Blue Box A Harmonized Approach to Reducing Single-Use Plastics October 15, 2019 Open Letter to Ontario Government: A harmonized approach to single-use plastics is better for business than municipal patchwork
Corporate responsibility Forest industry refutes plastics industry commentary October 7, 2019 Forest Products Association of Canada president counters plastics industry assertions in last week's commentary
Corporate responsibility Meal kit producer opts for plastics offsets October 4, 2019 BOULDER, Colorado – Meal kit producer Green Chef has a new plastic offset program with Vancouver-based Plastic Bank, which works towards reducing ocean plastics and providing…
Plastics Nova Scotia bag ban is anti-environmental September 30, 2019 What the province has done is self-defeating, says Canadian Plastics Industry Association
Plastics UK study shows microplastics in drinking water September 23, 2019 SURREY, UK – Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our aquatic systems, according to new research from…
Plastics Citizen science could help address Canada’s plastic pollution problem September 13, 2019 Partnerships between scientists and citizen scientists have produced real world data that have influenced policy changes
Appointments Alliance to End Plastic Waste appoints first CEO September 6, 2019 Jacob Duer WASHINGTON – Jacob Duer will serve as the inaugural president and CEO of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), effective October 1. Duer joins the…
Environment Feds funding ghost gear retrieval September 2, 2019 DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia –The federal government is launching a fishing gear retrieval contribution program that will provide up to $8.3 million to assist fish harvesters, environmental groups, Indigenous…
Diversion B.C. extends plastics consultations August 30, 2019 VICTORIA – Because of the popularity of the CleanBC engagement about what the Province could do to ban, reduce and recycle more plastics, the Province has extended the comment period.
Plastics Grain bag recycling takes off August 20, 2019 MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan – Halfway through 2019, and with one of the busiest periods of grain bag recycling still ahead, Saskatchewan farmers have already recycled 25 percent more…