Category
Recycling
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RCA stakeholder results
In December 2008, the Recycling Council of Alberta (RCA) held a meeting to address the current dire market situatio…
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Yukon recycling centre gets funding (January 13, 2009)
The Yukon government is hoping to pick up where global commodity prices have dropped off.
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Only a third of 200 billion U.S. containers recycled
More than 200 billion beverage containers are sold in the U.S. each year, but less than one-third are recycled, acc…
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Quebec brewers announce incentive to recover bottles
The Quebec Brewers Association (QBA) and its members Labatt and Molson breweries, along with their partner, l’Assoc…
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Toronto to recycle plastic food packaging, bags
In a vote on December 2, 2008, on controversial plastic food packaging proposals, City of Toronto councilors voted …
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Glass container industry sets recycling goal
In an announcement that can be read as a veiled endorsement of deposit-refund systems for beverage containers, the …
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Groups challenge Nestl's bottled water "greenwashing"
As Toronto City Council gathers to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition is challengin…
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Toronto and grocers propose fee on plastic bags
The Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD), a group comprised of some of Canada’s largest grocery retailer…
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Seminar tackles collapsed recycled commodities prices
On Friday, November 28, 2008, the Municipal Waste Integration Network (mwin) will present “Weathering the Storm: Ma…
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Aluminum Association accepts deposit-refund idea, sets target
According to Packaging Digest (11/18/2008) the Aluminum Association has announced an industry-wide effort to increa…