Garbage

• Items left behind during move-out season fill the home of a Kingston resident

  A university district resident says they look forward to move-out weekend every year, and it helps their house feel like a home as they're always able to find things they need.

  Canada

  May 3
• A 4-year-old New Brunswick boy’s mission to protect the planet, one garbage bag at a time

  Loïck, a four-year-old from Charlo, N.B., is hoping to collect 1,000 bags of garbage over the next year to help protect the environment. He's hoping others will help.

  Environment

  Mar 29
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• City of Regina moving back to weekly residential garbage collection

  As of April 5, the City of Regina is moving back to weekly residential garbage collection.

  Canada

  Mar 29
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• City staff say build up, not out as London’s landfill approaches capacity

  If the plan goes ahead, it would be like 'a nine-storey-tall building being placed on top of what is already the equivalent of a six-storey-tall building.'

  Environment

  Mar 16
• ‘They’re everywhere’: Lethbridge residents collect more than 1,200 littered face masks in single afternoon

  "I really wish it was less. But knowing the numbers are there, it kind of blows my mind."

  Environment

  Mar 15
• Metro Vancouver residents trashed more than 500 million pieces of PPE last year, report finds

  The report from Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Committee found that the region's residents tossed out an average of 194 items of personal protective equipment each in 2020.

  Health

  Mar 13
• Okanagan Forest Task Force now using trail cameras to help battle illegal dumping in backcountry

  "Cameras typically get checked once a week, and that’s when investigations are triggered," said Kane Blake, founder of the Okanagan Forest Task Force.

  Environment

  Jan 19
• Automated waste collection bins distributed in Laval

  Laval is distributing more than 130,000 black bins on wheels to complete its automated waste collection system ahead of its April 1 deadline.

  Environment

  Jan 19
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• Coronavirus: More Montreal communities adopting PPE recycling

  As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forces the use of personal protective equipment, two more Montreal-area communities are making it easier to recycle discarded PPE.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2020
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• Loraas Recycling staff urge people to put gloves and masks in the garbage

  Workers at Loraas Recycling locations in Saskatoon have been removing up to 8,100 single-use gloves and masks in the recycling line daily and putting them in the trash.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2020