Landfills
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Non-profit fears end of funding to recycle used fishing gear in Atlantic CanadaThe Fishing Gear Coalition of Atlantic Canada says a four-year agreement with the federal Fisheries Department ends on March 31 and there’s been no indication it will be renewed.EnvironmentMar 13, 2024
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Pandemic cleanups, construction helped increase trash in North and Central Okanagan last yearNorth Okanagan data shows, per capita, residents produced 533 kg of garbage last year. That's a higher per-capital rate than at any time in the last decade.CanadaSep 2, 2022
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Landfills, climate change fueling human-polar bear conflicts in Arctic: reportArviat, a Nunavut community along the western coast of Hudson Bay, and communities in northern Ontario are starting to see polar bears come inland, specifically around landfills.EnvironmentJul 24, 2022
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The shoe that turns into an apple tree: Toronto designer eliminating plastics, one step at a timeThirty-three-year-old Luc Houle not only sees shoes as a way to protect our feet, but the planet, too.CanadaOct 25, 2021
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Quebec government to spend $1.2B to manage organic waste, environment minister saysThe government is setting ambitious goals as it hopes to keep organic materials from going to the landfills.CanadaJul 3, 2020
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More landfill users in B.C.’s Southern Interior ignoring rules, abusing staff“Treating workers at these sites like garbage is not going to be tolerated.”CanadaApr 22, 2020
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Summerland asking residents to temporarily avoid or limit visits to landfill during COVID-19 pandemicHome isolation has led to an unforeseen problem in the South Okanagan: A spike in visits to landfills.NewsMar 26, 2020
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Former employees allege retailers engaged in practice of destroying, dumping unsold merchandiseAfter a recent Global News story highlighted a retail practice of sending unsold store merchandise to landfills, former retail store managers have come forward to say it was part of their job to regularly destroy and dump unsold items.EnvironmentJan 15, 2020
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Where to take your kids’ old toys to make sure they avoid the dumpGlobal News took a look at where in Regina you can take your kids' old toys that were replaced by this year's Christmas shopping.CanadaJan 4, 2020
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City of London launches recycling projects aimed at reducing plastics in landfillsThe Heft Energy Bag Pilot Project aims to divert plastic away from landfills by giving Londoners a third recycling option, aside from paper and plastic.EnvironmentDec 2, 2019
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