Circular Economy Initiatives Fund recipients
The Circular Economy Initiatives Fund, provided by Peel Region's Waste Management division, supports community-based organizations to reduce or reuse waste.
Through this fund, Peel Region provides grants of $5,000 to $25,000 to not-for-profit organizations working on waste reduction and circular initiatives within the region.
2026 fund recipients
Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services
Circular Practices for Newcomer Engagement: Repair, Reuse, Regrow
The Circular Practices for Newcomer Engagement program helps newcomer women and youth learn practical, low-cost, and culturally relevant skills for sustainable living.
Activities include:
- Recycling and waste sorting workshops.
- Workshops on growing food at home.
- Clothing repair and fabric reuse circles that teach how to save money, and
- Community-learning exchanges led by peer educators in multiple languages.
Discover more about Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services.
Caledon Community Services
Food Recovery Program
The Food Recovery Program helps reduce food insecurity and food waste by creating a system to collect and redirect surplus food.
Through the creation of this structured, tiered system, Caledon Community Services is:
- Redistributing safe and edible food to people in need through their food bank.
- Repurposing food that is no longer suitable for human consumption into livestock feed through partnerships with farms, and
- Composting food unable to be redistributed or repurposed.
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CASE Community Services
Seniors Waste Reduction Awareness Initiative
The Seniors Waste Reduction Awareness Initiative helps seniors learn easy ways to reduce waste and declutter their homes so they can reduce what they use and keep household waste from landfill.
Through this initiative, seniors:
- Participate in tailored, interactive workshops and weekly community engagement campaigns.
- Get access to a new online resource guide, and
- Gain support from volunteers throughout their decluttering journey.
Learn more about CASE Community Services.
Heart Comonos
Cooksville Brings it Back Around: Mending, Transforming, Exchanging for Creative Sustainability
Cooksville Brings it Back Around offers barrier-free programs to small, specific areas in Cooksville. Its goal is to help Cooksville residents feel a stronger sense of community while encouraging reuse and reducing waste.
Programs include:
- Mending and repair workshops.
- “Transforming Trash into Treasure” workshops, and
- Clothing- and toy-exchange events.
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Lady Ballers Centre
Cool Relief: Circular Economy Solutions for Air Cooling Equity
Cool Relief is run through the Lady Ballers Centre’s Eco Power Apprenticeship program, which focusses on renewable and energy-efficient technologies and helps at-risk Black youth enter the skilled trades.
Participants in this project reclaim and repair disposed portable air conditioners and fans, then deliver and install them for vulnerable residents who need to stay safe during extreme heat.
Learn more about Lady Baller Centre.
Life Lessonz Inc.
Circle Back: Sustainable Consumption Through Lessonz Our Parents Taught Us
This online project supports youth and adults living with disabilities, including those who haven’t had consistent parental mentoring.
Circle Back teaches practical skills such as economical shopping, basic sewing, and simple repairs, with people from older generations sharing experiences and tips that have served them well.
Read more about Life Lessonz Inc.
Vision of Hope Resource Centre
Electronics Repair & Recycling Training: Empowering Racialized Youth in Brampton's Circular Economy (with Textile Upcycling)
This program will establish a culturally responsive circular economy training and service hub that empowers Black and marginalized youth through teaching technical repair and creative upcycling skills.
These activities will help keep electronic and textile waste out of landfills and provide refurbished items to low‑income families.
Discover more about Vision of Hope Resource Centre.
Help a Girl Out
The Reusables Project
This project focuses on reusable hygiene products and menstruation destigmatization.
It provides materials for volunteer sewists to make reusable pads, which are donated to those experiencing period poverty, and conducts sewing workshops.
The project offers reusable alternatives, destigmatizes menstruation, and teaches new skills for upcycling fabrics.
Learn about Help a Girl Out.
Knights Table
EcoSmart - Appliance Repair and Food Waste Reduction Project
This project focuses on appliance repair and food waste reduction. It partners with volunteers to repair donated non-functioning appliances and distribute them to those in need.
Additionally, it establishes a composting program at the food bank and soup kitchen, educating staff, volunteers, and clients on waste reduction strategies.
The project sustainably provides appliances and food to those in need, diverting them from landfill.
Read more about Knights Table.
Peel Career Assessment Services
Tech Refurbishment and Reuse Program
This project focuses on refurbishing and reusing electronics. It sets up a Tech Refurbishment Centre and Tech Lending Library and offers workshops on electronic waste management.
The program provides technology tools to newcomers, refugees, and low-income individuals, extends the life of electronics, and reduces electronic consumption through sharing.
Discover more about Peel Career Assessment Services.
Peel Multicultural Council
The HUB Project (Helping-U-Bike!)
The theme of this project is bicycle refurbishment and active transportation. It collects bicycles destined for landfill, repairs them, and provides them to community members in need.
The project also hosts workshops on bicycle repair. It benefits the community by providing access to bicycles, extending their life through repair and encouraging active transportation.
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Samaritan's Feet Canada
Footwear Refurbishment Initiative
The theme of this project is footwear refurbishment and community support. It collects discarded footwear through local drop-off points, refurbishes them, and distributes 10,000 pairs to vulnerable communities.
The project partners with local shelters, schools, and social service organizations. By providing necessary footwear to those in need and extending the life of shoes through refurbishment, it reduces waste.
Read more about Samaritan's Feet Canada.
The Dam - Develop Assist Mentor
Circular Economy - Youth Partnership Project
The theme of this project is green entrepreneurship and education.
Youth research circular economy topics, develop project plans, implement them, and evaluate their impact.
The project inspires youth to tackle environmental issues, launches new initiatives, and raises awareness of the circular economy.
Explore The Dam.