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Recycling is failing as a way to reduce plastic. Here’s why

The global recycling system for plastic is failing to effectively address the overwhelming amount of plastic waste being generated worldwide.…

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Politics

Final UN plastic treaty talks reach halfway mark

Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea are working tirelessly to finalize an agreement…

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Tech

The ‘godfather’ of microplastics research says we need to move faster to solve our plastic problem

Quirks and Quarks19:35Plastic: Understanding the problem, and the struggle for a solution Twenty years ago, a fortuitous trip to the…

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Nova Scotia

‘I thought it was a piece of plastic’: Rare blue frog spotted by hiker near Oxford

A Nova Scotian foraging for mushrooms this month inadvertently stumbled across something much more rare — a blue frog.  Jacinthe…

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Politics

Plastic pollution is the new front in the culture war

Last week, Lianne Rood decided to take a stand. Appearing in a video recorded outside a Tim Horton’s restaurant in…

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Politics

The world is struggling with plastic pollution — Canada is no exception

As thousands of delegates meet in Ottawa this week to work toward a global treaty on curbing plastic waste, the…

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Business

Coke, Pepsi top list in global count of plastic waste

A new study documenting the scourge of plastic waste around the world has found that more than half of branded…

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Politics

Ottawa wants to find how much plastic producers are making, and where it ends up

Plastic producers will be required to detail the quantity and type of plastic they put into the Canadian market under…

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Politics

Can we end plastic pollution? Negotiators land in Ottawa this week to work on a global treaty

A key week of negotiations kicks off Tuesday, as representatives from 176 countries descend on Ottawa to tackle global challenges…

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Tech

When you drink bottled water, you’re drinking lots and lots of plastic particles

The average litre of bottled water has nearly a quarter million pieces of ever-so-tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the…

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