Plastic Grocery Bags

• Sobeys to phase out plastic bags, but ‘Sobeys bag’ lives on in Atlantic Canada 

  The company has said the change will eliminate 225 million bags used annually at more than 250 stores across Canada.

  Environment

  Jan 30, 2020
  
• Action needed now as microplastics accumulate in Great Lakes, Ontario researcher says

  An Ontario researcher is calling on society to take swift action to solve the growing problem of plastics accumulating in the Great Lakes.

  Environment

  Nov 27, 2019
  
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• Sobeys announces plan to remove all plastic bags in 2020

  The grocery store chain announced the plan in a press release on Wednesday, calling it the first step in "removing unnecessary plastic from all retail."

  Environment

  Jul 31, 2019
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• New initiative repurposing thousands of plastic bags and helping the homeless

  A new initiative in Saskatoon is repurposing thousands of plastic grocery bags by crocheting them into mats for the homeless.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2017