REUSE SUMMIT STATE OF Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Distillery District, Archeo Room REUSE REPORT 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. It s Time to Rethink Reuse TM In collaboration with:
DEAR ATTENDEES, Welcome to our first-ever Reuse Summit! We are appreciative that you could join us today for this important conversation. 2016 has been a busy year at Value Village. Beyond changing our logo and opening new stores, we launched our Rethink Reuse campaign in April. This campaign is focused on getting people to recognize the massive impact their clothing has on the environment and offering them a solution: to Rethink Reuse. Additionally, the National Zero Waste Council s Circular Economy Working Group recently identified textiles and clothing as a future area of focus to prevent unnecessary waste throughout Canada. To continue momentum, we teamed up with the council to bring you together today to encourage dialogue, action and collaboration to help steer Canadians toward a culture of reuse in the clothing and textile sector. Furthermore, we want to share findings from our State of Reuse Report, a study that takes a closer look at clothing consumption, waste and the reasons people do and do not reuse and recycle textiles. We found that the main barrier to practicing reuse stems from misconceptions around donating and purchasing pre-owned goods. These misconceptions are an opportunity to further educate people on why they should rethink reuse. Our goal today is not only to inform you of the massive problem clothing and textile waste poses, but to discuss what we can do collectively through our business, political and organizational channels to curb our clothing footprint and encourage people to think twice about throwing away their unwanted items. Thank you for taking the time to join us today. We look forward to the discussion and to seeing what steps we can take collectively to act on this important issue. Sincerely, Tony Shumpert Vice President, Recycling and Reuse, Value Village Malcolm Brodie Chair, National Zero Waste Council
REUSE SUMMIT AGENDA TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016 8:00 a.m. Doors Open, Registration, Networking and Breakfast 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks Councillor Mike Layton, City of Toronto, Board Member, National Zero Waste Council Tony Shumpert, Vice President, Recycling and Reuse, Value Village 9:00 a.m. Keynote Presentation Creating a Culture of Reuse Ryan Dyment, Co-Founder/Executive Director, Institute for a Resource Based Economy 9:30 a.m. Value Village Presentation State of Reuse Report Key Findings Tony Shumpert, Vice President, Recycling and Reuse, Value Village 9:50 a.m. Understanding the Issue Moderated by: Jo-Anne St. Godard, Executive Director, Recycling Council of Ontario 10:50 a.m. BREAK Scott Ebenhardt, National Business Development Director, Canadian Diabetes Association Annette Synowiec, Manager, Waste Management Planning, City of Toronto Sabine Weber, Founder, Sustainable Strategies & Solutions Malaz Sebai, Project Manager, Waste Management, Partners in Project Green 11:00 a.m. Opportunities for Change Moderated by: Kelly Drennan, Founding Executive Director, Fashion Takes Action Emily J. Alfred, Senior Campaigner, Toronto Environmental Alliance Myriam Laroche, President & Founder, Eco Fashion Week Claudia Marsales, Senior Manager, Waste and Environmental Management, City of Markham Fatima Zaidi, Director of Business Development, Rent Frock Repeat 11:55 a.m. Closing Remarks Tony Shumpert, Vice President, Recycling and Reuse, Value Village 12:00 p.m. End of Program
Number of trash bags of clothing and accessories U.S. consumers throw away each year: 4.7 survey response 8.1 actual = 26 BILLION POUNDS going to landfill Source: SMART 1 IN 3 people don t know that more than 90% of textiles can be reused or recycled.? The reuse industry employs nearly 100,000 workers and creates $1 BILLION in wages in the U.S. alone. Source: Council for Textile Recycling
STATE OF REUSE REPORT It s Time to Rethink Reuse TM 1 3 IN people who do not donate used goods say it s just easier to throw things out. = MORE THAN HALF of North Americans say they are more likely to reuse upon learning about the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT of clothing manufacturing.
