Simple things like washing festive plastic knitwear on the gentle cycle can reduce microfibre shedding by 70 per cent and better protect marine ecosystems, a recent Ocean Wise study shows.
Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60 per cent failing to disintegrate after six months, according to new research.
Several major plastic manufacturers have turned to the courts to stop the federal government from implementing a ban on several single-use plastic items.
Environmentalists are warning that slow-release nitrogen fertilizers, central to Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms, are filling fields with microscopic plastic pollution.
Community groups are pulling increasing amounts of plastic debris from the B.C. shellfish industry off their shores while Fisheries and Oceans Canada does little to enforce rules that deal with the problem, say coastal stewards.
Chemical companies have produced more chemicals — including plastics — than the planet can safely sustain without potentially crossing a planetary boundary and causing irreversible harm to the environment or human health, says a team of international researchers.