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The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in the popularity of meal kit delivery services. A potential by-product of this popularity is an increase in the amount of packaging and food waste that is being produced. This could have a large effect on Durham Region's waste stream, but there is a need to better understand how it will impact current and future systems and affect program targets and actions if any. 

Host Department: Works

Type of Collaboration: Graduate research project

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Durham Region’s Waste Management Department has limited resources to develop and deliver in-school programming to K-8 classrooms. To help better reach this audience and to provide quality, curriculum-relevant materials, the Region is building an online education presence using the Brightspace platform. This project aims to have students who are in the K-8 Ontario teaching stream to develop and finalize quality, curriculum relevant materials related to solid waste management that will be used on the...

How can the Region's current and future waste management systems (Durham York Energy Center (DYEC), Mixed Waste Pre-sort and Anerobic Digestion (MWPS/AD) facility) assess the feasibility of supporting a greenhouse in the vicinity of the DYEC and the newly proposed MWP/AD facility, taking advantage of the heating, CO₂, and soil amendment capacity as it inputs into the facility?

Host Department: Works

Type of Collaboration: Upper year student group project or Research project

Anticipated Outcome: An...