Zero Waste and Circular Economy Planning : Innovations in Food Systems
department or school: Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Faculty of Land and Food Systems
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
contributor: University of British Columbia. Student Housing and Hospitality Services
creator: Brown, Madison
creator: Lai, Taphy
creator: Lehto-Borich, Stefan
creator: Starink, Nico
creator: Sandhu, Anisha
issued: 2021-06-14T20:08:39Z
issued: 2021-04-26
description: In 2014 the University of British Columbia developed a Zero Waste Action Plant (ZWAP) with the goal of becoming a zero waste institution and diverting 80% of waste by 2020. Initially, UBC had largely focused on waste diversion through waste sorting from the separation of waste into garbage, recycling and organics. However, this strategy came with many issues. One being the reliance on an individual's knowledge and ability to properly sort waste and unfortunately the 80% diversion target was not met. This project moved away from the diversion approach and focused rather on the approach of circular economies through reusable foodware materials to progress UBC towards being a zero waste institute. The government of Canada defines a circular economy as “a new way of doing business that extracts as much value as possible from resources by recycling, repairing, reusing, repurposing, or refurbishing products and materials—eliminating waste and greenhouse gas emissions at the design stage” (Environment Canada, 2021). This approach allows there to be harmony in finding a balance between environmental and economic sustainability working to prevent waste from happening in the first place. The overall purpose of this project was to identify the best practices in circular economy planning to propose strategies for UBC’s upcoming Zero Waste Action Plan 2030. Part of our research included investigating UBC’s small-scale circular economy within the Green2Go reusable foodware program. To fulfil the overall purpose, goals were clearly set to produce viable options to enhance the efficiency of operations in the Green2Go reusable foodware program and provide concrete recommendations to UBC’s ZWAP 2030. As the Green2Go program is primarily used among first-year students living in residence, the final goal established was to create an overall culture change around reusable foodware among first year students living in residence. To accomplish these goals, a survey targeted to first-year s…
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note: Zero Waste and Circular Economy Planning: Innovations in Food Systems Prepared by: Madison Brown, Taphy Lai, Stefan Lehto-Borich, Nico Starink, Anisha Sandhu Prepared for: Zero Waste Action Plan Committee and Student Housing and Community Services Course Code: LFS 450 University of British Columbia Date: 26 April 2021 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a report”. University of British Columbia Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Zero Waste and Circular Economy Planning: Innovations in Food Systems i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2014 the University of British Columbia developed a Zero Waste Action Plant (ZWAP) with the goal of becoming a zero waste institution and diverting 80% of waste by 2020. Initially, UBC had largely focused on waste diversion through waste sorting from the separation of waste into garbage, recycling and organics. However, this strategy came with many issues. One being the reliance on an individual's knowledge and ability to properly sort waste and unfortunately the 80% diversion target was not met. This project moved away from the diversion approach and focused rather on the approach of circular economies through reusable foodware materials to progress UBC towards being a zero waste institute. The government of Canada defines a circular economy as “a new way of doing business that extracts as much value as possible from resources …
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0398366
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. LFS 450
subject: Food
subject: Procurement
subject: Waste
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78634