Climate change demands that our focus should be on improving paper and organics recovery, not fiddling around with plastic straws
Yes, plastic litter (any litter for that matter) and marine pollution is terrible, and we […]
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The ‘worst performers’ in waste management in Canada: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Three provinces lag significantly behind the others in solid waste management in Canada: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, […]
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Canada’s ‘middle performers’ in waste management: Quebec, New Brunswick, and Ontario
Three provinces sit in the middle of Canada’s waste disposal charts. But because two of […]
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British Columbians and Nova Scotians are Canada’s best recyclers
Nova Scotia might have the country’s highest diversion rate as a province (44%) but British […]
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Canada’s waste diversion rate slowly inches higher
A diversion rate of 27% might not sound too impressive but it’s better than the […]
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Where\’s the garbage coming from?
Municipal politicians love to point to “industry” as the main contributor to Canada’s waste stream. […]
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How much forest does Canada have?
We start off big. Canada, after all, is the second-largest country in the world. But […]
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Fewer newspapers but more packaging in Ontario households
While the collective weight of Blue Box materials generated by Ontario households has not changed […]
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Le taux de récupération des boîtes bleues diminue encore en Ontario, mais celui du papier se maintient
Le taux de récupération domestique des boîtes bleues de l’Ontario a encore diminué pour atteindre […]
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Ontario Blue Box recovery rate slips again, but paper’s steady
The recovery rate of Ontario’s residential Blue Box system has slipped again, to its lowest […]
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Bonnes et mauvaises nouvelles à propos de l’élimination des déchets
Les Canadiens jettent un peu plus de déchets qu’en 2002, mais étant donné que nous […]
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Good news and bad news in dumping of waste
Canadians are dumping slightly more waste than they did back in 2002, but because there […]
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