VANCOUVER — Light House and its Construction Plastics Initiative, which launched in 2024 to capture, divert and upcycle plastic waste from Metro Vancouver construction sites, has announced two new construction project partners, the Freedom Mobile Arch in Vancouver, with general contractor EllisDon Corporation, and the Steveston Community Centre in Richmond, with general contractor Scott Construction.
All plastic waste collected from any of the projects involved in the Construction Plastics Initiative are processed by Langley Plastics into a reusable plastic pellet, which is then integrated into the manufacturing of a range of new building products, a release reads.
“The pellet is then sold to a Plascon Plastics who blends the pellets in with other resins to manufacture innovative building products like InfinaNet by Infina Technologies Inc,” said Gil Yaron, managing director of circular innovation with Light House in a statement.
InfinaNet is a proprietary concrete void system that displaces concrete in multi-unit residential slab floors, reducing the amount of concrete required, the release describes.
“Partnering with the Construction Plastics Initiative on our Freedom Mobile Arch project is just one way we’re ensuring that sustainable practices persist at the heart of both our core values as well as the venue’s redevelopment,” said Daniel Molnar, B.C. regional environmental manager with EllisDon.
“After products — for instance here, much of the wood for the timber arch, are manufactured, they’re typically wrapped in protective plastic packaging before delivery to the construction site, and that plastic wrap then ends up in landfills. Through the support of this initiative, we’re able to shake up that process, and strive to demonstrate the feasibility of circular economics in the construction environment, to help make positive changes in the ways we build, moving forward.”
Scott Construction has joined the initiative with their Steveston Community Centre and Library project in Richmond.
“This is an initiative we’re proud to participate in, especially because it allows us to bring sustainable building practices to the forefront,” said Trenton Berger, project director with Scott Construction.
Construction for the 60,350-square-foot community centre and Library project are underway, with completion expected in 2026.
The Construction Plastics Initiative is running until February 2026.
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