Community Education Award Program

Category: Municipal Recycling Support
Time frame: 2021-2024
Location: Ontario (2021), Quebec (2022), Atlantic Canada (2023), Prairies (2024)
Status: Completed

Between 2021 and 2024, CCC held its annual Community Education Award program, developed to incentivize and improve recycling education in communities across Canada. Each year, the program focused on a different region of the country: Ontario (2021), Quebec (2022), Atlantic Canada (2023) and the Prairies (2024). It was open to municipalities, sorting centres (both municipal and privately owned), not-for-profit organizations, deposit return system operators, crown agencies, governmental departments, and any other organization whose mandate included recycling education.

To receive the award, participating organizations had to show that their websites accurately and clearly defined carton recycling and had to provide examples of communications activities conducted during the year that promote recycling in general, while also prominently featuring cartons.

In total, $108,000 were awarded to 51 organisations.