Opening Remarks Councillor Mike Layton Board Member, National Zero Waste Council Councillor Layton is a resident of Ward 19 and has lived in Trinity-Spadina for more than 25 years. Before being elected on October 25, 2010 to serve as one of Toronto s youngest councillors, Mike worked for political change from the other side of the table as an environmental leader and community organizer. As deputy outreach director for Environmental Defense, one of Canada s leading environmental groups, Mike championed a variety of successful initiatives including the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, green building standards, water conservation and source water protection. Mike holds a LEEDs Accreditation (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), in addition to earning a masters degree in Environmental Studies, with a focus on citizen participation in urban planning. These qualifications followed his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Environmental Management. Keynote Presentation Creating a Culture of Reuse Ryan Dyment Co-Founder/Executive Director, Institute for a Resource Based Economy Ryan is the executive director of the Institute for a Resource Based Economy, and co-founder of the Toronto Tool Library. He has a Bachelor of Commerce with an Honors in Accounting from McGill University. Wanting to make more of a direct contribution to society, Ryan left finance and founded IRBE. He has travelled extensively to more than 60 countries, and is active in many community groups focused on economic and environmental issues.
Value Village Presentation State of Reuse Report Key Findings Tony Shumpert Vice President, Recycling and Reuse, Value Village Tony oversees the recycling business operations for Value Village. During his tenure at Value Village, Tony has been instrumental in establishing Value Village as a global leader in clothing and textile reuse and recycling, helping to divert more than 650 million pounds of goods from reaching North American landfills in 2015 alone. Tony is passionate about reuse representing Value Village through his membership with the National Zero Waste Council s Circular Economy Working Group. Tony also serves as a board member of Secondary Materials and Recycle Textiles (SMART), the international trade association that focuses on promoting high standards and best practices for reducing solid waste by recycling textiles and related secondary materials. MORE THAN HALF of North Americans say they are more likely to reuse upon learning about the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT of clothing manufacturing.
Understanding the Issue Jo-Anne St. Godard Moderator, Executive Director, Recycling Council of Ontario Jo-Anne has been executive director of the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) since 2004, playing a key role in furthering waste reduction and recycling in Ontario and beyond. Her expertise relates to development of policies and practices that drive positive environmental outcomes under market-based approaches, and how they relate to stewardship and extended producer responsibility. In doing so, she applies demonstrated best practices on waste policies that balance environmental and economic interest to achieve results. Scott Ebenhardt National Business Development Director, Canadian Diabetes Association Scott is the national business development director at the Canadian Diabetes Association s National Diabetes Trust (NDT) Clothesline program. He has an extensive background in sales, marketing and business development, having grown revenues at for-profit companies before joining the NDT and Clothesline team in 2013. In 1993, Scott founded Coed Sportswear Canada, which he developed into a multi-million dollar supplier of licensed lifestyle and athletic apparel before selling the company in 2001. He brings his talent for sales and business development to the nonprofit sector, adapting tools from the for-profit market to fit with the goals and values of the National Diabetes Trust. As part of the NDT team, Scott is responsible for overall revenue growth. While current activities have focused on Clothesline growth, new revenue streams are being added to diversify the NDT portfolio and strengthen NDT s position as a leading social enterprise in the health charity space.
Annette Synowiec Manager, Waste Management Planning, City of Toronto Annette is the manager of Waste Management Planning in Solid Waste Management Services at the City of Toronto. She has been working in the solid waste management industry for more than 14 years, working in program planning, collection operations and policy development. For the past two years, Annette has been the project manager for the city s Long Term Waste Management Strategy Toronto s master plan for waste and recycling over the next 30-50 years. Annette s favorite part of her current job is working to help create the division s annual promotion and education campaigns, such as this year s Bad Things Happen campaign that focuses on minimizing contamination in the city s Blue Bin recycling and Green Bin organic waste streams. Sabine Weber Founder, Sustainable Strategies & Solutions Sabine worked for nearly twenty years in Europe as a product manager and head of design in the fashion industry, and as an international buyer and team leader in retail for different brands, before she came to Canada in 2010. She has been working as a college instructor teaching courses in fashion marketing, product knowledge and management, sustainable fashion and international trade. While teaching at Humber College, Sabine decided to go back to university to earn a Master s degree in Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo. In her thesis, she examined textile waste and studied the ways consumers manage their unwanted garments in order to develop strategies to change behavior. In December 2015, she founded Sustainable Strategies & Solutions, for which she currently works on different consultancy projects. Malaz Sebai Project Manager, Waste Management, Partners in Project Green Malaz Sebai is a Project Manager at Partners in Project Green, where he focuses his work around waste management. He has over 15 years of project management and business development experience, six of which are in the environmental sectors of renewable energy, innovation adoption and waste management. Since entering his current role, Mr. Sebai has engaged over 300 businesses, developed a new online material exchange platform and has helped divert over 4,500 tonnes of waste material. He holds an MBA specializing in business strategy and non-profit administration.
