Centennial College has implemented a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Recycling Program with the help of TerraCycle at Morningside Campus, where PPE is utilized within the School of Community and Health Studies labs. Instead of discarded PPE ending up in the landfill, students deposit disposable PPE in one of our designated recycling station bins in their labs. The material is sent to TerraCycle, where it is cleaned, melted, and remolded to make new products like park benches, playgrounds and garden beds made from recycled materials.
By the end of 2023 we have diverted over 10,000 pounds of PPE waste from landfill! For more information about this program please email sustainability@centennialcollege.ca.