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Canada’s new #ZeroPlasticWaste plan? That’s a hard no.
You may have seen our response to the long-awaited federal single-use plastics ban announcement and thought to yourself – that seems harsh even for you, Greenpeace. Isn’t a ban what…
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New poll shows most Canadians want the government to do this one thing in response to COVID-19 — but are those who hold the purse strings listening?
A new poll commissioned by Greenpeace Canada has revealed that 62% of Canadians believe “now is the right time” for the federal government to address long-standing problems like inequality, climate…
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Haunted by Halloween waste? Try these 5 low-waste tricks.
Halloween has a number of skeletons in the closet - or rather, the landfill. Cheap costumes, decorations and single-use candy wrappers all contain hard (or impossible) to recycle plastic. You can cut back on the amount of waste you and your family generates during Halloween with the following 5 tricks.
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Top Canadian Plastic Polluter to test reusable, returnable packaging next year!
Reusable AND returnable take-out containers and cups available at Tim Hortons?!
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“How do they sleep at night?” Unpacking the online outrage about a PR firm’s leaked strategy to gaslight us on climate change
A storm is brewing and we’re only in the middle of it.
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There’s a Monster in My Kitchen
New animated short film brings the story of rainforest destruction to new audiences
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“I Am Greta” documentary ignites the activist within
Greta Thunberg has been making headlines for the past two years, from her solitary protests which had gone viral on social media to the historic Friday’s For Future led September…
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Day of action: Tell Canada’s supermarkets to commit to #ZeroFoodWaste
In Canada, close to 60% of all the food produced is lost or wasted every year, and it’s estimated that grocery stores are directly responsible for 1.31 million tonnes of…
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Doug Ford’s gas pump stickers hid an uglier truth
Like a poorly-written Netflix show, Ontario’s gas pump sticker saga couldn’t decide what kind of a tale it wanted to tell. The behind-the-scenes drama, however, says a lot about how…