SWRC Blog: Disposability and Compostability
A friend recently pointed out Beantown Bedding, a Boston company that has sourced sheets made with an eco-friendly fibre which are designed to be used…
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Three simple ways to buy less glass packaging.
Single use glass packaging is just silly. Glass is the ideal material to be used over and over, but look at any grocery store shelf and you’ll see aisles…
SARCAN celebrates 30 years of recycling
SARCAN celebrated 30 years of recycling throughout the summer of 2018. With 30 years comes a lot of change to reflect on – they went from recycling aluminum…
The tip of the fatberg: How London is leading the fight against an urban menace
Globs of waste stuck together with fat, oil, and grease have been wreaking havoc on sewer systems around the world — so an Ontario man came up with a way…
How one Canadian food court eliminated 117 bags of garbage a day
The food court at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto used to generate 120 bags of garbage a day. Now it produces just three — despite the fact that it…