Plastic

EDITORIAL – Council tries its best to make plastic bag issue complicated

April 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

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

March 30, 2019 // 5 Comments

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?

January 21, 2019 // 6 Comments

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

July 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

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?

April 10, 2018 // 5 Comments

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]

LETTER – All of the plastics collected in B.C. are processed locally in B.C.

February 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

I just wanted to send a clarification for a point made in your post “GARBAGE – China’s ban on foreign garbage reveals recycling’s weakness.” Towards the end of the [Continue]