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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...

Plastic free July is a global movement aimed at reducing plastic pollution and refusing single-use plastics. The public is being asked to join. Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President and CEO, joins Jennifer Palma on Global News Morning Weekend BC to talk about how you can get make a difference.

Arguing it will raise food prices, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government would scrap new federal packaging plans and end a ban on single-use plastics. Speaking Friday, Poilievre promised to repeal bans on plastic straws, bags, and containers, calling the policies “costly, out of touch, and harmful to low-income Canadians.” Poilievre also outlined...

The same government that banned single-use plastics for environmental reasons has been quietly crushing thousands of decommissioned RCMP vehicles for the past four years, Global News has learned. Melissa Ridgen reports.

Conservationists in Thailand have expressed that they are “disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order that will bring plastic straws back to the country – a single-use item which the prior Biden administration worked to phase out, encouraging the use of paper straws instead.

It’s been a year and a half since the City of Edmonton introduced its single-use bylaw which prohibits handing out plastic shopping bags and other single-use items. Edmontonians have had mixed feelings and now the city is asking people to share their thoughts officially through a survey. Jasmine King reports.

A new study out of a Halifax based university shows some Canadians have changed their attitudes towards single-use plastic consumption during the pandemic. An environmental advocate doesn’t think those changes will stick once the pandemic passes and government pressure to address climate change regains momentum. Alexa MacLean has more.

We check in with Kirk Symonds from Halifax Solid Waste to find out what’s up for Waste Reduction Week. With the Nova Scotia Plastic Bag Ban coming into effect on October 30th it’s a great time to discuss alternatives to single use plastics.

The use of certain kinds of plastics in Montreal is coming to an end. The city is enacting bylaws to ban the use of single use plastics starting next year. As Phil Carpenter reports, the move is part of Montreal’s effort to meet its zero waste targets.

Montreal is taking a new step toward protecting the environment and reducing our dependency on the plastics industry. Many single-use plastics used by restaurants to serve food and drinks will be banned. Disposable utensils, containers, cups and coffee lids will largely become a thing of the past. But as Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, there are...

Mon, Feb 22: The City of Montreal announced Monday it is moving to ban single-use plastic bags starting Jan. 1, 2018. Global’s Nav Pall reports.

The amount of single-use plastic waste across the world is staggering. Aditya Dutta with Fleur and Co., joins Global News Calgary to explain why his company was recently granted the rePurpose Global Plastic Negative Certification.

The Quebec Liberal Party convention wrapped up its weekend-long even on Sunday after two days of discussions focused on the province’s economy. Plus, a Montreal mental health fundraiser has reached an impressive milestone in its 9th year. After Sunday’s event, the Mindstrong Fitness Fundraiser has raised over $10 million over the course of its history....

It’s no secret we are in the midst of an environmental emergency. Governments and countries are now rallying to fight against the effects of climate change. Canada, for example, recently banned single-use plastics and while this is commendable, the alternatives are not. Our Everyday Joe found that out the hard way.

What’s next when it comes to single-use plastics? A federal ban was deemed unreasonable and unconstitutional by the courts but Edmonton has its own ban — in the form of a bylaw — the came into effect just four months ago. Sarah Komadina looks at what the federal ruling might mean.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said in Ottawa on Monday that the federal government “intend[s] to appeal” last weeks’ court ruling that overturned a single-use plastics ban. “The body of scientific evidence showing the impacts on human health, on the environment of plastic pollution is undebatable,” Guilbeault said. “We have to put a stop to that.”

Calgary Co-op says it was shocked to learn that its compostable bags will be included in the federal government’s single use plastic ban when it takes effect. As Global’s Craig Momney reports, officials feel the decision is targeting check outs.

The federal government wants to ban single-use plastic by the end of 2021, so municipalities throughout the Maritimes are working towards that deadline. Travis Fortnum takes a look at what Saint John is doing.

Anthony Meranta with Oceana said plastics are being found in our blood, in the deepest part of our lungs, and is being passed on to unborn children through the mother’s placenta.

In the city of Edmonton, as of July 1, single-use plastic shopping bags can no longer be handed out, and businesses must charge at least 15 cents for a paper shopping bag and at least $1 for a new reusable shopping bag. Morgan Black finds out how consumers and stores are adapting.