Category: Canada
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Canada To Regulate Plastic
The Government of Canada is taking steps toward eliminating plastic pollution in Canada, including potentially banning or restricting certain harmful…
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Canada Government Initiative on Plastic Waste
Turning Plastic Pollution Commitments into Action: GPAP Annual Impact Report 2020
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FPInnovations Develops Canadian Biodegradable Masks
FPInnovations completes phase 1 of development of biodegradable disposable masks from Canadian forests
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How Will Canada Use Lignin?
Scientists cracked the code for kraft lignin made from black liquor in the 1940s, but with global attention on climate…
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Canada Goes for Biodegradable Face Masks
Canada invests in the development of Biodegradable Face Mask Filters!
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Cellulose Nanocrystals in Canada
What Canada did to boost R&D on CNCs
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Canadian Petition to ban SUP
URGENT: Stop Canada From Drowning the Oceans in Plastics.
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Michelin Invests in Canadian Styrene Recycler
Pyrowave closes Series B led by Michelin and Sofinnova Partners. The investment marks a significant step forward making plastic circularity…
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Canada Starts Banning Compostable Plastics
Bye-bye single-use plastics: new bylaw in effect in Dawson City. Compostable and biodegradable plastic utensils, cups or containers included in…
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Canadian Plastic Bag Industry and Corona Crisis
Rising food sales in supermarkets are exploding the demand for plastic bags to protect bread, fruits and vegetables. Single-use shopping…
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What is Essential Service in Canada?
As health officials continue to urge employers to implement safety measures that reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19…
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Elle Canada Not in Favour of PLA
How to Properly Recycle Beauty Product Packaging? Chances are you’re going through a lot of soap and hand lotion right…
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National Arts Centre in Ottawa Does Composting
Ottawa’s National Arts Centre and its composter show careful sourcing, testing, training are key
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Exposing the Compostable Plastic Myth in Canada
Canada made their own version of the Dutch documentary “De Monitor”. Here is what actually happens when you put compostable…
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Compostable Packaging Confusing for Canadian Waste Management
Issues around compostable packaging in Canada. Article dates back from October 2018 but is still relevant.
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Plantbased? Compostable? What You Need to Know About Bioplastics
What they are, how they’re greener than traditional plastics and why they’re not a perfect solution.
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Good Natured Acquires Shepherd Thermoforming & Packaging
Good natured Products Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Shepherd Thermoforming &…
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BASF Blockchain for Traceability Recycled Plastics
reciChain to prove the value of circularity for plastics and provide stronger incentive to recycle. Platform will enable better sorting,…
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Green Crab Bioplastics Made in Canada
Parcs Canada and a McGill University professor are working together to transform green crab shells into bioplastic.
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Canada Single-Use Plastics Law May Restrict Biodegradable Plastics
Some might have wondered what the purpose might be for this joint assessment from Environment and Climate Change Canada and…
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Canada to Ban SUP in 2021
Report says 29,000 tonnes of plastic garbage ended up as litter in Canada in 2016. A national ban on many…
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The Canadian Hypocrisy
When it comes to climate hypocrisy, Canada’s leaders have reached a new low. A territory that has 0.5% of the…
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Ontario Reviewing Waste Management
It’s a stinky system for which no one likes forking out cash. And it’ll take more money than you think…
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The Canadian Bioeconomy Needs You !
Global Affairs Canada, through the Embassy of Canada in Berlin and in collaboration with the National Research Council Industrial Research…
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University of Toronto Entrepreneur Raises Millions for Bioplastics Startup
EcoPackers Inc., a social enterprise co-founded by University of Toronto alumna Nuha Siddiqui, has raised $4.3 million in pre-seed and…
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McGill Prof Making Bioplastics From Shells of Pesky Crabs
Will that be paper, or bio-plastics created from the shells of European green crabs?
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Top 5 Plastic Polluters in Canada
The largest plastic polluters in Canada have been officially named following a trash audit by Greenpeace Canada.
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Canadian Government Asked to Create a Plan for Single-Use Plastics Management
Retail Council of Canada have called for the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks to create a conclusive plan for…
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Conference To Advance Canadian Bio-Economy
More than 80 people gathered at the Lambton College Event Centre Thursday to work on the long-term project of building…
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Will Ontario Become The Hemp Biocomposite Leader?
Eastern Ontario community rolled out cannabis tourism strategy Monday.
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The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic Dog Poop Bags
Banning single-use plastic bags is a hot topic these days, with plastic bags being banned in 68 countries worldwide. Many…
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Cambodia Sends Plastic Waste Back to U.S. and Canada
Scores of plastic waste shipments have been arriving in Southeast Asia from Western countries, and now the Asian nations are…
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Company Receives Grant By Canadian Government to Develop Biodegradable Fishing Line
This past month, the Government of Canada announced local company Plantee Bioplastics Inc. will receive a grant of $138,000 to…
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THC BioMed Orders Biodegradable Filters for its Automated Pre-Rolls
THC BioMed is pleased to announce that has placed an order for biodegradable filters for its automated pre-rolls.
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Canadians Invent Biodegradable Shoes Made From Plants
Instead of tossing these in the trash when you wear them through, drop them in your compost bin, where they’ll…
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Canada to Announce Ban on Single-Use Plastics
The Canadian government plans to announce it is moving to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, a senior government…
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Startup Makes Menstrual Pads With Hemp
Hempact, a startup created by University of Alberta students, was recently awarded $10,000 towards their mission of combating excess hemp…
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Respirators Made from Shrimp Bioplastics
Smog and excess garbage are two of the most critical issues facing many major cities across the world. And now,…
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Montreal Moves to Ban Styrofoam and Single-Use Plastic Food Packaging
Single-use plastic and Styrofoam food packaging could be banned in Montreal by next April.
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Bags Made From Algae
The Mobius line of bags from tentree uses foam made from algae.
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Shells from Crustaceans Used by Montreal Researchers to Make Bioplastic
McGill University researchers have patented their process which initially could be used for disposable cutlery, straws and single-use bags.
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Canadian Company Makes Bioplastics from Wood
Advanced BioCarbon 3D Ltd (ABC3D) is creating a wood-based engineered grade high performance plastic.
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Canadian Researchers Create Bioplastic from Lobster and Shrimp Shells
McGill researchers have patented a process that transforms crustacean and insect shells into a useable plastic material.
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Canadians Finally Discover Cellophane
Canadians discover cellophane after a winter sleep of 200 years.
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Canadian Competition To Solve PLA Waste from 3D Printers
Canadian 3D print reseller, PrintYourMind3D, launched a contest aimed at Alberta students to tackle 3D printer waste.
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Canadian Student Transforms Food Waste into Bioplastics
University of Toronto Student Luna Yu converts food waste into PHA.
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Canada Aims at Zero Plastic Waste
The Canadian plastics industry aims to make all plastic packaging recyclable or “recoverable” by 2030, and actually entirely diverted from landfills…
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Plans Advancing for Comet’s Sarnia Cellulosic Sugar Plant
Comet Biorefining has begun detailed design work for a manufacturing plant it plans to build in Sarnia (Canada) to turn…
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TerraVerdae’s Waste to PHA Production Scale-Up Completed
TerraVerdae BioWorks Inc (Canada) develops biodegradable bioplastics, specifically polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), biobased chemicals and bioactives from environmentally sustainable, single carbon methanol…
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Biosensors to Optimise Bio-Refining Process of Lignin
Researchers from University of British Columbia (Canada) develop a biosensor to optimize the bio-refining processes to fractionate lignin.
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