The City of Hamburg in Germany has banned single-use, plastic coffee pods in government-run buildings. This, along with Montreal's plan to ban plastic shopping bags by 2018, is another step on the ...

Waves of Change is a CBC series exploring the single-use plastic we're discarding, and why we need to clean up our act. You can be part of the community discussion by joining our Facebook group. Of ...

Plastic cutlery is a major contributor to the growing plastic waste crisis. An estimated 40 billion plastic utensils are used and thrown away each year in the United States alone. But, Narayana ...

Oct. 2 update: Karen Wristen, executive director at Living Oceans Society, contacted us to let us know that, “thanks to the generous response of our emergency appeal for funds” to complete the ...

Usman Valiante is a senior policy analyst with Cardwell Grove Inc. He is the author of the Smart Prosperity Institute’s A Vision for a Circular Economy for Plastics in Canada: The Benefits of Plastics ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) — A few years ago, forward-thinking employees at Bacardi Ltd. realized they had a problem. Consumers were increasingly fed up with petroleum-based plastics, which contribute to ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet's most pressing environmental ...

Saroash Shahid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...