Keeping It Clean

MANUFACTURING

With over 30 years of recycling experience, Urban Impact has assisted manufacting customers to move towards achieving Zero Waste. By optimizing your waste and recycling systems, you can divert more from the landfill, saving money and resources. With a full range of waste, recycling, shredding and reporting services, flexible scheduling and a wide range of containers, Urban Impact will meet the needs of your manufacturing businesses. We can help you with:
  • Cardboard and paper
  • Mixed containers
  • Organics
  • Electronics and small appliances
  • Batteries
  • Styrofoam
  • Soft plastics
  • Garbage
Waste and recycling solutions for manufacturers is not one size fits all. Urban Impact offers unique solutions such as:
  • Containers that suit your needs in the office, warehouse and manufacturing environment.
  • Special collection systems available for tech and heavy industrial.
  • A wide variety of equipment solutions such as compactors and balers for high volume.
  • Rebates on commodity materials.
Urban Impact understands manufacturing health and safety protocols. We will work with you to ensure efficient and safety compliant systems are in place to drive ongoing improvements in your waste management strategy.

Start to Finish

CONCIERGE SERVICE

Our Concierge Service provides one-stop comprehensive approach to maximizing recycling and waste diversion efforts in your business. Our service begins with a free site visit to learn about your business, your locations and volume of material that you are generating. We will review the volume, type of waste, space limitations and specific operational requirements. Once we have a clear understanding of your needs, we will prepare a custom proposal that incorporations our recommendations with your needs. Set up or implementation of your waste and recycling system is planned to ensure seamless transitions or start up service. Our experienced team will be there to ensure your recycling bins are placed in the right location and to ensure everything is working seamlessly. We take pride in our ability to provide large scale tailored waste and recycling solutions to manufacturers. Our solutions are customized to meet your needs 

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Designing and Building

SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING

Creating a successful recycling program includes design, communication, adoption and participation. Over the years, Urban Impact has refined success into these easy steps.

Bins and Equipment

The first step in achieving success is ensuring your manufacturing site has the right sized bins and other equipment that fits within your space and is in an easy-to-access location.

Label and Signage

Being able to easily see and read what gets recycled and where assists your teams in getting full participation. Urban Impact provides easy to follow signs that includes “Yes” and “No” to post and circulate amongst your team.

Education

Urban Impact provides educational training that gives your staff and customers a conversational opportunity to learn and ask questions about their specific recycling program. Sessions are virtual and tailored to fit your unique program. Increasing awareness and understanding on how your recycling program works is a key to your success.

Schedule Pick-Ups

Urban Impact offers scheduled or on call pick-up times and frequencies that meet the volume fluctuations in your manufacturing cycles. Our robust routing system gives us the flexibility to ensure we can meet your specific requirements.

Track and Report

Measuring and communicating your diversion efforts allows you to remain in compliance with your reporting requirements and can also increase internal participation in your program. At your request, Urban Impact can provide and accurate quarterly or annual reporting.

Canada Post Strike Update - December 2024

As the Canada Post strike continues Urban Impact offers several convenient options to pay invoices during this time:

  1. View invoices and pay by Visa or Mastercard on our customer portal
  2. Pay by EFT through your financial institution
  3. Email payments to accounting@urbanimpact.com 
  4. Courier cheques to 5 Capilano Way, New Westminster, BC V3L 5G3

If you do not have access to our Customer Portal, please email customerservice@urbanimpact.com for instructions on how to log on and manage your account, including paying for monthly invoices.