Alberta
How BluPlanet Recycling’s Triple Bottom Line Builds Community and Sustainability in Calgary

BluPlanet Recycling, a locally owned and operated waste disposal service established in 2009, is committed to walking the walk when it comes to environmental awareness and sustainability. With company policies that place the environment and community at the forefront both internally and externally, this is not your typical waste disposal service.
By purchasing carbon offsets for all CO2 emissions from Carbon Zero and using BullfrogPower for green energy, BluPlanet is both carbon neutral and powered with 100% green electricity and natural gas. BluPlanet Recycling is an award-winning member of a number of environmental and community organizations, including Be Local YYC, and has been a certified Benefit Corporation since 2011. To achieve B-Corp status, businesses must show exceptional commitment to social and environmental sustainability, and BluPlanet has been named to the annual B-Corp Best For The World list 5 different times.
In a highly competitive market, Nelson Berlin, BluPlanet Recycling Business Development Manager, firmly believes they are best positioned to bring Calgary into a more sustainable future, “Right now, in the city of Calgary,” he says, “we’re the waste-company focused the most on waste diversion.” Servicing hundreds of businesses and over 40,000 residences throughout the city and surrounding areas, they offer custom solutions for any site and are the largest multi-family provider in Calgary. Through a number of environment-centric initiatives, BluPlanet is responsible for the diversion of over 8,000,000 kg of material from the landfill annually, and successfully offset 336,000 kg of CO2 in 2019 alone.
Maintaining their triple bottom line by valuing community and environmental impact as much as economic success, BluPlanet Recycling is as committed to giving back to the community as they are to pursuing sustainability.
As a part of BluPlanet’s charitable giving strategy, they partner with one local organization each year to help further social initiatives aimed at supporting the Calgary community. This year, BluPlanet pledged $30,000 to Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids, an organization dedicated to feeding Calgary’s school children. Catering to 228 schools across the city, BB4CK feeds 5000 kids every day with the help of donations from individuals and organizations like BluPlanet Recycling.
BluPlanet is also committed to fostering positive change through a number of internal company policies. This includes offering carpool credits and a volunteer initiative program wherein staff can earn extra vacation days by reaching a certain number of volunteer hours. BluPlanet also encourages staff to reduce excess waste by facilitating bulk purchase orders and offering an in-house refillery for household products. This allows staff members to bring reusable containers into stock up on home products instead of purchasing new every time.
For more information on BluPlanet Recycling and sustainability in Calgary, visit https://www.bprecycling.ca.
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Alberta
CPP another example of Albertans’ outsized contribution to Canada

From the Fraser Institute
By Tegan Hill
Amid the economic uncertainty fuelled by Trump’s trade war, its perhaps more important than ever to understand Alberta’s crucial role in the federation and its outsized contribution to programs such as the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
From 1981 to 2022, Albertan’s net contribution to the CPP—meaning the amount Albertans paid into the program over and above what retirees in Alberta received in CPP payments—was $53.6 billion. In 2022 (the latest year of available data), Albertans’ net contribution to the CPP was $3.0 billion.
During that same period (1981 to 2022), British Columbia was the only other province where residents paid more into the CPP than retirees received in benefits—and Alberta’s contribution was six times greater than B.C.’s contribution. Put differently, residents in seven out of the nine provinces that participate in the CPP (Quebec has its own plan) receive more back in benefits than they contribute to the program.
Albertans pay an outsized contribution to federal and national programs, including the CPP because of the province’s relatively high rates of employment, higher average incomes and younger population (i.e. more workers pay into the CPP and less retirees take from it).
Put simply, Albertan workers have been helping fund the retirement of Canadians from coast to coast for decades, and without Alberta, the CPP would look much different.
How different?
If Alberta withdrew from the CPP and established its own standalone provincial pension plan, Alberta workers would receive the same retirement benefits but at a lower cost (i.e. lower CPP contribution rate deducted from our paycheques) than other Canadians, while the contribution rate—essentially the CPP tax rate—to fund the program would likely need to increase for the rest of the country to maintain the same benefits.
And given current demographic projections, immigration patterns and Alberta’s long history of leading the provinces in economic growth, Albertan workers will likely continue to pay more into the CPP than Albertan retirees get back from it.
Therefore, considering Alberta’s crucial role in national programs, the next federal government—whoever that may be—should undo and prevent policies that negatively impact the province and Albertans ability to contribute to Canada. Think of Bill C-69 (which imposes complex, uncertain and onerous review requirements on major energy projects), Bill C-48 (which bans large oil tankers off B.C.’s northern coast and limits access to Asian markets), an arbitrary cap on oil and gas emissions, numerous other “net-zero” targets, and so on.
Canada faces serious economic challenges, including a trade war with the United States. In times like this, it’s important to remember Alberta’s crucial role in the federation and the outsized contributions of Alberta workers to the wellbeing of Canadians across the country.
Alberta
Made in Alberta! Province makes it easier to support local products with Buy Local program

Show your Alberta side. Buy Local. |
When the going gets tough, Albertans stick together. That’s why Alberta’s government is launching a new campaign to benefit hard-working Albertans.
Global uncertainty is threatening the livelihoods of hard-working Alberta farmers, ranchers, processors and their families. The ‘Buy Local’ campaign, recently launched by Alberta’s government, encourages consumers to eat, drink and buy local to show our unified support for the province’s agriculture and food industry.
The government’s ‘Buy Local’ campaign encourages consumers to buy products from Alberta’s hard-working farmers, ranchers and food processors that produce safe, nutritious food for Albertans, Canadians and the world.
“It’s time to let these hard-working Albertans know we have their back. Now, more than ever, we need to shop local and buy made-in-Alberta products. The next time you are grocery shopping or go out for dinner or a drink with your friends or family, support local to demonstrate your Alberta pride. We are pleased tariffs don’t impact the ag industry right now and will keep advocating for our ag industry.”
Alberta’s government supports consumer choice. We are providing tools to help folks easily identify Alberta- and Canadian-made foods and products. Choosing local products keeps Albertans’ hard-earned dollars in our province. Whether it is farm-fresh vegetables, potatoes, honey, craft beer, frozen food or our world-renowned beef, Alberta has an abundance of fresh foods produced right on our doorstep.
Quick facts
- This summer, Albertans can support local at more than 150 farmers’ markets across the province and meet the folks who make, bake and grow our food.
- In March 2023, the Alberta government launched the ‘Made in Alberta’ voluntary food and beverage labelling program to support local agriculture and food sectors.
- Through direct connections with processors, the program has created the momentum to continue expanding consumer awareness about the ‘Made in Alberta’ label to help shoppers quickly identify foods and beverages produced in our province.
- Made in Alberta product catalogue website
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