Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Awards

Minister of Environment and Sasktel rep present a smiling man and woman with an engraved wooden award

Nominations for the 2025 SK Waste Reduction Awards are open!

These Awards recognize excellence in waste reduction in Saskatchewan. They are intended to promote leadership and inspire all sectors to undertake waste reduction projects. The SWRC hopes not only to provide well-deserved recognition to the winners, but also to highlight success stories for others to follow.

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Nominations must include:

  • a one paragraph summary of the nominee
  • one-to-two pages of more detailed information about the nominee, highlighting:
    • the amount of waste diverted
    • the environmental and community impacts
    • how the nominee shows leadership
    • how the nominee shows innovation

Nominators also may include copies of additional materials such as newspaper articles, letters of support, magazine articles, photographs, etc.

Thank you to our awards sponsor:

https://www.sasktel.com/

 

Categories

  • Lifetime Achievement — Saskatchewan residents (current or recent) who, through their actions, work and/or volunteer efforts, have provided outstanding waste reduction leadership and inspiration
     
  • Individual — Individuals aged 18 and over who have lived in Saskatchewan for at least nine months in 2025 and who have made extraordinary contributions to waste reduction
     
  • Individual (Youth) — Individuals under age 18 who have lived in Saskatchewan for at least nine months in 2025 and who have made extraordinary contributions to waste reduction
  • K-12 School/Youth Service Organization — Elementary/secondary schools or youth service organizations (i.e. 4-H, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy/Girl Schouts, etc.) who have demonstrated exemplary commitment and leadership by involving peers, schools, neighbours, or communities in waste reduction and conservation efforts
     
  • Institution — Institutions (i.e. colleges, trade schools, universities, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) who operated in Saskatchewan in 2025, with outstanding waste reduction initiatives.
  • Small Business — Small businesses (not municipalities or charitable organizations) who operated in Saskatchewan in 2025 with outstanding waste reduction initiatives
  • Large Business — Large businesses (not municipalities or charitable organizations), including crown corporations, who operated in Saskatchewan in 2025, with outstanding waste reduction initiatives

  • Non-profit Organization — Non-profit or grassroots groups operating in Saskatchewan that have waste reduction programs beyond expectation
     
  • Municipality (<5,000) — Saskatchewan municipalities with a population under 5,000 who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in waste reduction
     
  • Municipality (>5,000) — Saskatchewan municipalities with a population over 5,000 who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in waste reduction
     
  • Partnership — Partnerships involving two or more parties from among eligible Saskatchewan municipal, corporate and/or non-profit organizations that demonstrate the benefits of co-operation and extraordinary waste reduction achievements
  • Festival or Event — Any group's/organization's event (i.e. cultural events, community events, sporting events, or conferences) held in 2025 that demonstrated excellence and innovation in waste reduction

 

Judging Criteria

Awards are judged on:

  • Environmental impacts (i.e., quantified reductions in waste, contributions to circular economy)
  • Innovation and progressiveness
  • Leadership
  • History and track record
  • Overall environmental commitment

Judging follows the waste reduction hierarchy of:

  1. Reduce: prevent waste by minimizing our consumption of resources and maximizing the efficiency of their use. Helping move SK from linear to circular production cycles
  2. Re-use/repair: ensure resources and items are designed to be used for as long as possible without replacement, including repair and refurbishing
  3. Recycling: turning waste into new useful materials or products, including composting organic waste

Judging is done by the SWRC Awards Committee. Each person/organization can only be nominated for one award each year. Past winners may be nominated again, but not for the same program/activity. There may not be an award presented in every category every year.

Winners are announced at the awards banquet held at the SWRC's annual ReForum Conference at Delta Hotels Saskatoon Downtown on May 28th, 2026.

 

For more information, contact [email protected].