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Sustainability

What You Can Do

Sustainability Measures You Can Adopt 

  • Purchase a carbon offset package for your flight. Learn more about carbon offsets for flights here.
  • Reduce your luggage weight in order to reduce fuel usage on your flight
  • Take public transit - use the UP Express to travel between Pearson International Airport and downtown Toronto
  • Participate in your hotel's linen reuse program
  • Use the meeting website for information about the Meeting, minimize printing of materials
  • Pack a refillable water bottle. Water refill stations are available at the Metro Toronto Convention Center

Take UP Express Transit from Pearson International Airport

The Union Pearson Express runs from Pearson Airport to Union Station in downtown Toronto in just 25 minutes. 

Trains run every 15-minutes, seven days a week. Be sure to check the schedules before you travel. The station at Pearson Airport is located in Terminal 1, directly adjacent to the Link Train service linking Terminals 1 and 3. See here for wayfinding videos

Cost is CAD 12.50 one way. Tickets can be bought in advance online, or at a GO station. A discount is offered to meeting attendees, see here.

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What We Are Doing

Sustainability Measures at the Meeting

  • Signage is printed on recyclable cardboard
  • Participation in the green electricity program at the MTCC
  • Minimal shipping of goods and materials
  • Use local suppliers
  • Digital signage used where possible
  • Minimal printed materials
  • No conference bags
  • Left over food donated for distribution 
  • Participation in the Materials Donation Program at the MTCC

Sustainability at the Metro Toronto Convention Center

  • Waste Diversion: 90% of waste redirected from landfills
  • Energy conservation guidelines that all departments follow
  • Locally sourced ingredients from farms and businesses
  • Sustainable Deep Water Cooling air conditions our South building
  • Six rooftop beehives preserve pollinators and supply honey
  • Chef’s rooftop garden supplies our culinary team

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