improve human and environmental health through waste reduction.
 
Over the coming months, our team will be developing a circular economy roadmap for the Region and our communities to guide us toward a visionary goal of a world where nothing goes to waste. This roadmap will support our waste management master plan, the SM4RT Living Plan. The SM4RT Living Plan is York Region’s waste management master plan to 2059. It commits the Region to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste, as well as recover energy from waste that can’t be managed in other ways. One of the plan’s major objectives is to “Inspire people across the Region to embrace SM4RT Living and advance the circular economy”. As part of this objective, the Region is working to support community partners and businesses who are advancing work that supports the circular economy. 
 
As a community member doing work to advance the circular economy, we would like to invite you to join us via Zoom for a two-hour workshop with other community businesses and organizations on Friday, October 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
In this workshop, you can:

• Learn more about the circular economy and York Region’s plans to advance it within our communities
• Share your organization or business’ experiences with the circular economy and discuss how York Region can continue to support you moving forward
• Meet and network with other local leaders with similar values and practices
• Help inform the Region’s future engagement plans for the circular economy (including advising us on the terms of reference for a potential Circular Economy Working Group)