Planeet Consulting
From Waste Management to Resource Management
Planeet Consulting is a Zero Waste consulting firm based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Our vision is a zero-waste world where materials are resources—not waste! Our mission is to support neighbourhoods, businesses, and municipalities to further zero-waste and pave the way toward a sustainable and resilient society and planet.
We co-create Zero Waste solutions with your neighbourhood, business, or municipality. Our solutions will help you reduce waste from the source; keep materials in the loop; uncover the value of your discards; reduce carbon emissions and costs associated with waste management; and meet evolving expectations of customers, community members, and regulators.
Through the implementation of Zero Waste solutions, you will engage those who work with you and the community you operate in and will advocate for a larger systemic change that will pave the path towards circularity and a better planet.
We’ll start small, learn and grow together
No matter where you are on your path, we’re here to help you move in the right direction and achieve your goals with confidence. Keep reading to learn how.
Zero Waste Audit
You can only manage what you can measure
The Zero Waste Audit will provide you with a snapshot of the flow and use of materials at your facility. It identifies how to start preventing waste in the first place, reduce costs, and uncover opportunities for avoided costs. It also creates a baseline of the type and amount of discards that your facility generates, which will help you document and measure your progress.
Zero Waste Certification
Share your achievements with the world
Our third-party certification with Zero Waste Canada helps you set specific goals, track your progress, and become recognized for your waste-reduction achievements. It also helps your customers and staff understand why, what, and how you’re doing it, which allows them to become part of the process and your success story.
Research
Going beyond building walls
We explore what’s already happening in your neighbourhood or municipality through our holistic approach to zero waste. We identify existing and potential zero-waste initiatives in the community, people’s motivations and barriers, and the opportunities and challenges to scaling them up. We provide the baseline from which we can further prevent and reduce waste, connect people, and move towards circularity.
Blog
Going zero waste in Newfoundland and Labrador
This series of blogs seek to start, promote, and facilitate the conversation about the value of zero waste and its connection with the circular economy in Newfoundland and Labrador. The next series is coming soon!
Who We Are
Viviana Ramírez-Luna
Certified Zero Waste TRUE Advisor
As an environmental scientist, Viviana has established herself as a leader in interdisciplinary research, and as an activist, entrepreneur, and public speaker. Her personal goal is to create a healthier environment for her son’s generation and the generations that follow.
Sophie Wells
Zero Waste Consultant
With a background in Health Ethics and a zero waster herself, Sophie knows the benefits of going low or zero waste, but she also recognizes the difficulties in navigating the wealth of information on how to do so. She is excited to work with businesses that have the courage to try something different.
Ovishek Dey Emon
Industrial Engineering Technology (Co-op) student
As an Industrial Engineering (Co-op) student with the College of North Atlantic and having experience with the utilization of wasted materials since childhood, Ovi brings his dedication, courage, and passion to further Planeet’s mission of being the support that businesses and organizations require to further zero waste and pave the way towards a sustainable and resilient society and planet.
What Our Satisfied Customers Say
Working with Planeet helped us do better with our materials management. We’re a company that aims to make it easy for people to choose greener options, so the learning and the changes in our practice has really made a difference!
~ Kim Todd, Founder of Guide to the Good, St. Johns, NL.
Planeet Consulting helped us identify more areas where we could reduce, reuse and recycle, and really helped us toward our sustainability goals.
~ Rob Salsman, Owner of the Battery Cafe, St. John’s NL.
Send us a message!
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We respectfully acknowledge the land on which we gather as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose culture has now been erased forever. We also acknowledge the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) as the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq. And we acknowledge Labrador as the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Innu of Nitassinan, the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, and the Inuit of NunatuKavut. We recognize all First Peoples who were here before us, those who live with us now, and the seven generations to come. As First Peoples have done since time immemorial, we strive to be responsible stewards of the land and to respect the cultures, ceremonies, and traditions of all who call it home. As we open our hearts and minds to the past, we commit ourselves to working in a spirit of truth and reconciliation to make a better future for all.
(Borrowed with gratitude from First Light)
Top photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash. Zero waste audit photo by Viviana Ramírez Luna. Research photo by Tatiana Pizarro Ramírez. VRL profile photo by Tania Heath. SW and ODE photos provided
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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