Awards Competition looking for solutions to ocean pollution April 20, 2021 Hack the Planet competition searching for search ideas to tackle threats facing communities around the world, linked to ocean degradation and the climate crisis
Environment Reducing waste in Antarctica April 1, 2021 The GARS O'Higgins (German Antarctic Receiving Station) research station needed to reduce the amount of waste stored on site.
Climate change Forest sector supports move to zero emissions by 2050 November 24, 2020 Forest Products Association of Canada supports new federal bill
Circular Economy Earth overshoot day August 21, 2020 We must move the date with a plan, not a pandemic
Environment How Earth’s plastic pollution problem could look by 2040 August 7, 2020 When it comes to plastic pollution, we know close to nothing about how and where plastic waste is generated, managed, treated and disposed of, especially in low and middle income countries
Environment End the plastic disaster June 8, 2020 Oceana Canada urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to fulfill their commitment to ban single-use plastics
Charity Lowe’s plastic bag charge results in 58 percent decline in use June 4, 2020 BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec – Plastic bag use by customers in Lowe’s, RONA, and Reno-Depot corporate stores dropped 58 percent in 2018, representing about 10 million bags. Lowe’s Canada reports…
Blue Box Celebrate Earth Day responsibly April 22, 2020 SWANA encourages responsible 50th Earth Day celebrations
Bioplastics German scientists find polyurethane-eating bacteria March 30, 2020 There may be a small answer to one of the biggest problems on the planet. German researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology that they…
Environment Cleanfarms opens Alberta office February 24, 2020 Cleanfarms opens office in Lethbridge, Alberta and names Davin Johnson as Alberta Program Advisor. (CNW Group/CleanFARMS Inc.) LETHBRIDGE, Alberta – Cleanfarms, a Canada-wide stewardship organization best known for…