Opportunities for Change Kelly Drennan Moderator Founding Executive Director, Fashion Takes Action Kelly is a social entrepreneur devoted to making change within the fashion industry. Kelly brings her 13 years of experience in communications and event planning to Fashion Takes Action, providing members with PR, social media and sales support. While her role is to promote awareness of the FTA brand, its members and the greater sustainable fashion movement, Kelly also works hard to bridge the gap between sustainable fashion brands and the consumer. She achieves this through her large social media networks, consumer events, public speaking engagements, TV segments, newspaper and magazine articles and blog features. With close to 15,000 followers on Twitter, Kelly is a social media maven, ranked in the top 75 environmentalists to follow on Twitter by Mashable, and winner of the Treehugger Best in Green Award. Emily J. Alfred Senior Campaigner, Toronto Environmental Alliance Emily joined the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) in April 2010, bringing experience in non-profit organizations and a background in urban planning, communications and environmental education. Emily has worked and volunteered in nonprofits for more than a decade. Most recently she was the executive director for RiverSides, a local NGO focusing on urban water issues, especially rainwater harvesting. She s also spent time in Australia, volunteering and working on green building and intentional communities with an eco-city project in Adelaide. Emily loves the city and is passionate about urban ecology, from engaging people in the interaction between natural and urban systems to feeling connected to the environment while in the city. She is currently a volunteer with Lost Rivers, researching and creating walking tours exploring the history and impact of current and past waterways in Toronto.
Myriam Laroche Founder & President, Eco Fashion Week Myriam Laroche is the Founder & President of Eco Fashion Week (EFW), which wrapped its tenth season in Vancouver last April. Following a successful 15 year career in the fashion industry, Myriam decided to dedicate herself to eco-fashion by helping create and promote healthier ways to design, manufacture, distribute and market clothing. Today, she is collaborating with Frameworq to launch The Eco Recipe Project (TERP). This project will help apparel brands find their eco recipe based on their material, human and financial resources, in addition to their values and beliefs. Since 2014, Myriam has mentored for the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) and for a circular economy class at Simon Fraser University s Beedie School of Business. Claudia Marsales Senior Manager, Waste & Environmental Management, City of Markham Claudia joined the City of Markham in 2002 and is responsible for collection services and the development of diversion opportunities. She has more than 30 years of experience in the waste management field, having held significant positions with both the private and municipal sectors. Prior to joining the City of Markham, Claudia was manager of household hazardous waste programs for Laidlaw Environmental. She has also worked for the City of Toronto, Region of Halton and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Fatima Zaidi Director of Business Development, Rent Frock Repeat Fatima Zaidi likes to refer to herself as a globe trotter and citizen of the world. Born and raised in the Middle East to Pakistani parents, and a Canadian citizen, Fatima moved to Toronto to attend university, where she earned an honours bachelor in Human Resources Management from the University of Toronto. Fatima has over seven years experience in the energy, media and information services fields. She has held a variety of roles in HR, marketing, learning and development, sales and business development. Her expertise in sales effectiveness and customer experience development led her to become the director of business development at Rent Frock Repeat, where she is committed to providing an exceptional customer experience.
About Value Village Value Village, a Savers brand, is a for-profit, global thrift retailer offering great quality, gently used clothing, accessories and household goods. Our business model of purchasing, reselling and recycling gives communities a smart way to shop and keeps more than 650 million pounds of used goods from landfills each year. We also proudly support more than 120 nonprofit organizations by paying them for donated goods, which contributes to their vital community programs and services. All in all, we operate over 330 locations and have more than 22,000 team members in Canada, the United States and Australia. You can find out more about the Rethink Reuse campaign at www.rethinkreuse.ca, and the State of Reuse Report at www.valuevillage.com/reusereport. OF REPORT About the National Zero Waste Council The National Zero Waste Council is a leadership initiative bringing together governments, businesses and nongovernment organizations to advance waste prevention in Canada. Founded by Metro Vancouver in collaboration with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in 2013, the Council has united, among others, five of Canada s largest metropolitan regions Metro Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Edmonton with key business and government leaders, academia and nonprofit organizations in a call for national action and systems change to address waste generation. Rethink Reuse TM