Recycling In Canada
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Calgary continuing single-use plastics report despite federal banDespite the announcement of a federal ban, Calgary is continuing with a scoping report on how to reduce or eliminate the use of single-use plastic items.EnvironmentJun 11, 2019
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Trudeau eyeing a Canadian ban on single-use plastics by 2021Plastic forks and takeout containers could become a thing of the past under a new Liberal process to consider a ban on single-use plastics.CanadaJun 10, 2019
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Lacombe ends curbside recycling, searches for viable alternativeThe city ended curbside recycling pickup at the end of May after the contract expired for the previous waste management company.NewsJun 7, 2019
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Filipino ambassador and consuls in Canada recalled until garbage is shipped backForeign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted Thursday that the Philippines "shall maintain a diminished diplomatic presence in Canada until its garbage is ship bound there."CanadaMay 16, 2019
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Canada to pay full cost of bringing garbage home from PhilippinesCanada has agreed to pay the full cost of bringing 69 garbage-laden shipping containers back across the Pacific Ocean to Vancouver - but it remains unclear just how much that will be.WorldMay 7, 2019
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Canada makes formal offer to bring home trash that Philippines threatened ‘war’ overThe roughly six dozen containers will be shipped back to the Port of Vancouver if the offer is accepted.CanadaMay 2, 2019
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Canada’s recycling industry is on life-support. Here’s how to fix itB.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?CanadaMay 1, 2019
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The losing economics of recycling: Canada’s green industry is deep in the redIn 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.CanadaApr 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.InvestigationsApr 29, 2019
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Toronto recycling: Contamination in blue bins on the riseIt's where all of Toronto's blue bin material ends up for sorting and processing, but 30 per cent of what we put into the blue bin heads to landfill because of contamination.EnvironmentMar 27, 2019
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