Examines and compares the type and total amount of waste generated, disposed and diverted, at the national, provincial, regional district and municipal levels in order to recommend people and governments to avoid them.

Pursuant to Vancouver’s goal of becoming a zero-waste city by 2040, this project provides and analyzes an inventory of share-reuse-repair city assets. It then then provides research and policy recommendations for zero-waste activities to local government and businesses.

In collaboration with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s economic affairs team, this co-op term involved determining and assessing the costs and benefits of proposed federal regulations pertaining to food safety, and animal and plant health.

This project provides an estimate of the expected direct greenhouse gas emissions for an average Canadian household in 17 census metropolitan areas. It includes emissions from the consumption of gasoline, natural gas and electricity.