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Revaluing Plastics with BASF Pilot Project reciChain
Photograph by Sigmund on UnsplashCanada recycles just nine per cent of plastic. Some of you may be thinking, “I put my plastics in the blue bin so they should be recycled.” In an ideal world yes, they would be. Unfortunately, instead of recycling and reusing our...
Microplastics Are Everywhere, So What Can We Do?
Lately in the news, we’ve heard that microplastics are everywhere – in our food, in our environment, and even in snow falling from the sky. But one of the more common places to find microplastics is a beach. Though plastic is recycled, landfilled, or incinerated, a...
Holiday Newsletter: Upcoming Plans & MyPlasticDiary Workshop
Every challenge brings new opportunity. 2020 has definitely offered everyone an opportunity, that’s for sure. We've all had a tough year and moving into 2021 will hopefully bring us a new light, a new way of operating and new opportunities. Speaking of opportunities,...
MyPlasticDiary: Changing How We Reduce Plastic
An interview with the founders of MyPlasticDiary, an exciting new tool that helps people reduce their plastic footprint.A few weeks ago, we came across an exciting new tool that could be a game changer for people trying to reduce their plastic footprint. We are...
December Newsletter: Meaningful Holiday Gifts
From the Executive Director 2020 was a difficult year for everyone. We were extremely excited to hit the road and conduct our cross country tour alongside our good friend and national hero, Andy Sward at Million Bottle Pledge. We were really looking forward to meeting...
Everyday Reusable Items: Every Little Helps
Single-use products have been causing a nightmare for the trash system. And this is due to most of them being made with materials that are unable to biodegrade or compost. In the end, it can cause a lot of problems, not just for you, but for future generations to...
October Newsletter: Overcoming COVID-19 for Fieldwork
COVID-19 threw a wrench into Plastic Oceans Canada's fieldwork plans for the 2020 season. Like many organizations around the world, we had to ask ourselves: how can we continue to get fieldwork done safely and effectively? The plastic problem isn’t going away. In...
Kilometres for the Coastline & August Updates
So far 2020 has been a year of surprises; we surely couldn’t have predicted this pandemic. Having to cancel our national Run Against Plastic campaign was one of the biggest impacts we felt from COVID-19. We were really disappointed that we could not go out and meet...
Virtual Tour of Plastic Initiatives: British Columbia, Canada
Our Alternative Approach to Run Against PlasticWe finally made it! Beautiful British Columbia marks the last stop on our virtual tour across Canada, and we’re so excited to share some change-makers with you today. Bordering the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Rocky...
Virtual Tour of Plastic Initiatives: Alberta, Canada
Our Alternative Approach to Run Against PlasticWe’ve made it to Alberta, the second last province in our east to west virtual tour across Canada! Alberta is one of two landlocked provinces in Canada, along with last week’s Saskatchewan, but this hasn’t stopped them...