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Ontario officially transitioned to its updated recycling program on Jan. 1. And while more materials are now being accepted, community members are being encouraged to bring their alcohol containers back to beer stores. Madeleine McColl spoke with the CEO of Circular Materials about what does and doesn’t belong in your blue boxes.

Provincial legislation moving the responsibility for recycling pick-ups out of municipal control and onto waste producers isn’t off to a great start in Toronto. In some cases, whole neighbourhoods have been left waiting for days for collection they told was coming. Matthew Bingey reports.

Recycling is undergoing big changes across Ontario as the blue box program moves fully into the hands of the companies that produce packaging and products, shifting the costs away from municipal taxpayers. As Jesse Reynolds reports, while local curbside collection already transitioned earlier this year, new changes coming in the new year will affect area...

The holiday season can be the both the busiest and confusing time of year for recycling. What gift wrappings can be thrown out into the trash and what can be recycled? Ann Goulding from Recycle BC joins Global News Morning to guide us through the process this Christmas.

On Monday provincial regulations for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will come into effect across Nova Scotia. We check in with Kirk Symonds from Halifax Solid Waste to find out what that means for residents.

A Calgary man who recently bought washer fluid at Walmart said he was shocked to see that he was charged a $2.20 eco fee on a $4.98 four-litre jug of washer fluid. The province says the fees fund Alberta’s hazardous and special product program, but that it recently worked with Product Care Recycling to have...

On this edition, fears of a towing turf war following the torching of over a dozen tow trucks in Brampton, a transparency battle over Premier Ford’s personal cellphone records, and why Toronto’s new recycling rules are already causing problems for residents.

A push is on to encourage more recycling – not just of bottles and cans in Metro Vancouver – but of entire homes. As Aaron McArthur shows us, it’s a way to both reduce the burden on our landfills and the cost of housing.

Millions of empty aluminum cans end up in landfills each year, but many more are recycled thanks to the often-unseen work of “binners.” A Montreal non-profit has partnered with a Toronto-based ad agency to support the undervalued collection process.

With landfill space expected to run out across Ontario within the next decade, policy makers want businesses to play a larger role in reducing waste. Kevin Gallagher has more.

Sharon Howland with the city’s Waste & Recycling Services joins Global News Morning to show us how to recycle, compost and properly dispose of our holiday waste.

For five years, a sea cadet program outside Victoria has stored their donated bottles and cans in a sea can without any issues. But as Kylie Stanton reports, a thief recently broke in and stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of recyclables — leaving the group marooned.

WATCH: EPRA Saskatchewan shares how residents and businesses can recycle end-of-life electronics for free.

If you have purchased Keurig coffee pods in Canada over the past decade, you may be eligible to get some money back. Keurig has proposed a $1.85 million settlement, following claims that the company misled customers about the recyclability of its K-Cup pods. The settlement is still pending court approval. Once it is approved, claim...

Residents of the Central Okanagan are going to have to start being more careful about what they throw in their recycling bins. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the regional disctrict has begun using cameras and AI to catch people throwing potentially-hazardous material in their recylcing.

The B.C. government is ending the expansion of its mattress recycling program, and Vancouver rises in the ranking of tech talent. BIV’s Tyler Orton has your business news.

From a new plastic recycling process to an old fossil discovered from the dinosaur era, Raluca Ellis, senior scientist at the Ontario Science Centre, joins Miranda Anthistle to break down this week’s science headlines.

A community organization is working to find dozens of people new jobs after learning their contract at a recycling depot won’t be renewed next year. As Grace Ke reports, the City of Abbotsford says it is coming to cost savings and is working to support the workers in other ways.

Moment Energy is receiving funding from the Pacific Economic Development Program, and will be used to recycle old electric vehicle batteries and textiles. Federal Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson says the money will help support the economy, while also creating more local jobs.

Thick, black smoke could be seen for several kilometers throughout the capitol region on Saturday after a recycling plant caught fire. Local 2SLGBTQ+ softball league wraps up with a friendly tournament.