Category
Environment
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Forest sector supports move to zero emissions by 2050
Forest Products Association of Canada supports new federal bill
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Earth overshoot day
We must move the date with a plan, not a pandemic
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How Earth’s plastic pollution problem could look by 2040
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
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End the plastic disaster
Oceana Canada urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to fulfill their commitment to ban single-use plastics
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Lowe’s plastic bag charge results in 58 percent decline in use
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 that the introduction of a charge on plastic bags at its corporate…
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Celebrate Earth Day responsibly
SWANA encourages responsible 50th Earth Day celebrations
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German scientists find polyurethane-eating bacteria
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 have identified and characterized a strain of bacteria capable of degrading some of the…
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Cleanfarms opens Alberta office
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta – Cleanfarms, a Canada-wide stewardship organization best known for its ag-plastics recycling programs for pesticide and fertilizer jugs and totes and grain bags has opened an Alberta office in Lethbridge. “Alberta’s importance as an executive hub for agricultural…
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Our climate requires change
Will our supply chains deliver?
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App allows ‘citizen scientists’ to track plastic waste
NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley, National Geographic Society and the University of Georgia College of Engineering have partnered to support the Marine Debris Tracker (Debris Tracker). The Debris Tracker is a mobile app that allows individuals to log plastic pollution,…