Results 11

Advertisement

Environment

Ocean Bridge participant Hannah Kosick holds colourful microplastics picked up on T’aalan Stl’ang. (Photo: Conner McDowell)

Environment

Canada to ban single-use plastics by 2021

Ban on plastic bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks and more announced as part of federal government strategy to combat plastic pollution

  • 781 words
  • 4 minutes
Ocean microplastic in hands

Environment

Ocean Bridge Diaries: Vanessa Fladmark

T’aalan Stl’ang: The beach that has everything

  • 800 words
  • 4 minutes
Mass of floating seaweed with bits of plastic stuck in it, in the ocean

Environment

How companies and communities are fighting the problem of plastic pollution

Fast food chains, municipalities and even Ikea have recently pledged to phase out single-use plastics 

  • 884 words
  • 4 minutes
Plastic bottles and recyclables

Environment

Environmental groups unite to demand a zero-plastic waste future for Canada

In a declaration released in advance of this weekend’s G7 summit, more than 40 environmental groups have challenged Canada to achieve zero plastic waste by 2025

  • 727 words
  • 3 minutes
Mya Chau and Eve Helman science fair project

Environment

Calgary 6th-graders petition Starbucks to make a fully recyclable cup

Mya Chau and Eve Helman will travel to Seattle this week, where they hope to deliver their petition in person

  • 530 words
  • 3 minutes

Bulk Search Results

Environment

Bottled water found to contain microplastic contamination

“Luxury” water brands were among those with the highest amounts of plastic contamination, according to a new study

  • 363 words
  • 2 minutes
Peter Ross analyses water samples from various locations for microplastic threads

Environment

Why forensics could be key to untangling the ocean microplastics crisis

Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean

  • 2179 words
  • 9 minutes