Toyota Reducing And Diverting Waste From Landfills In Canada

TORONTO, ON., (December 22, 2014) – When it comes to diverting materials from landfill sites, no effort is going to waste from Toyota’s people in Canada.

Minimizing waste and conserving natural resources are fundamental to Toyota's goal of producing vehicles efficiently. Toyota team members and associates focus on reducing all kinds of waste — from office trash to cafeteria scraps and industrial waste — using the practices we all know: reduce, reuse and recycle

Everyone is pitching in to help. At this year’s annual Earth Week corporate community clean-up, we collected 48 per cent more yard waste than last year at our Toronto head office.

There are 32 Toyota North American facilities that divert more than 90 per cent of all waste from landfill, incineration or the environment. A key part of that comes from conscientious efforts such as reducing packaging waste.

To learn more about how Toyota is reducing material waste in Canada, review the materials section of the 2014 North American Environmental Report.

About Toyota Canada Inc.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles.  Celebrating its 50^th anniversary in Canada, Toyota has sold over 4.6 million vehicles in Canada through a national network of 285 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships.  Toyota is dedicated to bringing safety, quality, dependability and reliability in the vehicles Canadians drive and the service they receive.  TCI’s head office is located in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax and parts distribution centres in Toronto and Vancouver.  Toyota operates two manufacturing facilities in Canada which build popular Canadian vehicles: Toyota RAV4, Toyota Corolla, Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h hybrid and just celebrated production of its 6 millionth vehicle.

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