Features
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Plastics sustainability movement disrupting the industry
Putting future plastics resin demand and billions of dollars of industry investments at risk
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U of T students study Don River garbage
Trying to understand how much trash comes down the Don River and enters Lake Ontario
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Earth Overshoot Day is August 1, 2018
The earliest date since ecological overshoot started in the early 1970s
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Volvo showcases an electric future
The global manufacturer announced that it will produce electric versions of European FL and FE models beginning in 2019, initially focusing on refuse and urban distribution applications
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We have no idea how much microplastic is in Australia’s soil (but it could be a lot)
Norwegian research estimates that in Europe and North America, between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastic are transferred to agricultural soils each year.
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Lethbridge studying landfill gas options
Within the dark underbelly of consumerism, percolating in the bowels of the build environment disposal site, lies a potential resource. Mind you, it’s about perspective. What was once thought of as landfill flatulence, may now be considered the crown jewel of alternative energy.
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Toronto may take from curb to fuel tank
The City of Toronto is developing renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure that has the potential to represent a fully closed-carbon loop that could fuel its fleet from modified biogas processed at its anaerobic digestion facilities. That means the same collection…
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Unzipping polystyrene’s potential
“We are at the dawn of a new industrial revolution. We’ve turned from extracting from the ground for energy to using those products again. We’ve been zipping the products. Now we need to unzip them and return them to the chemical stage.”
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Saskatoon bans low-grade food plastics from Blue Bin
Saskatoon city council also discussed the fact that these low-grade food-related plastics were also responsible for significant amounts of contamination in the recycling bin.
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Winnipeg leans toward Canada Fibers for new recycling deal
The city is working with Union Gas to cut a fuel deal and decide on an appropriate refuelling location
