2012 Sustainability Summit – Toronto, Ontario

On June 21, 2012, Stewardship Ontario held its second annual Sustainability Summit at the Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. The summit showcased some of the important recycling innovations taking place in the province and brought together over 150 attendees from industry, government, waste and recycling organizations to learn about each other’s sustainability practices.

The day opened with remarks from the Honourable Jim Bradley, Ontario Minister of the Environment, followed by John Coyne, Stewardship Ontario’s Chair of the Board and VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Unilever Canada Inc. John talked about the innovative recycling and sustainability work underway in Ontario, and provided an overview of recent activities at Stewardship Ontario [click here to read the speech]. Attendees next heard presentations from people at the cutting edge of innovation and how they are changing the lifecycle of products and improving the circle of sustainability (click on presentation title to view the slides):

Born Again Bottles
Ryan L’Abbé, Vice President and General Manager
Ice River Springs – Blue Mountain Plastics Division

Adding Value to Plastic
Pushkar Kumar, CEO
GreenMantra Technologies

Gracious Living Makes for a Blue Planet
Amit Golan, Vice President Manufacturing Technologies
Gracious Living

Tim Hortons (C)update
Carol Patterson, Manager Environmental Affairs
Tim Hortons

View photographs from the Stewardship Ontario 2012 Sustainability Summit.