Circular Economy UBC to develop post-consumer carbon-based products January 19, 2021 The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) has received $1.9 million in federal funding to research how industrial waste can be converted into new products. A new…
Education Return-It and Ocean Wise collaborate with B.C. schools December 30, 2020 BURNABY, B.C. – Return-It and Ocean Wise have teamed up to bring global plastic waste and ocean conservation education to secondary schools across BC. Closing the Loop on Plastics is…
Education SWANA cancels WASTECON for 2020 August 28, 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…
Education Reducing food waste through better packaging June 2, 2020 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,…
Blue Box ’Tis the season to redesign and reduce our waste December 20, 2019 The holiday season has a waste problem
Circular Economy Inter Pipeline funding plastics research at NAIT December 2, 2019 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…
Education Recycling lunch contest launched September 4, 2019 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…
Education To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system August 9, 2019 Food production and processing, transport, retail consumption, loss and waste is currently responsible for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions
China Editorial: Wake up and smell the rot July 26, 2019 Pulling back the curtain on the recycling industry
Education Sustainability challenge in its eighth year February 5, 2019 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