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The City of Regina is warning that residential recycling contamination has reached 18 per cent which is triple the allowed limit. Using AI-powered cameras on collection trucks, the city is identifying common errors like bagged recyclables and flexible plastics. If rates don’t drop below six per cent, both the City and residents face steep financial...

Plastic free July is a global movement aimed at reducing plastic pollution and refusing single-use plastics. The public is being asked to join. Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President and CEO, joins Jennifer Palma on Global News Morning Weekend BC to talk about how you can get make a difference.

Arguing it will raise food prices, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government would scrap new federal packaging plans and end a ban on single-use plastics. Speaking Friday, Poilievre promised to repeal bans on plastic straws, bags, and containers, calling the policies “costly, out of touch, and harmful to low-income Canadians.” Poilievre also outlined...

A local organization offers support to families coping with loss during the holidays; a drag performance cancelled after threats to performer’s safety; Canadian organizations no longer allowed to manufacture and import single use plastics; 7 day Skytracker weather forecast. Teresa Kaszuba has the details.

Canada has officially banned the manufacturing and importing of single-use plastics in the country in an effort towards a greener future. However, some local businesses are struggling to find eco-friendly alternatives. Co-owners of Garleek Kitchen, Tsering Phuntsok and Jenna Iacutone join Candace Daniel to discuss how this new regulation affects their Parkdale-based restaurant.

Edmonton city council has moved to ban some single-use plastic items and Styrofoam containers by next summer.

Calgary Co-op says it was shocked to learn that its compostable bags will be included in the federal government’s single use plastic ban when it takes effect. As Global’s Craig Momney reports, officials feel the decision is targeting check outs.

A new City of Edmonton report is making a number of recommendations, some of which include banning some single use items. Business owners say they’re on board, but a change to the city’s original plan of how to deal with disposable paper and plastic cups is getting criticized for not going far enough.

Anthony Meranta with Oceana said plastics are being found in our blood, in the deepest part of our lungs, and is being passed on to unborn children through the mother’s placenta.

The federal government has unveiled its latest timeline to crack down on plastic pollution. Eric Sorensen explains what measures Ottawa is implementing by the end of 2022, and how some companies are already trying to be more environmentally friendly.

Canada has unveiled its latest timeline to ban the manufacturing and importing of single-use plastics. When the measure will take effect and how some companies are already taking measures to be greener. Some people in Newfoundland and Labrador are sour over the province’s plan to tax sugar-sweetened beverages. How much it will be and what...

The federal government announced regulations banning the manufacture, import and sale of plastic grocery bags, straws, cutlery, and containers by December 2023. This will be a big change for businesses and for consumers. Barry Cross with the Smith School of Business at Queens University joined Global News Morning to talk about the change.

With the ban to single use plastics looming, grocery stores and restaurants prepare.

In the city of Edmonton, as of July 1, single-use plastic shopping bags can no longer be handed out, and businesses must charge at least 15 cents for a paper shopping bag and at least $1 for a new reusable shopping bag. Morgan Black finds out how consumers and stores are adapting.

Single use plastics to be removed from some Kingston-owned facilities by the middle of 2020

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday in Montreal that his party’s plan was still to enforce the national single-use plastics ban as early as 2021 if elected, despite not having an exact date laid out in his platform.

Effective Tuesday, the importation and manufacturing of single-use plastics is no longer be allowed in Canada. Caryn Lieberman has more.

Disgusted by all the microplastics in the ocean, Montreal Marine Biologist Rachel Labbe-Bellas became an entrepreneur to eliminate single-use plastic bottles. The environmentalist joins Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about her mission to get people to ditch plastic bottles and turn to reusable bottles only.

Nova Scotia’s governing Liberals have announced legislation that will ban single-use plastic bags in a year. Jeremy Keefe reports.

Speaking at an event in Prince Edward Island on Tuesday, Liberal Party Leader said islanders “should be proud” after passing legislation that made it the first province in Canada to ban single-use plastic bags.