COLLINS – Government needs to be a lot tougher on plastics
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]
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SUZUKI – Canada’s plastics ban is a good start but we need to go further
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
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]
FORSETH – Sick of all the self-righteous BS about saving the planet
TODAY, AMONGST the many media releases I receive on a daily basis, came one from the BC Government’s Environment Ministry [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bag fiasco proves need for recall for city councils
DO YOU EVER WISH there was a way to throw the rascals out without waiting for the next election? There is at the provincial level, but not municipal. Maybe it’s time for an [Continue]
PETERS – Plastic bags get a bad rap, but we need better options to handle them
WHEN IT COMES TO the plastic bags we get at the grocery store, the term ‘single-use’ may be a misnomer. Most of the time, it’s really easy to find a second or third use [Continue]
EDITORIAL – What about those produce bags and doggie-poop bags?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE UPHILL BATTLE against plastic is amply demonstrated by the draft bylaw going in front of Kamloops City council this week. Council [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Plastic ban will affect businesses but change is needed
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, NSBIA I REMEMBER GOING grocery shopping with my mom, getting the big paper bags from Safeway or Woodward’s that always seemed to [Continue]
GINTA – Yes, we can do without (most) single-use plastics
I CANNOT TELL YOU how many times I wished that Styrofoam food containers would disappear. Call it a pet peeve but it goes beyond that. They leach harmful (albeit slow-acting [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Council tries its best to make plastic bag issue complicated
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL tried its level best to make banning plastic bags as complicated as possible this week but miraculously ended up [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bags – remember the shoe commercial
THERE’S A SLOGAN in a running-shoe commercial that says, “Just do it.” Kamloops City councillors should remember it when they talk about banning plastic bags. A notice [Continue]
ENVIRONMENT – If we can’t recycle it, why not turn waste plastic into fuel?
By MUXINA KONAROVA The University of Queensland AUSTRALIA’S recycling crisis needs us to look into waste management options beyond just recycling and landfilling. Some [Continue]
SUZUKI – Vancouver’s ban on single-use plastics a step in the right direction
PEOPLE IN CANADA discard about 57 million plastic drinking straws every day. In my hometown of Vancouver, we toss out 2.6 million disposable cups every week. It’s a global [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Does council have the gumption to ban plastic bags?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT SEEMS STRANGE to me, with all the environmental problems we face — climate change, greenhouse gases, air pollution — [Continue]
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