Growing media attention has been placed on the potential impacts facing the marine environment and human health due to the rapidly growing use of single-use products […]
As part of its Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU Commission has been studying plastic products that are marketed as “biodegradable” or “compostable” and the extent to […]
Earlier this month, Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent Alphabet, announced that it would no longer be transfoming Toronto’s waterfront into a futuristic neighbourhood. In […]
In March 2020, the EU released its new Circular Economy Action Plan to accelerate the transformational change required by the European Green Deal. The plan aims […]
by JONATHAN D. COCKER AND DENISA MERTIRI Governments across the globe are grappling with the , which threatens wildlife, marine ecosystems and may negatively impact human health. To deal with […]
The Blue Box funding arbitration in Ontario brings into focus some of the challenges of allocating responsibility among various actors in a recycling system. It provides […]
New York State’s single-use plastic bag ban implemented pursuant to the Bag Reduction Act (the “BRA” or the “Act”), took effect on March 1st of this […]
On October 7, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced a preliminary list of single-use plastic items the federal government seeks to ban by next year. […]