Community
ABC Recycling’ belief in giving back to the community is rooted in the family’s tradition tzedakah, or charity. We are proud to support – through sponsorships, financial contributions, and staff resources – a variety of not-for-profit organizations in the arts, education, health care and community support services.
United Way of the Lower Mainland: ABC Recycling participates in the annual Workplace Campaign, matching employee donations dollar for dollar. In 2010, the combined contribution totaled $52,000, and in the past six years, ABC Recycling and its employees have contributed more than $250,000. The strong support of employees in our Burnaby, Surrey and Campbell River operations has earned us Spirit Award for Employee Campaign Loyalty in both 2009 and 2010. We are also involved in the United Way’s annual Day of Caring, with ABC employees taking part in work projects at local not-for-profit agencies. These have included working alongside inmates in the kitchen of the Willingdon Detention Centre; painting the inside of the Burnaby Mental Wealth Society and the Fraserside Community Services Society; and painting and grounds landscaping at L’Arche Greater Vancouver.
Burnaby Hospital Foundation: ABC Recycling contributed to the Because Life Can’t Wait MRI Campaign, and donated a bladder ultrasound scanner to the hospital. In honour of our 100th anniversary, we are donating $30,000 to purchase an isolette (or transport incubator) for the neonatal intensive care unit, and donating $50,000 over 10 years to endow the ABC Recycling Family Bursary for specialized neonatal education.
The Kidney Foundation of Canada: ABC Recycling’s customers now have the option of directing all or some of the payment from their scrap metal to support the estimated two million Canadians who have, or are at risk for developing, chronic kidney disease through the Kidney Metals program. Conceived by ABC Recycling, and launched in partnership with The Kidney Foundation of Canada in 2010, Kidney Metals generated more than $240,000 for the Foundation in its first year. Through Kidney Metals and our involvement in the Kidney Car program, ABC Recycling is removing used metal from the environment while creating income for The Kidney Foundation.
Volunteer Committee: This committee plans and coordinates various volunteer initiatives for its employees, such as food sorting at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, and raising contributions by taking part in the two-week Glenwood Industrial Food Bank Challenge. Through this committee, ABC also provides two days paid time per employee annually to work with community initiatives.
School Tours: ABC Recycling invites local schools to come and tour our facility. We custom-design tours to match the ages of our young visitors and their curriculum needs.