TEIP | Industrial Speed-Dating

Identify opportunities for turning your wastes into valued resources.

Are you having difficulty meeting Metro Vancouver’s banned materials regulations?
Are you being charged to have valuable materials hauled away?
Are rising transportation costs causing you to look for local suppliers?
Do you have a boneyard where old equipment and scrap materials pile up?

By participating in the event your business can:

Find creative solutions for becoming a Zero-Waste or a 100% Product producer
Reduce transportation and waste disposal costs
Establish business relationships beyond traditional business boundaries
Share equipment, building space, and other resources

Industrial Speed-Dating comes to Tilbury

The TEIP is bringing Industrial Speed-Dating to Tilbury – A new approach for creating beneficial business to business exchanges.

All resources are fair game for finding a match in industrial speed-dating: packaging, waste materials, energy, water, transportation, logistics, services, human resources, and even training. Businesses that deal with physical resources will see the greatest benefit, however businesses of all types are welcome to attend.

To learn more, read the latest TEIP Newsletter or check out the recent article in the South Delta leader.

In preparation for event, Industrial Speed-Dating participants are encouraged to speak with process managers, purchasing managers, and other staff. The following checklists may help you to focus on critical areas:

Thinking ahead about the resources your business can provide and the resources you need will greatly increase the chance of finding a match. Gathering this information beforehand is critical to making this workshop beneficial for yourself and others!

The workshop will be held as a series of roundtables, and will be facilitated by Gerrit McGowan of EcoPlan International.

Workshop information:

February 12, 2009

8:30am-11am

The Delta Town & Country Inn (location map)

Registration fee:
$40 TEIP Members
$50 Non-members