I had the pleasure of attending the USGBC GreenBuild Expo last week. I normally wouldn't go because it's a pretty expensive conference for me to pay out of pocket, but it was in Toronto this year, the first time it's ever been held outside of the US, so my employer decided it was worth sending me. And I couldn't have been happier! I met some really cool people, and went to some pretty incredible presentations all relating to green building.

On Thursday afternoon, I ended up in the wrong presentation (I went to 718A not 718B by mistake) and saw this amazing presentation about Waste Management in the Construction and Demolition business (I know, it sounds fascinating!) called "Getting to Zero Waste: Turning Trash into a Resource for the Next Generation." Admittedly, before I even went into the room I was wondering whether I might want to attend a presentation other than the one I was supposed to. "Towards Low Carbon Buildings and Cities: Energy Benchmarking and High Performance Building Envelopes" was sounding a bit too architectural to me.

One of the presenters played this video, which got me thinking about the waste that I generate on a day to day basis and some things I could do to reduce that waste.