Single Use Plastic

• Peterborough to reduce single-use plastics at city hall, wastewater treatment plant

  The City of Peterborough is moving forward with a single-use plastic reduction strategy that will include a zero-waste planning guide and a public awareness campaign.

  Environment

  Jul 8
  
• Will banning single-use plastics impact our health? Here’s what we know

  There is growing evidence that the use of plastic products leads to skin contact, ingestion and inhalation of large amounts of microplastics and toxic substances.

  Health

  Jun 22
  
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• Canada’s single-use plastics ban a ‘first step’ in waste reduction. What’s next?

  Canada announced a series of deadlines on Monday that would see an end to the circulation of several single-use plastic products in the country. What happens now?

  Canada

  Jun 20
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• Guelph city council moves up start of single-use plastics ban

  Many single-use items such as plastic shopping bags and styrofoam cups and takeout containers could be banned in Guelph by Jan. 1, 2023.

  Environment

  Apr 4
• How plastic pollution is choking the planet, and what’s being done about it

  Planet Earth is drowning in a sea of plastic, but research into natural alternatives is providing a solution.

  Environment

  Mar 30
• Tofino becomes first municipality in B.C. to ban single-use plastic utensils

  The District of Tofino made the announcement on March 11 after collaborating with the organization Surfrider Pacific Rim in the fall of 2019.

  Environment

  Mar 17
• Plastic checkout bag ban takes effect in Regina

  Councillor Bob Hawkins says there's been "remarkably little resistance" to the plastic bag ban.

  Canada

  Feb 1
• Labatt moving to greener packaging at London, Montreal breweries

  The company will spend nearly $100 million to introduce the new packaging system using recyclable fibre paperboard at its breweries in London, Ont., and Montreal, Que.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2021
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• Plastic straws, forks, stir sticks could be phased out in 2023 under new B.C. bill

  New legislation announced Tuesday will expand the list of plastic products and packaging the B.C. government can regulate or ban.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2021
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• Plastic resins face supply crunch as prices skyrocket amid COVID-19

  Industry experts say the ongoing shortage of the ubiquitous material is unlikely to be resolved quickly.

  Economy

  Sep 26, 2021