Encore Condos at The Met TSCC 1979 25 Carlton Street.
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Encore Condos at The Met
TSCC 197925 Carlton Street
About Encore
• Encore is a 33-story building, consisting of 334 residential suites including 6 town houses and 3 retail units
• Home to approximately 600 residents• Encore residents are primarily first-home buyers,
ranging in age from 25 – 45, students and young professionals
• Approximately 50% of the building is leased and only ½ of the owners reside in their suites
• Building registered in late November 2008
About Encore Residents
• A lot of younger residents• High consumption of take-out or delivery food
by many residents• A lot of waste and packaging• On any given night, between 50-100 food
deliveries• Many small suites with tiny kitchenettes do
not encourage cooking
The Waste Removal System
• Each floor’s disposal room contains a garbage chute• 3 Tri-Sorter buttons at each chute opening– Trash, Recycle and Organic
• Under-sink Organic Containers in each suite• City of Toronto Blue Bag in each suite• Under-sink Blue Bin in each disposal room for
collection of LCBO bottles• Large clothing bin located in Loading Bay• Additional recycling located in Loading Bay
Recycle & Organic Bins
Waste is separated in each suite for easy disposal down the chute
Inexpensive Bag Hangar for reduced Waste
Kitchen Sink
In Suite Waste Separation
Organics CompartmentSelect Organics Button
No diverter movement
Organic Button lights All Floors
- Door Unlocks quickly
Organic access only All floors
- Waste/Recycle buttons lock-out
• When Last Door Closes • System ready for use
-NO Flashing Light delay
Organics System Layout
Recyclables Selection
FLASHING LIGHT
DOORS LOCKED OUT
RECYCLE BUTTON FLASHES WHEN PRESSED
SELECT RECYCLE BUTTON
Recycle Button lights All floors
- Diverter moves (few seconds!) - Door Unlocks – use thumb latch
Recycling access only All floors
Organics/Waste buttons lock-out
• When Last Door Closes • Ready for next selection
Dry Recyclables Bin
Waste CompactorFLASHING LIGHT GOES OUT
SELECT WASTE BUTTON
Waste Button lights All floors
- Diverter plate moves - Door Unlocks – use thumb latch
Waste access only - All floors
Organics/Recycle buttons lock-out
• When Last Door Closes • Ready for next selection
FLASHING LIGHT =
DOORS LOCKED OUT
Waste Compacted into bin
Issues with Waste Minimization
• New Building• Many other building concerns are given
preference– Performance Audit– Deficiency recovery– Negotiations with Builder
• Waste Removal Costs were not a high priority during 1st year budget
Waste by the Numbers
• Prior to Registration, private waste removal in place
• Up to 65 Garbage Bins collected each month• Cost of almost $3000 per month• Monthly contract in place for a set amount of
bins • An extra fee ($36) applied to each additional bin• Minimal Recycling in place– not a high priority
After Registration
• Switch to City of Toronto waste removal services
• Implementation of Recycling, and then later, Organic waste collection
• Substantial reduction in the number of garbage bins picked up – from 65 to 15
• Significant increase in the amount of Recycled and Organic waste collected free of charge
Getting the System On-line
• Garbage Chute manufacturer contacted to reprogram tri-sorter to provide recycling
• Purchase of Organic “Twin Bins”• Contact made with the City of Toronto to add
Encore to their organic and recycle collection• Conversion of several compactable bins to
non-compactable recycle bins – no fee charged for non-compactable bin
Chute Tri SorterCorner Layout and “Twin Bin”
Implementation of “The System”
• Organic under-the-sink bins distributed to all units during in-suite fire inspection
• Signs posted in each Disposal Room• Notices posted on Recycle Room Door• Information brochures posted in Mail Room
and Elevator Notice Boards• City of Toronto Blue Bags distributed to all
suites
Why Encore?
• Brand New Building with all the tools to succeed• Currently still incurring large waste removal fees• More focus to be given towards waste
minimization strategies• Attitudes and lifestyle habits likely need to
change• Waste collection needs to be reduced a further
50% to avoid the city’s garbage levy and to achieve the 70% waste diversion goal