La bonne nouvelle, la mauvaise nouvelle et la triste vérité à propos du recyclage domestique en Ontario
La bonne nouvelle, c’est que les taux de récupération déclarés pour presque toutes les catégories […]
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Nothing is 100% recyclable or 100% compostable
Claims for 100% recyclable and 100% compostable seem to be proliferating. Are they accurate? Are […]
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Rien n’est 100 % recyclable ou 100 % compostable
Les mentions 100 % recyclable et 100 % compostable semblent proliférer ces temps-ci. Ces déclarations sont-elles vraies? […]
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Du papier, du papier partout et pas une seule rognure à perdre
Chaque jeudi soir je me bute à deux questions qui vont de pair, celle de […]
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Paper, paper, everywhere, and not a scrap to waste
Every Tuesday night I come face-to-face with the twin issues of consumption and “sustainable materials […]
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The good, the bad, and the ugly about Ontario’s Blue Box
The good news is that the reported recovery rates for almost every single material category […]
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Over 75% of what the Blue Box collects is paper, and it has the highest recovery rates
When you crunch the numbers on Canada’s various provincial Blue Box systems, one fact stands […]
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A moving (and puzzling) story about dead Toronto chickens
Chickens are not something we would normally write about. And, in fact, this little story […]
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Fewer newspapers but more boxes in the home
There’s just something about paper! Thirteen years of data on what ends up in Ontario […]
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EPR (Blue Box) Fee Backgrounder (for 2017)
Please see below a summary of the EPR (Blue Box) fees for paper-based packaging in […]
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L\’histoire des emballages de papier et de carton au Canada
Il est parfois intéressant de faire un retour sur le passé. Voici ma contribution à […]
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C’est encore la faute de l’emballage (soupir)
Il ne fait aucun doute que certaines marchandises sont suremballées et qu’il y aurait moyen […]
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