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Are zero waste supermarkets possible? Yes!
There was a time not so long ago when it was still possible to do your grocery shopping without filling your garbage can or blue box with single-use plastic packaging.…
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A supermarket without disposable packaging? Possible and happening – Greenpeace report
A supermarket without disposable packaging? Possible and happening. Greenpeace today released a report that presents “The Smart Supermarket”
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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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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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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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Nestlé, Tim Hortons top Greenpeace Canada’s Plastic Polluter List for Second Year
MONTRÉAL – Today, Greenpeace Canada released its 2019 Top 5 Plastic Polluters list, with Nestlé and Tim Hortons ranked in the top two positions for the second year in a…
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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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Greenpeace report exposes how multinationals are pretending to solve the plastic crisis
Vancouver – A Greenpeace USA report released yesterday, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of the so-called…
