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Education
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SWANA cancels WASTECON for 2020
Silver Spring, MD – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the health and safety of participants, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has cancelled the WASTECON that would have taken place December 7-10 in Dallas,…
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Reducing food waste through better packaging
VANCOUVER – Paper or plastic? Glass or tin? Or no packaging at all? A new research report from the National Zero Waste Council reveals the relationships between food waste, packaging and GHG emissions. It provides insight into how and when…
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’Tis the season to redesign and reduce our waste
The holiday season has a waste problem
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Inter Pipeline funding plastics research at NAIT
EDMONTON – The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is receiving $10 million over 10 years to research opportunities to reuse and recycle plastic in Canada. Inter Pipeline is funding the project, Plastics Research in Action (PRIA). It is the…
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Recycling lunch contest launched
TORONTO – TerraCycle has launched the 2019 “Collection Craze” recycling challenge in partnership with the Schneiders Lunch Mate and Maple Leaf Simply Lunch brands. Designed to educate school students, teachers and communities about maintaining healthy bodies and a healthy environment,…
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To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
Food production and processing, transport, retail consumption, loss and waste is currently responsible for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions
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Editorial: Wake up and smell the rot
Pulling back the curtain on the recycling industry
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Sustainability challenge in its eighth year
Program provides K to 12 students across Canada with a fun and engaging competition to help reduce their carbon footprint and become stewards of the environment