How Recycling Works

• Canada’s recycling industry is on life-support. Here’s how to fix it

  B.C. is the only place in Canada where producers pay for and run the recycling system, and the success is evident. But is it enough — or is it also time for governments to step in?

  Canada

  May 1, 2019
  
• The losing economics of recycling: Canada’s green industry is deep in the red

  In today’s bleak new reality, the price for recyclables — things like plastic, paper and aluminum — has tanked. The business model was feasible before. Now, it’s a burden.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
  
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• Is Canada’s recycling industry broken?

  As plants struggle to sell the plastics, paper and other materials they've collected, Canada's recycling industry is having its moment of reckoning.

  Investigations

  Apr 29, 2019