Plastics McDonald’s moving away from plastics October 8, 2021 McDonald’s Canada will introduce wooden cutlery, wooden stir sticks and paper straws to its more than 1,400 restaurants across the country by December 2021. The removal of these single-use…
Bans B.C. municipalities can ban plastics July 29, 2021 Municipalities can now institute bans on plastic bags and certain single-use plastics without provincial approval
Advocacy Oceana Canada responds to federal single use plastics ban January 28, 2021 Oceana Canada's response to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s proposed integrated management approach to plastic products to prevent waste and pollution discussion paper
Cardboard Tetra Pak tackles packaging sustainability January 27, 2021 Tetra Pak has introduced a new collaborative innovation model with leading paperboard producers, a move aimed at tackling the food packaging industry’s sustainability challenges. According to the latest research the global…
COVID-19 Healthcare is still hooked on single-use plastic PPE, but there are more sustainable options January 21, 2021 The medical sector is getting an easy ride as we try to reduce single-use plastic
Bans Ready for the Replacements? Goodbye Single Use Plastics, Hello____? January 7, 2021 February 5, 2021. Online
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Hong Kong working towards EPR for beverage containers January 5, 2021 HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group is proposing an industry-led “Packaging Exchange” to address the issue of single-use beverage containers going to landfills and littering…
Compost NEXE pods achieve international composting standard January 4, 2021 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Composting and sieving tests have shown that NEXE Nespresso-Compatible Pods conform to international standards for disintegration. These results meet critical international standards required for certification as…
Single use Fill it Forward diverts over five million cups December 22, 2020 GUELPH, Ontario — Fill it Forward (FiF) has diverted more than five million single-use plastic cups, bottles and containers from the…
