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The Smart Supermarket: How Retailers Can Innovate Beyond Single-Use Plastic and Packaging
Supermarkets are the places where people encounter the most single-use plastics, and people clearly want change. It’s time to build smarter supermarkets. A Greenpeace USA report, The Smart Supermarket: How…
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Attention: Canada’s Supermarket Chains – Will you join the Reuse Revolution?
Over 200,000 people have joined Greenpeace’s call for Canada’s big supermarket chains to start dealing with their massive plastic and packaging problem. Our petition numbers keep growing, while conversations online,…
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Statement from Canada’s Leading National Environmental Groups on the election of a Liberal (minority) government
Canadians have sent a clear message with this election: they favour strong environmental protection and want the federal government to dramatically ramp up action to reverse species decline and tackle…
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BREAKING: GREENPEACE SPAMS PM TRUDEAU WITH CLIMATE EMERGENCY ALERT
OTTAWA – Treating climate change like the emergency that Parliament said it is, Greenpeace Canada called on Canadians to spam the PM with a ‘climate emergency’ alert that asked him…
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The #ReuseRevolution is the answer to the plastics crisis
In response to the global plastic crisis, a growing movement–the Reuse Revolution–is creating hope, and real solutions to the mess plastic-producers have made. There are an array of innovative solutions…
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Toronto to become a “Good Food City” by reducing meat consumption, increasing access to nutritious fruits and vegetables
Toronto/Montréal – Toronto Mayor John Tory today joined with 13 other mayors representing some of the world’s largest cities including Paris, Los Angeles, Lima and Tokyo in committing to become…
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Who Tops Canada’s Plastic Polluters List This Year?
For a second year, members of the global Break Free From Plastic movement, community groups and individuals have set out to answer the question – Who’s responsible for the plastic…
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World scientists, David Suzuki issue call on city mayors to reduce meat consumption
(Montreal / Toronto / Vancouver) – In an open letter published today, 65 scientists from 11 different countries, including prominent Canadian geneticist and broadcaster David Suzuki, called on mayors around…
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Why Single Use is Not the Future Option
Thanks to pressure from people all around the world, brands and retailers know they need to take responsibility for creating this global plastic waste and pollution epidemic. We are increasingly…
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Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions”
A Greenpeace USA report, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions”, warns against the so-called solutions announced by multinationals to deal with the plastic pollution crisis.
