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Single-use plastic bottle waste the focus of new multi-media exhibit
Did you know that it can take over 450 years for a single plastic water bottle to decompose? Meanwhile, one million single-use plastic water...
Ban on Plastic-Bottled Water May Be In Store for Montreal
Banning plastic-bottled water may be the next item on Montreal’s environmental to-do list. According to a report by The Canadian Press, Mayor Denise Coderre...
Waterloo scientists discover method to remove 94 percent of microplastics from our water
Waterloo, Ont. - University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent...
Oceana Canada unveils roadmap to cut 1/3 of Canada’s single-use plastic pollution
Toronto – Canada can reduce its single-use plastic each year by one-third, or 720,000 tonnes – equivalent to the size of 6000 blue whales– according...
Mount Allison University students get reusable water bottle from Hydro Flask
Bend, Ore - Hydro Flask has announced Sackville, NB's Mount Allison University as campus winner of its recent 2 Million Bottle Challenge.
The 2 Million...
Canada’s ban on certain harmful single-use plastics starts to take effect
Montreal - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health; and the Honourable Joyce Murray,...
There’s more than microplastics in our water
Imagine receiving an emergency alert on your phone stating your drinking water has been contaminated. If you drink it you may suffer adverse effects...
Managing microplastics: The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the planet, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Variations in lake...
Community collaboration studies microplastics in Okanagan Lake
Okanagan College, B.C. - In what they hope will be a watershed moment for raising awareness of microplastics and their impact on both our...
Seabins divert multitudes of plastic from Toronto Harbour over 7-week test period
PortsToronto and program partner the University of Toronto Trash Team (U of T Trash Team) report that the PortsToronto Seabin Program – a network...
