A Welcome Diversion
Welcome to A Welcome Diversion, a podcast that explores our shared future through the lens of sustainability and recycling. Join host and EPRA President and CEO, Cliff Hacking in conversation with leading sustainability experts,industry leaders and the men and women on the ground who are helping shape our future through recycling innovation and diversion expertise. Whether it’s with grassroots organizers or national policymakers, independent entrepreneurs or multi-national corporations, Cliff will explore the past, present and future of sustainability in-depth and in detail. Brought to you EPRA and the Recycle MY programs, the only Canada-wide recycling body that has been ensuring safe and secure recycling for over a decade through the implementation of innovative recycling practice and policy.
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Episodes
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
We speak to Carla Vasconi from AZNRP to highlight specific aspects of electronics recycling in Australia and New Zealand and it's similarities and differences to how we do things here in Canada.
Find your closet drop off location https://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca
The future is in your hands.Don't let it go to waste.™
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
We speak to Michelle Marley from EPRA Newfoundland and Labrador to highlight specific aspects of electronics recycling in Newfoundland and Labrador and look to her for her on-the-ground experience and expertise on the unique challenges of recycling in one of Canada's most geographically challenging provinces.
Find your closet drop off location https://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca
The future is in your hands.Don't let it go to waste.™
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
We speak to Dennis Neufeld from EPRA Manitoba to highlight specific aspects of electronics recycling in Manitoba and look to him for his on-the-ground experience and expertise on the unique challenges of recycling in Canada's coldest province.
Find your closet drop off location https://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca
The future is in your hands.Don't let it go to waste.™
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Plastics have driven, much of our technological evolution. Advances in computers, cell phones, televisions, have been made possible by plastics, but when it comes to recycling there are challenges. This means we need to find new, innovative ways, of using recycled plastics to extend its life.
Helping explain plastics recycling in greater detail, is Andrew Rubin president of FCM recycling.
EPRA/Recycle My Electronics programs have a vast network of over 2,500 collection locations across Canada consisting of return-to-retail locations and authorized drop-off points committed to recycling end-of-life electronics in a responsible manner. In fact, there’s a drop-off location within 30 minutes of most Canadians.
Find your closet drop off location https://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca
The future is in your hands.Don't let it go to waste.™
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
From devices to cars, lithium-ion batteries power almost every in our modern world. When it comes to recycling, Li-Cycle is at the forefront of innovation.
Today we are speaking with Alan Ferguson from Li-Cycle.
EPRA/Recycle My Electronics programs have a vast network of over 2,500 collection locations across Canada consisting of return-to-retail locations and authorized drop-off points committed to recycling end-of-life electronics in a responsible manner. In fact, there’s a drop-off location within 30 minutes of most Canadians.
Find your closet drop off location https://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca
The future is in your hands.Don't let it go to waste.™
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Expertise & Accessibility counts.
EPRA/Recycle My Electronics programs have a vast network of over 2,500 collection locations across Canada consisting of return-to-retail locations and authorized drop-off points committed to recycling end-of-life electronics in a responsible manner. In fact, there’s a drop-off location within 30 minutes of most Canadians.
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Cliff and Marc discuss the importance of process integrity and how EPRA has set the standard, country-wide, for over a decade. The link between safe and secure data destruction and resource recovery in the EPRA recycling process. What resource recovery and reuse means in terms of a closing the loop, from an industry standpoint.
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Resource Recovery and Electronics Recycling – The infinite reuse of what’s inside and why it counts.
In the inaugural episode, Cliff and Marc introduce listeners/viewers to the podcast, to the EPRA/Recycle My Electronics programs and to our position as environmental and industry-led experts.
Electronics recycling is one of the most environmentally beneficial forms of recycling.
Cliff and Marc discuss how EPRA works to actively reduce adverse environmental conditions by ensuring the resources inside end-of-life electronics are recovered and put back into the manufacturing stream.