DID YOU KNOW?

Tecumseh Mall was one of the 1^st malls in Canada to have a recycling program, which dates back to 1990.

In the 2001 mall renovation, energy-efficient equipment, lighting, and water saving faucets and toilets were installed.
Since then, Tecumseh Mall’s ongoing Green Plan has included the addition of:

• - A new smart watering system. The landscape watering system operates based on the weather to help reduce water use, so if it has recently rained, our sprinklers won't turn on!
• - Additional energy-efficient lighting to reduce energy use.
• - Installing light sensors so that lights are only on when needed.
• - Recycling and Environmental events throughout the year, including:
• - E-Waste drop off events in partnership with Computers for Kids
• - Free tire recycling drop off events in partnership with Windsor Disposal Services

 Click here to download our Ministry of Environment Waste Form

TECUMSEH MALL – GOING GREEN STARTS RIGHT HERE

TECUMSEH MALL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Recycling Council of Ontario – Platinum Award, October 2011

• - Achievements in reducing waste generated and diverting from disposal to recycling
• - Preventing waste through consumption and purchasing habits
• - Success in sorting and tracking generated materials to recycling
• - Minimizing contribution to wastes stream

BOMA BEST Level 3 certification – since 2009

This certification marks environmental achievement in energy, water, recycling, indoor air quality, purchasing of green products and communications with tenants and shoppers. This certification is a highly respected Canada-wide benchmark of an organization’s commitment to understand and continually improve its environmental performance.

Achievements include:

• - Energy-efficient lighting to save energy.
• - Low flow faucets & toilets in the washrooms to save water. 
• - A leading, mall-wide recycling program for tenants and shoppers. 
• - An energy-efficient air conditioning system.
• - Environmentally safe cleaning products.
• - Paper with recycled content.
• - Health & Safety Committee.
• - Filtered air which provides high-quality indoor air.
• - A public transit depot which helps to reduce traffic and pollution.

A Green Success Story – Zellers at Tecumseh Mall

It is absolutely amazing what you can recycle if you put your mind to it!  In the past 3 years at Zellers we have reduced the amount of garbage we used to send to the landfill by over 90%.  We have a very large garbage compactor with a 40 cubic yard bin.  Pretty much everything used to get thrown inside the bin which was picked up at least once per month and sent to the landfill.  This practice was not only very harmful to our environment but also very costly.

Our first step was to put a padlock on the garbage disposal and then we placed an open garbage bin in front of it so all could see what we were attempting to dispose of.  Secondly, we appointed a recycling champion (the only person with a key to the garbage bin).  Marcie Quennville sorts through our garbage every day and separates the recycled material from the rest. The result of this simple practice speaks for itself - We have only had 1 garbage pick-up so far this year!!  Marcie is a true advocate for recycling.  She is constantly educating our 100+ Associates on the importance of recycling and even spends her own time making awareness posters and touring the Windsor Transfer Station on Central Avenue to get more ideas for recycling!

Being a large volume retail operation, we receive a tractor-trailer full of merchandise on almost a daily basis.  Our largest amount of recycled material is paper and cardboard.  Each week we crush this material and produce 4-5 bales weighing 1,000 lbs each and ship them off to be recycled.  In addition, approximately 4 skid loads of plastic wrap and plastic hangers are bagged and shipped out weekly also along with any scrap wooden skids that used to be broken up and put into the garbage.  All of this material is now recycled.

James McGhie, Store Manager
Zellers, Tecumseh Mall