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Statement: Greenpeace supports NDP’s call to feds to ban single-use plastics
(MONTRÉAL) – In response to the NDP’s Waste Reduction Strategy announcement today calling for a ban of single-use plastics across Canada by 2022, a commitment for plastic packaging reduction targets,…
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Time for Tim Hortons’ Roll Up the Rim campaign to stop fuelling plastic pollution
It’s Roll Up the Rim time again across Canada with lovers of Tim Hortons’ popular rewards game flocking to Timmy Ho locations for their daily double double in hopes that…
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Major insurance company Aegon divests from tar sands
The financial company will also sell its investments in pipeline companies Transcanada and Enbridge in Canada and the US. Friday 1 February 2019 (MONTRÉAL) – Insurance company Aegon (number 19…
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STATEMENT: Ben & Jerry’s to phase out plastic straws, utensils, lids, and cups in Scoop Shops worldwide
(Washington, DC) Ben & Jerry’s announced today that it will phase out plastic straws and utensils by April of 2019, and plastic lids, plastic cups, and plastic-lined cups by the end…
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STATEMENT: Walmart Canada heeds to public pressure and addresses plastic pollution
(MONTRÉAL) – In response to the announcement of Walmart Canada’s Charter on Plastics, a commitment to reduce plastic waste across its operations, Greenpeace Canada’s spokesperson for the Oceans & Plastics…
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Canada’s big supermarkets drowning you in plastic? Join thousands demanding change!
Did you happen to catch CBC Marketplace’s recent episode on excessive plastic packaging at Canada’s major retailers? Or the piece on The National?
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Nestle admits recycling is not enough to tackle plastic pollution crisis
Vevey, Switzerland – Nestle announced this week plans to accelerate its actions to tackle plastic pollution, which include making its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 and shifting to single-use paper…
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Canadian plastic ‘recycling’ polluting unregulated facilities in Southeast Asia
January 11, 2019 (MONTREAL) – Plastic trash from Canadian companies such as Sobeys and Saputo were identified in the mountains of trash found in unregulated sites in Malaysia, revealing an alarming…
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Media Briefing: Canada’s Plastic Waste Export Trends Following China’s Import Ban
What new research has Greenpeace uncovered about Canadian plastic waste exports? Research commissioned by Greenpeace Canada shows where Canada has diverted its plastic waste exports since China announced its ban…
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COP24 ends without firm promises to raise climate action and ambition
December 14, 2018 (Katowice, POLAND) – Just two months after the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned we have 12 years left to save the world, COP24 ended…