CCRA success stories

The following are thumbnail sketches of some of the initiatives that the CCRA can be proud of:

• The Ottawa Technology Centre, Northern Ontario Region was a regional leader in paper waste diversion from landfill sites.
• The CCRA ranked first amongst federal organizations, for compliance with the Alternative Fuels Act in 1999-2000.
• The Sudbury Tax Services Office collected and sent 180 tons of classified paper waste to the Sturgeon Falls paper mill for recycling.
• The Ottawa Technology Centre's SD committee was instrumental in the implementation of a paper towel composting program, diverting 34 metric tons of paper towel from landfill sites.
• The employees of the Northern Ontario Region implemented a tree plantinginitiative on Earth Day, April 1999 to help offset trees heavily damaged or killed by the ice storm in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.
• Sign blades were reused or recycled when the Agency adopted its new identity, November 1, 1999.

Please let us know about your SD related success story so that we can include it in next year's Performance Report on Sustainable Development.

Date modified:

2002-01-04