Several major plastic manufacturers have turned to the courts to stop the federal government from implementing a ban on several single-use plastic items.
Monique Labelle-Wheeler has been refilling the same plastic bottle with dish soap for 10 years. She figures she has saved about 120 plastic bottles from the landfill, writes Becky Rynor.
Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics.
More than five years after being told it should enshrine the right to a healthy environment in its environmental protection act, the federal government is moving to do it.
Adelle Farrelly never has to scrabble through drawers, handbags or backpacks looking for a pen — because she has just one, writes new columnist Becky Rynor.
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, formally announced it was considering tighter regulations for pyrolysis and gasification — controversial processes that are associated with “chemical recycling.”
Environmental experts are praising Montreal's decision to ban some kinds of single-use plastics, but they say Canada is still a long way from being plastic-free despite government promises.
What the average person rarely thinks about is the massive impact PPE is having on the already vast waste stream of plastic, particularly in industrialized societies, writes columnist Warren Bell.
Israel's government on Monday, July 19, 2021, put forward a plan to double taxes on single-use plastics in a bid to reduce the proliferation of the environmentally harmful products.
