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The City of Regina is warning that residential recycling contamination has reached 18 per cent which is triple the allowed limit. Using AI-powered cameras on collection trucks, the city is identifying common errors like bagged recyclables and flexible plastics. If rates don’t drop below six per cent, both the City and residents face steep financial...

Kingston City Council is calling out Ontario’s new recycling system after months of missed pickups, confusing or lacking communication and a contractor that didn’t show up to Tuesday’s council meeting. Jesse Reynolds reports.

Born and raised in Eritrea Africa,  Alazar Beyene  learned the art of shoe repair from his father. Since immigrating to Canada 23 years ago, Beyene has been recycling shoes for his loyal customers in the Dufferin Mall ever. Susan Hay has the story.

Recent province-wide changes to recycling collection are causing problems for many small businesses and non-profit organizations. Since being responsible for arranging their own blue box pickup at the start of the year, many say it’s leading to financial strain. Germain Ma reports.

Liberal and Conservative MPs clashed over a solution to Canada’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the House of Commons Wednesday. Though Parliamentarians unanimously approved a Conservative motion that would accelerate deliberations over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposed Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (Bill C-19), several Tories still criticized the “recycled” plan, suggesting the Liberals back their...

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...

Using recycled asphalt instead of a standard cold mix, crews with the City of Lethbridge are working to repair potholes year-round instead of just during the warmer months. Justin Sibbet reports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...