Montreal Waste

• Montreal to ban all plastic bags in 2020: mayor

  While Plante didn't set an exact date for the new bylaw to come into effect, she said: "It must be done in 2020."

  Environment

  Feb 5, 2020
  
• Montreal redefines the term ‘butthead’ in bid to cut down on pollution

  Just one cigarette butt can contain up to 7,000 toxic chemicals and, if thrown on the ground, can pollute up to 500 litres of water.

  Environment

  May 19, 2019
  
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• Montreal pledges to cut waste in half by 2030

  The Plante administration says Montreal is moving towards becoming a zero waste city.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2018
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• ‘Package-free’: How a Verdun family reduced household waste to the size of a soup can

  Their garbage can is now an old soup can, the size of a large mason jar. Even their recycling is now down to a box that's smaller than a milk crate.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2018