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People waste way more food than thought, UN finds. Here’s how Canada compares
The UN report estimates 17 per cent of the food produced globally each year is wasted. That amounts to 931 million tonnes (1.03 billion…
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City extends privatized waste collection deal without competition ahead of blue box changes
The City of Toronto has quietly extended its residential waste collection contract with the private company Green For Life (GFL),…
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Environmental groups lay out concerns with province’s Blue Box overhaul
As the province begins the process of retooling Ontario’s recycling system, a coalition of 52 environmental groups is imploring them to…
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Canadian waste management firm GFL targeted by U.S. short seller alleging financial misdeeds
Waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. has been accused of misleading finances by an American short seller with a history of…
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Reciclar – como e porquê?
Todos os dias deitamos fora embalagens, copos de café descartáveis, guardanapos, garrafas e outros objetos de diferentes tipos de materiais.…
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These summer festivals are trying to send less garbage to the landfill
Every summer, more than 12,000 people visit the Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll each day, but you wouldn’t know it if you…
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Recycling plant’s closure leaves Ottawa Valley towns scrambling
A swath of the Ottawa Valley has nowhere to send its recycling following the abrupt closure of a sorting plant…
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How our waste winds up in places like Malaysia and the Philippines
For the second time in five weeks, an angry government in Asia is demanding Canada take back unwanted waste. First it…
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Roncesvalles resident trying to make ‘a good deal for nature’ by cutting plastic waste
As Tina Soldovieri browses the aisles at her local health food store, she reaches down into her grocery basket, picks…
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