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Plastic free tips and pledges 1 – 4 from SUPER

Plastic free tips and pledges 1 – 4 from SUPER

I used to eat a lot of store-bought yogurt.  In my cupboard were stacks of empty plastic yogurt containers.  I used many of them to store food, but a good number ended up at the recycling depot.  This seemed like a huge waste of resources […]

To use or not to use? The plastic bag question

To use or not to use? The plastic bag question

The thin plastic grocery bag is a single use plastic causing environmental havoc around the globe. Plastic bags were first introduced in 1977 and by 2017 three billion were used in Canada, along with the oil consumed in their manufacture and transport. Each bag is […]

Reducing the plastic in our Christmas celebrations

Reducing the plastic in our Christmas celebrations

The Christmas Season is upon us again and our thoughts turn to the coming together of loved ones and the gifts we are planning to buy for family and friends. Unfortunately, plastic is often the main ingredient of these gifts, present in many toys and other products. […]

MICROPLASTICS

MICROPLASTICS

What are microplastics? Microplastics are very small plastic particles (<5mm) found in increasing amounts in all the world’s oceans and shorelines, even found in polar ice.  The major sources are: Tiny polyethylene granules used as ‘scrubbers’ or ‘exfolients’, found in facial cleansers, soaps and toothpaste […]

Salt Springers take action on single use plastics

Salt Springers take action on single use plastics

“Plastics, like diamonds, are forever” is a favourite phrase for Charles Moore who, in 1997, discovered the Pacific Trash Vortex, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.  The ‘wake-up’ discovery led Capt. Moore to establish Algalita, one of the leading U.S. organizations doing research […]