Saskatchewan Joins the Nation in Celebrating
Waste Reduction Week in Canada
October 17 - 23, 2011

There are opportunities to reduce waste in all areas of your life. Adopt a new waste-reducing habit today. Check out these links for suggestions on how you can make a difference.

• at home
• at work
• at school
• commuting
• playing and holidaying
• shopping
• or helping in the community

Contests 2011

"See our new 'contests' page for more Waste Reduction Week 2011 contest details. Check out the three new ways to celebrate Waste Reduction Week:

Ease My Load: Help out the WRW mascot Atlas, by reducing the load he has to carry. Atlas carries the world on his shoulders, and by reducing our garbage, we can 'ease' his load. Take a photo of yourself doing something related to waste reduction, and include Atlas. Upload it to the national WRW website: www.wrwcanada.com. See contest page for more details.

Recycle My Cell: Old cell phones kicking around? Recycle them! Its easy to host a Recycle My Cell collection box at your school/post-secondary institution. Visit wrwcanada.com to sign up! The contest is only open to Canadian schools and post secondary institutions, but anybody can register to keep a box at their school, business or office all year long. If you are looking to sign your school up for the contest, see the contest page. This year there are two options for submitting your collection boxes for the Recycle My Cell challenge:

• Drop off your Recycle My Cell Collection Box at any Canada Post Location,
• Or Call:   1-888-550-6333    for pick up.

To be eligible for prizes, entries must be received by Dec. 8, 2011.

Proclamations

Consider having Waste Reduction Week officially proclaimed in your community! For a sample proclamation, click here - but don't worry, anything goes! Send your proclamation to the Waste Reduction Council at #208 - 220 - 20th Street West, Saskatoon, SK, S7M 0W9, drop us a line at , or fax us at (306) 955-5852. Your proclamations will be posted here on our website.

Our Theme 

Our theme emphasizes saving our earth and its resources—Too Good To Waste. WRW focuses on educating Canadians about overconsumption. Join the other concerned Canadians planning activities that promote waste-free households, workplaces, schools and communities.

Organizers, municipalities, businesses, and community groups will be planning events for Waste Reduction Week. Why not schedule an event yourself—send us your ideas!

Waste Reduction Week is sponsored by

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