Industry says it has a clever solution to the plastics crisis
But critics call it just some more greenwashing.
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Environment Minister Guilbeault says Canada must rein in plastic waste exports
In the year since new rules to slow global exports of plastic waste took effect, Canada's shipments rose by more than 13 per cent, and most of it is going to the United States with no knowledge of where it ultimately ends up.
Israel to impose disposable plastic tax to reduce use
Israel's government on Monday, July 19, 2021, put forward a plan to double taxes on single-use plastics in a bid to reduce the proliferation of the environmentally harmful products.
Canada proposes voluntary ‘offset’ program meant to encourage new pollution cuts
The federal government published proposed regulations online March 5 that would establish a Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System. The proposal is open for feedback until May 5; the government expects to publish final rules later this year.
B.C. approves single-use plastics bans in 4 communities
The British Columbia government has approved single-use plastics bans in four more communities.
Tim Hortons ditches two cups in favour of one with sleeve
Tim Hortons is ending the practice of double cupping hot drinks, a move the fast food restaurant says will eliminate hundreds of millions of cups from landfills each year.
Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years. That means the solar e-waste glut is coming.
Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years. That means the solar e-waste glut is coming.
Quebec expanding drink container deposit system by 2022
Quebec will expand its deposit system to include different kinds of alcohol and beverage containers in an effort to recycle more products and reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.
Hamilton scientists find way to recycle rubber from car tires
Scientists in Hamilton have found a way to dissolve the rubber used in car tires, which they say could eventually help keep what is typically a single-use item out of landfills.
'A bold action is needed': Vancouver bans plastic bags (and other throw-away items)
Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, straws and other single-use items, while introducing what the city believes to be a first-of-its-kind fee for disposable cups in the country.
Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021
The federal government will announce a plan today, June 10, 2019, to ban harmful single-use plastics like drinking straws as early as 2021.
Improving Canada's recycling output will take 'radical changes': report
An analysis of Canada's plastic industry shows the industry producing plastic dwarfs the industry trying to recycle it.
Canada hasn't issued any permits for companies to ship waste, government says
The federal government has issued no permits for Canadian companies to ship trash overseas since regulations changed three years ago but Canadian garbage is still showing up unwanted in Asian nations.
From whales to windows, SNC-Lavalin has extensive federal ties big and small
From studies on northern transportation systems, to helping protect whales from toxins, to window washing — SNC-Lavalin has extensive federal ties amounting to tens of millions of dollars in contracts, big and small.