recycling

Though the public's perception of recycling has taken a hit recently, a Toronto Zoo program that recovers valuable metals and other materials from collected electronics has quietly managed to find success — both here and in Africa.

Even though a recent Abacus poll confirmed that more than 80 per cent of Ontarians want to see an expanded deposit-return program for non-alcoholic beverage containers in the province, an estimated 1.7 billion containers are still ending up in landfills, incinerators or as litter. Advocates want to change that.

Zamani Ra, founder and CEO of CEED Canada, helps low-income newcomer communities make a difference by showing them climate action can be simple, convenient and culturally relevant.

California regulators have approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.

The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garbage at home, instead of exporting waste — and the problem — to the developing world.

In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they have a rough draft.

Researchers sampled 19 strains of bacteria and 15 of fungi growing on free-lying or intentionally buried plastic kept in the ground for one year in Greenland, Svalbard and Switzerland in a potential breakthrough for recycling.

This 17-year-old Grade 12 student, is a recipient of a 2022 Youth Climate Activism Award for her work raising awareness about the importance of recycling at her high school, reclaiming habitat from invasive species and encouraging native plant gardening.

This week, the pilot program from Circular Innovation Council received international recognition for diverting 318 tonnes of organic waste and redistributing 16.1 tonnes of edible food valued at $114,854 to local charities.

People who toss non-recyclable items in their blue boxes "are not intentionally doing the wrong thing." But the rule should be: when in doubt, throw it out, columnist Becky Rynor writes.

U.K. households recycle just 12 per cent of single-use plastic, according to a new survey by Greenpeace.

But critics call it just some more greenwashing.

In the year since new rules to slow global exports of plastic waste took effect, Canada's shipments rose by more than 13 per cent, and most of it is going to the United States with no knowledge of where it ultimately ends up.

Lack of regulation, enforcement, political will and economic incentive leave the province falling short of waste diversion targets.

Cookware, water bottles, and hundreds of other items made from recycled plastic worldwide may contain toxic chemicals harmful to human health, a new study has found.