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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlier this week, the federal government announced the first phase of its plan to reach zero plastic waste by 2030, which will have...

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...

CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Planet Green, a U.S.-based recycler and remanufacturer of printer cartridges, has launched a petition to gain public support to push state and...

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...

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...

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...

TORONTO, 12 mai 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Les groupes de défense de l’environnement saluent la décision du gouvernement canadien d’ajouter les « articles manufacturés en plastique » à l’Annexe 1 de...

TORONTO, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Environmental groups applaud Canada's decision today to list “plastic manufactured items” on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act...

La liste proposée comprend des produits déjà interdits dans certains lieux – les sacs en plastique, les pailles, les bâtonnets à mélanger, les porte-canettes, les ustensiles et certains contenants...

Proposed ban list covers items already out of favour - checkout bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, cutlery and some takeout containers - less than one per cent of plastics used here TORONTO,...