Bans Tim Hortons steps up to plastics ban October 13, 2020 TORONTO – Tim Hortons says it is in the process of introducing paper straws in its 4,000 restaurants in Canada and plans to complete the transition from plastic…
Municipal Waste Vancouver approves single-use bans November 29, 2019 VANCOUVER – Vancouver city council has approved new by-laws targeting waste and litter from single-use items such as plastic shopping bags, disposable cups, utensils and plastic straws. …
Food KFC trying bamboo to replace single-use containers November 21, 2019 VAUGHAN, Ontario – KFC Canada is testing a bamboo fiber poutine bucket in early 2020. Although bamboo is a new innovation to packaging, it has been used throughout history…
Plastic Straws Starbucks shares progress towards packaging sustainability March 22, 2019 SEATTLE – Starbucks leadership has shared progress and plans towards. creating more sustainable packing options for its take out products. Over the next year in several markets worldwide, the company will…
Plastic Straws Sodexo commits to single-use plastics reduction January 1, 2019 BURLINGTON, Ont. – Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company has implemented a North American single use plastics reduction plan that will eliminate single use plastic bags and…
Plastic Straws Prime Pubs goes straw-free August 8, 2018 VAUGHAN, Ont. – Plastic straws have been completely eliminated from all Prime Pubs locations across Canada including Fionn MacCool’s, D’Arcy McGee’s, Paddy Flaherty’s and Tír nan…
Plastic Straws Former Cara Foods entity to ban plastic straws June 29, 2018 VAUGHAN, Ont. – Recipe Unlimited (formerly Cara Operations) plans to eliminate plastic straws across its entire 19-brand network of restaurants. This includes brands such as Prime Pubs, Landing, Swiss…
Plastic Straws Two U.S. universities ban plastic straws May 25, 2018 Americans use more than 500 million straws every day — more than one per man, woman, and child. Most of them end up in the landfill or in the ocean. Numerous campaigns…
Plastic Straws Beginning of the end for the plastic drinking straw May 7, 2018 The video that is said to have started it all; the removal of a plastic straw from a turtle’s nose went viral in 2015, exposing the realities of the effects…