July 2026: Ground Score Association won a national award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for its innovative G.L.I.T.T.E.R. program, which creates paid work opportunities for waste pickers to clean Portland’s public spaces. The award included $275,000 to help the program.
June 2026: Jesse Winter of the Globe and Mail reported on the Binners Projects’ contracts to provide waste-diversion services along the spectator route to BC Place during the World Cup, and to sort recyclables at the FIFA Fan Festival at Vancouver’s PNE.
​April 2026 – The large Vancouver health care provider details its environmental initiatives, including a partnership with The Binners’ Project that sorted 67,000 kgs of waste, keeping 80% out of landfills. The work won Buy Social Canada’s 2025 Social Procurement Champion Award.
The City of Montreal is asking Coopérative Les Valoristes to vacate its premises by the end of October 2026. In this CBC News story, Julia Israel explores what losing this central community hub could mean for the co-op and valoristes who depend on it.
June 2026: (Audio) An interview with The Binners' Project Director Sean Miles details how the binners will help FIFA clean up and recycle during the World Cup—and the tournament’s impact on marginalized communities.
​Montreal’s Cooperative les Valoristes is in the spotlight in this December 2025 Global News Story, which explores how a partnership helped create “The Dignity Bag” to offer ergonomic collecting and increase visibility and respect for these workers.
