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Practical Uses for Plastic Waste

A startup in Africa is using hard-to-recycle plastic waste to build affordable housing

Expires Jan 2024

Uni students in BC turning agricultural plastic into pellets to make fence posts and patio planks

Expires Jan 2024

All Kinds of Trash is Turned into Valuable Graphene That Can Cut Environmental Impact of Concrete by a Third

Expires Jan 2024

Global Trend

New intergovernmental treaty around plastic waste – UN Plastic treaty

Expires Jan 2024

Take Action

What do you do with your plastic waste? Look into plastic alternatives

Circularity and Investment

Alberta announces $58 million for circular economy projects worth $528 million in public and private investment

Amcor invests $500,000 in Greyparrot to advance circularity

The Rise of AI in Green Technology: A Sustainable Investment Opportunity

Global Trend

WBCSD announces the launch of Global Circularity Protocol to accelerate the development and adoption of circular business models

Take Action

How can you incorporate sustainability into any business or investing at your school? Look into where local organizations/companies invest their money.

E-Waste

Austria has helped pay for more than half a million repairs in bid to tackle e-waste

Expires July 2025

Electric racer made from discarded electronics highlights e-waste problem

Global Trend

New E-Waste Deal – Joint Portal of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions – E-waste Day 2022

Expires July 2023

Take Action

What do you do with your e-waste? Look into local electronics recycling programs. Can your school run an electronics drive?

Creative Waste

The sound of rubbish – an orchestra turning waste into instruments

Expires January 2024

Niagara Region man turns trash left on Mount Everest into art

This Nigerian environmentalist is channelling Spider-Man to wage war on litter

Global Trend

New intergovernmental treaty around plastic waste – UN Plastic treaty

Take Action

Brainstorm creative ways for yourself and fellow students to repurpose “trash”. Would an art project be in order?

Plastic Bans

B.C. announces details of single-use plastics ban

Expires January 2024

‘Really encouraging’: Plastic bag bans work, say campaigners. Where is Europe lagging behind?

Expires January 2024

Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows

Expires January 2024

Global Trend

UN treaty – Nations agree to draft landmark UN treaty against plastic pollution by end of 2023

Expires January 2024

Take Action

Consider how you can reduce the amount of plastic in your personal life and at school. Examine what other institutions and companies are doing in regards to plastic products and packaging.

Food Waste

Toronto man says his ‘UberEats-style’ surplus food app has cut enough waste to feed 25,000 people

Expires January 2025

Tackling two problems at once with biogas

Japanese companies turn discarded food into new products, cutting waste

Global Trend

Countries have signed the 123 pledge, promising to work on mitigating food waste

Take Action

Check out this animated article about food waste. Look at the food you waste at home, and the food you waste at school? How does it add up? How is the composting program at your school? Encourage fellow students to reduce food waste.