Waste News Stories
Practical Uses For Plastic Waste
Circularity and Investment
E-Waste
Creative Waste
Plastic Bans
Food Waste
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
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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
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