Month: June 2019

Researchers discover an alarming amount of buried plastic

Researchers discover an alarming amount of buried plastic

Over the last few years, researchers have discovered buried plastic. With plastic breaking down into smaller pieces over time, the smaller pieces sink through the sand and settle in sub-surface layers. So the world may be drastically underestimating the scale of plastic debris. Two examples […]

Improving Canada’s recycled output will take ‘radical changes’

Improving Canada’s recycled output will take ‘radical changes’

An analysis of Canada’s plastics industry shows the industry producing plastic dwarfs the industry trying to have it recycled.  The report, completed by consulting firms Deloitte and ChemInfo Services, was commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada to guide its plan to cut the country’s […]