Urban Impact was proud to be the Green Sponsor of the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival
Posted: June 13th, 2011
Recognized as North America’s biggest and best, the 23rd annual Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver was a celebration of our diverse and beautiful city, attracting over 100,000 people and close to 180 dragon boat teams from across the Lower Mainland and around the globe.
The Festival began on Friday, June 11 with a colourful “Eye-dotting Ceremony”, and continued with two more days of non-stop entertainment on the World Beat Stage, fabulous food and shopping, and of course, world class and amateur dragon boat racing.
During the Festival, festival attendees were guided by Green Volunteers on how to recycle Paper and Cardboard, Mixed Containers and Compost by placing them in one of Urban Impact’s twelve Zero Waste Stations. We set up systems for composting and recycling, sorted and hauled every bag in our quest to achieve diversion rates of up to 80% and help make the Festival the greenest ever!
CKNW’s Renowned Sean Leslie interviews Nicole Stefenelli on The World Today Weekend, for her thoughts on all things Earth Week 2011
Posted: April 26th, 2011April 23rd, CKNW’s Renowned Sean Leslie interviews Nicole Stefenelli on The World Today Weekend, for her thoughts on all things Earth Week 2011. Read more…
Urban Impact’s Festivals and Events team was on hand at the Capers Whole Foods Robson Street store’s Earth Day Celebration
Posted: April 26th, 2011On April 23, Urban Impact’s Festivals and Events team was on hand at the Capers Whole Foods Robson Street store’s Earth Day Celebration. We provided free recycling services to help the store’s festival in the heart of Robson Street divert compost waste from the landfill. Read more…
Capers Whole Foods Robson Street store’s Earth Day Celebration.
Posted: April 23rd, 2011On April 23, Urban Impact’s Festivals and Events team was on hand at the Capers Whole Foods Robson Street store’s Earth Day Celebration. We provided free recycling services to help the store’s festival in the heart of Robson Street divert compost waste from the landfill.
At Urban Impact, we believe that for events and festivals, advance planning is key in making waste reduction efforts successful.
Posted: April 21st, 2011At Urban Impact, we believe that for events and festivals, advance planning is key in making waste reduction efforts successful. For event organizers, taking steps to limit waste in the first place goes a long way in reducing litter, cost and the negative impacts that waste has on the environment. Find out how Urban Impact helped the City of Richmond’s Winterfest festival divert most of the waste generated at the event from the landfill. Click here for Case Study.
