Plastic

JOHNSON – The $2 reusable shopping bag is a mind-numbingly dense idea

July 24, 2024 // 3 Comments

A CULTURAL CHANGE has been in the works for a few years now, and has ramped up recently. We have all absorbed and altered our routines to acclimatize to this new reality. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Learning to live without plastic straws and grocery bags

February 20, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S AMAZING how we’re able to adapt to changes we insisted we’d never be able to adapt to. It took a few decades but we’re weaning [Continue]

COLLINS – Government needs to be a lot tougher on plastics

February 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

WE HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID to tackle climate change issues we’ve let things get to a crisis stage. One of the worst examples involves our use of plastics. Decades ago, we [Continue]

SUZUKI – Canada’s plastics ban is a good start but we need to go further

June 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

MOST OF US have seen images of sea turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead birds with stomachs full of debris, animals smothered by plastic bags… Our excessive [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Only bad thing about new plastics ban is that it took so long

June 28, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANYONE WHO GOES OUT to a coffee shop or restaurant knows that plastic straws and stir sticks are out, paper straws and wood stir sticks are [Continue]