European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics
Single-use plastic items such as straws, forks and knives as well as plastic cotton swabs will be banned in the European Union by 2021 following a vote…
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India to end plastic scrap imports
The Indian government says it will ban scrap plastic imports, a move that threatens to further disrupt the U.S. recycling industry by closing a growing…
SWRC Blog: Is Reduction an Elephant?
I recently attended a workshop in Toronto hosted by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) about identifying ways to get to zero plastic…
SWRC Update: Planning ahead for Waste Reduction Week
Waste Reduction Week doesn’t happen until October, but the best planning happens now. Plenty of lead time equals better choices of locations for events, more…
Why can't we shop without garbage?
I wanted to write an article called – “How to walk into a conventional grocery store and not leave with a cart full of garbage.” Surely I must have enough…