More Than 1.5 Million Kilograms of E-waste, 750,000 Kilograms of HHW Diverted from Landfills by Manitobans in 2009: Blaikie Continue reading Electronic waste recycling, household hazardous waste programs available throughout province
Edmonton – An information request has forced the Alberta government to reveal that in addition to the infamous dead ducks, … Continue reading Tar Sands Operations Killing More Than Ducks
Zero Waste BC – The proposed hazardous waste incinerator in Kamloops was defeated last week by locals who voiced their … Continue reading Locals Defeat Kamloops Incinerator – We Can Do the Same in Metro Vancouver
Waste Management Branch / Registration Deadline: March 12, 2010. Once a year, the Waste Management Branch hosts the Master Composter-Recycler … Continue reading City of Edmonton Master Composter – Recycler Program – Free!
Author: Nicole Million Date: Mar 02, 2010 Published in the Midland Mirror MIDLAND ONTARIO – Up to 400 new jobs … Continue reading Report sees potential jobs in zero-waste practices
Chatting with Gord McKay from Zero Waste Simcoe. Q. What is Zero Waste Simcoe and how did it come about? … Continue reading Spotlight: Zero Waste Simcoe
Vancouver – The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would result in a 30% increase in average daily oil sands output, … Continue reading Ignoring Oil Sands Impacts Undermines Pipeline Review
Vancouver – An unprecedented coalition of 18 health and environment organizations is urging the BC government to “go for gold” … Continue reading BC groups seek ban on lawn and garden chemicals
Ottawa – Sierra Club Canada is calling on the Canadian Government to review a pesticide deemed perilously toxic to honey … Continue reading Pesticides Worsening the Honey Bee Crisis
I have a love hate relationship with Walmart. They really do have some fantastic deals but I know that their business practices can be somewhat shady at times. Like every other corporation they are trying to make their mark in the environmental world. Trying to show that they care and that their practices are not having an overall negative impact on our planet. I find that with any corporation you really have to be careful of what they are saying they are doing vs what they are really doing.
Continue reading “Walmart tackles supplier packaging reduction”
Ottawa Green Bin (www.ottawagreenbin.ca) is a new program that involves collecting residential organic waste and turning it into compost. Using … Continue reading Ottawa Green Bin
Medical experts working for the Quebec government’s National Public Health Institute (INSPQ) are “a little gang of Talibans”, charges Bernard Coulombe, president of the Jeffrey asbestos mine. Continue reading Quebec’s asbestos industry faces off against health experts
