![]() |
Waste
Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk
New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure
|
![]() |
2021 Global 100 Issue
Knight Bites: Amazon plastic is flooding the world
Amazon plays major role in ocean plastic pollution, says Oceana Canada. Our illustrator outlines what it means for the planet
|
![]() |
Waste
Curing the plastic pollution pandemic
While COVID has disrupted the movement away from single-use plastic, it could be helpful in the long run
|
![]() |
Waste
Fashion industry fighting waste with circular economy trend
Apparel leaders push to trim fashion's outsized carbon and waste footprint with rentals, ocean plastics and jean redesigns
|
![]() |
Waste
Will paper straws and wooden cutlery pave way for greener golden arches?
While McDonald's Canada pilots two eco concept stores, greening its menu is the bigger challenge
|
![]() |
Waste
It’s time Canadian grocers – and governments – get tough on plastics
Metro's OKed reusable containers and Montreal might ban Styrofoam-backed meat, but we need nationwide action
|
![]() |
Waste
Can the music industry go green?
Glastonbury Festival's recent ban on bottled water is latest in a string of green pledges from music biz
|
![]() |
Waste
Breaking down our plastic habit, by the numbers
As the NDP calls for a national ban on single-use plastics, Knight Bites draws on some startling plastic stats
|
![]() |
Waste
Can Loop’s 21st century milkman fix plastic plague?
TerraCycle's new circular shopping platform rescues big packaged brands from PR crisis
|
![]() |
Waste
Your right to repair
Electronic waste is piling up, but advocates have a plan to fight back
|
![]() |
Waste
Heroes & zeros: McDonald’s and Murray Energy
McDonalds moves to reduce its packaging waste, while Murray Energy lobbies for coal-friendly policies.
|
![]() |
Waste
Trash talk
A recent move by China to tighten recycling requirements has thrown municipal recycling schemes across Canada into turmoil.
|
![]() |
Waste
Toxic tide
Climate change will further complicate the politics of U.S. military bases
|
![]() |
Waste
The connection between mass incarceration and environmental justice
The U.S. prison industry has little regard for where its facilities are located - even if that means polluted ground.
|
![]() |
Waste
They haven’t disappeared
Almost two years after enacting a plastic bag ban, Morocco slowly adapts to the new reality
|
![]() |
Waste
Hot times
Waste-to-energy plants burn bright in China’s cities
|
![]() |
Waste
Up in smoke
Pollution costs Canadian economy tens of billions annually
|
![]() |
Waste
Steel work
The world is going to need a lot more steel in the coming decades, but reducing emissions remains a daunting task.
|
![]() |
Waste
Nude food
Zero-waste grocery stores are beginning to appear across Canada, with the aim of curtailing the scourge of food packaging.
|
![]() |
Waste
Industrial symbiosis
Nature’s lessons for industry
|
![]() |
Waste
The world needs more toilets
But not ones that flush
|
![]() |
Waste
Reducing food waste in China
China generates 17-18 million tons of food waste each year, but change is on the horizon
|
![]() |
Waste
Environmental justice for all
How California’s greenhouse gas laws can better serve disadvantaged communities
|
![]() |
Waste
Heroes & zeros: VF and Princess Cruises
VF Corporation targets deforestation in its supply chain, while Princess Cruises is caught dumping waste.
|
![]() |
Waste
Shrinking wastewater’s hefty carbon footprint
Communities looking to reduce fossil fuel use find opportunity in energy-hogging treatment plants.
|