Wake up Canada! It’s Time to Face the Waste
Wake up Canada! It’s Time to Face the Waste Written by Dayanne Raffoul, Program Coordinator, Mind Your Plastic Every time you drink from a plastic bottle, rip open a food package and sip from a straw, do you wonder where they go afterwards? The youth are the future of Canada, therefore it’s never been more […]
Battery Hub Feasibility Study
Study underway on Lower Columbia battery hub Written by Greg Nesteroff of My Kootenay Now Efforts continue to turn the West Kootenay into a hub for battery manufacturing and recycling. Jacomien van Tonder, the director of the Metal Tech Alley marketing initiative for the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation, says a feasibility study began in January thanks […]
Top Ten Thought Leaders Of 2022
Metal Tech Alley makes Top Ten Thought Leaders of the Year list In January, Kootenay Business posted their Top Ten Thought Leaders of the Year list, here’s what they had to say about Metal Tech Alley. Jacomien van Tonder: Director for Metal Tech Alley Thought Leadership: What is a circular economy? It’s a different way of doing […]
Innovation meets reuse in West Kootenay’s Metal Tech Alley
SMRT1 Technologies and the Selkirk Technology Access Centre (STAC) have teamed up to keep plastic waste out of our land fill and is another innovative example of local circular economy. A Canadian smart vending technology company that launched out of Trail, B.C. is diverting plastic from the landfill and funnelling it into the Lower Columbia’s […]
Rounding the Corner Towards a Circular Economy in Canada
Metal Tech Alley, a case study in “Rounding the Corner: Towards a Circular Economy in Canada” The Canadian Standard Association recently released a Circular Public Policy document titled “Rounding the Corner: Towards a Circular Economy in Canada” and Metal Tech Alley is proud to be spotlighted as a case study. To read the full document […]
Innovative Leaders Develop New Model for Circular Economy
Innovative Leaders Develop New Model for Circular Economy LCIC’s Supply Chain Study Provides Data for New Online Tool Imagine if you knew exactly what resources were in a community before deciding whether launching your venture there was a good fit. A new online interactive tool is providing that insight in the West Kootenay. Metal Tech […]
The Silicon Review names Metal Tech Alley in list of 50 Best Companies to watch in 2022
Metal Tech Alley presented with Best Eco-Friendly Battery Metal Producer Award
In 2021 Jacomien van Tonder presented at the World Circular Economy Forum on Rural and Remote Communities. Jacomien brought Metal Tech Alley to the world stage as the only presenter from a rural community in North America – and it did not go unnoticed. Following that presentation Metal Tech Alley was nominated for a Global Green Business […]
Metal Tech Alley Achieves Recognition For Its Work Towards Circular Economy
The Council of Canadian Academies recently released a report, Turning Point – The Expert panel on Circular Economy. In this report Metal Tech Alley was recognized for its work towards a circular economy in industrial areas such as metallurgy, digital fabrication, industrial recycling and clean technology. Click here for the full PDF of Turning Point: […]
Technology and the Circular Economy: Selkirk Technology Access Centre
By Val Rossi and Kyla Girling of Writers Block Solutions Whether it’s reviewing a start-up idea sketched on the back of a napkin or working with an industry leader automating long-standing processes, the Selkirk Technology Access Centre (STAC) is lending its advanced manufacturing expertise to Lower Columbia professionals and helping take concepts from prototype to […]