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April 22, 2024 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Une victoire du plastique nous rend tous perdants : l'ONU agit pour mettre fin à la pollution plastique via un traité mondial négocié à Ottawa, malgré l'ingérence de grands producteurs de plastique

OTTAWA, territoire traditionnel non cédé du peuple algonquin Anishnaabeg, 22 avr. 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Les nations du monde entier se penchent sur le besoin urgent d’enrayer la...
April 22, 2024 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

If Plastics Win, We Lose: UN Moves to End Plastic Pollution with Global Treaty Negotiation Hosted in Ottawa, Despite Meddling by “Big Plastic”

OTTAWA, Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nations around the world are turning their attention to the urgent need to end plastic...
June 20, 2022 09:25 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

A Victory for the Oceans: Oceana Canada Celebrates Federal Ban on Six Categories of Single-Use Plastics

TORONTO, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada is celebrating a significant milestone in the fight to end Canada’s contribution to the global plastic pollution crisis, following today’s...
June 17, 2022 13:20 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

MEDIA ADVISORY: Oceana Canada to Join Hon. Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, In Announcement of New Measures to Beat Plastic Pollution

TORONTO, June 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada is joining the Honourable Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary...
December 15, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

La pollution plastique générée par les livraisons d’Amazon augmente de 29 % en un an

TORONTO, 15 déc. 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Un nouveau rapport d’Oceana révèle qu’Amazon a généré environ 271 millions de kg de déchets provenant d’emballages plastiques l’an dernier. Il s’agit...
December 15, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Plastic Pollution from Amazon Deliveries Grows by 29% in One Year

TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report from Oceana reveals that Amazon generated an estimated 271 million kilograms of plastic packaging waste last year. This is a 29 per cent...
July 06, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada calls out Big Plastic for Deflecting Blame onto Consumers for Plastic Pollution, Prescribes Strong National Single-use Plastic Ban

TORONTO, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During Plastic Free July, Oceana Canada is calling on the federal government to put in place a strong ban on harmful single-use plastics that goes beyond...
June 22, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

86 % des Canadiens sont en faveur d’une interdiction nationale sur les plastiques à usage unique d’ici 2021

OTTAWA, 22 juin 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une étude d’Abacus Data commandée par Oceana Canada et réalisée entre le 2 et le 6 juin 2020 démontre que la vaste majorité des Canadiens (86 %) souhaite que...
June 22, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Eighty-Six Per Cent of Canadians Support a National Ban on Single-Use Plastics by 2021

OTTAWA, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An Oceana Canada-commissioned Abacus Data study conducted from June 2-6, 2020, shows that the vast majority – 86 per cent – of Canadians want the government...
June 08, 2020 08:30 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

On World Oceans Day, Canadians call to End the Plastic Disaster

OTTAWA, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Our world is facing a plastic disaster. An estimated 22 million kilograms of plastic leaks into the ocean every day, roughly equivalent to dumping a garbage...