December 17, 2015

Rain Doesn’t Damper Residents’ Support for Community Shred-a-Thon

 

CHILLIWACK, BC (December 17, 2015) — Cool temperatures and heavy rainfall did not stop residents from attending the last Shred-a-thon of the year and supporting those in need. On December 5th, residents showed up with piles of documents for confidential shredding and much needed support in the form of food and cash donations for the Salvation Army.

Hosted by Emterra Environmental and co-sponsors the City of Chilliwack, Cottonwood Mall and Shred-It, the bi-annual event raised $2759.55 in cash donations and Emterra also donated an additional $2000 bringing the total for the Salvation Army to $4,759.55. Food donations totaled over 600 kgs and will help the Salvation Army fill food baskets this holiday season.

Over 4,000 kgs of paper were collected and shredded at the event which means these materials can be recycled and manufactured into new paper products.

“Rain or shine, the local community has continually showed its support for the food and funds drive, and for wanting to recycle personal papers,” said Paul Knight, Operations Manager of Emterra’s Chilliwack Division.

Shred-a-Thons are part of Emterra’s Community Care™ Program, which seeks to improve the health and well-being of the environment and communities across Canada. Since 2009, Emterra has raised over $21,000 in cash donations and has collected over 6,400 kgs in food donations through the Chilliwack bi-annual Shred-a-Thons held in June and December of each year. These special events also have helped to recycle over 29,000 kgs of paper over the last 6 years.

 

About Emterra Group

Emterra Group is a Canadian leader in waste resources management. A family owned and operated company, it comprises four divisions offering municipal and industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) customers with a fully integrated approach to collecting, processing and marketing waste, recyclables, organic waste, used tires, and more. Emterra has operations in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and the State of Michigan, USA, and annually ships about 500,000 tonnes of recyclables to end-markets to be re-manufactured into new products. Driven by its mandate to increase the sustainability of its operations, Emterra is one of Canada’s most progressive users of alternative green fleet technologies in the waste management industry and consistently deploys the latest green technologies to truly “walk the talk”, including using compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles and CNG fuelling stations and operating optical sorting equipment in its recycling plants.

 

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Contact:

Paulina Leung
VP of Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Emterra Group
905.336.9084, ext. 130
Paulina.Leung@emterra.ca