Single use BC reducing single-use plastics in tree planting October 17, 2023 Three million single-use plastic tree seedling wraps, which support 45 million seedlings, will be eliminated from the tree-planting process in 2024.
Single use TerraCycle to recycle Tassimo coffee pods February 3, 2023 Kraft Heinz brand Tassimo is partnering with TerraCycle to offer consumers recycling
Single use Ont. government helping Greenlid bring production home from China August 15, 2022 Manufacturing facility will be in Dundalk, Ontario
Single use Toronto guiding reduction of single use food packaging June 28, 2022 City of Toronto launches Reducing Single-Use program for businesses
Single use Return-It adds Starbucks to Vancouver cup program February 23, 2022 Starbucks Canada has joined Return-It's expanded cup recycling pilot program in the City of Vancouver this spring
Plastics Lowe’s Canada quits plastic bags February 4, 2022 Lowe's Canada will stop offering single-use plastic shopping bags in its Lowe's, RONA, and Réno-Dépôt stores as of June 2022.
Bans Plastics ban rules ready for public comment December 22, 2021 On Tuesday, the federal government published draft regulations for the banning of certain single-use plastics. The draft…
Plastics Major consumer goods companies make progress on plastics December 13, 2021 Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic by 57 percent between 2018 and 2020
Plastics Walmart Canada eliminating single use bags December 9, 2021 The phased approach will see all of Walmart's more than 400 Canadian locations make the change by Earth Day 2022
Plastics Wendy’s moving to fully recyclable cups October 28, 2021 Wendy's is collaborating with Berry Global and LyondellBasell to move from plastic-lined paper cups with limited recyclability to single-substrate, clear plastic drink cups
