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Hampton Bays woman retrieves phone, wallet she accidently dumped into recycling bin nearly 3 weeks ago
An employee at the Islip Town Recycling Center came across the phone and the wallet on the sorting belt.
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Less than 10 per cent of the world's plastics are recycled — Ottawa wants to change that
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault tells Power & Politics about plans for Canada's new plastics registry, plus details of the UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Ottawa. The talks are aimed at coming up with an...
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News 12 provides tips on the do's and don'ts of recycling
Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said that shampoo bottles and hand and dish soap containers can be recycled - and there's no need to worry about peeling off any stickers.
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Why Wetaskiwin wants to steam its garbage
The County of Wetaskiwin, south of Edmonton, is looking to adopt a new Canadian-developed technology that could divert 90 per cent of its waste from the landfill. The county has signed a memorandum of understanding with Halifax-based...
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Who pays for recycling collection in Ontario is changing, and corporations aren’t happy
Ontario is in the process of shifting the cost burden of blue box recycling programs away from municipalities and onto companies that make and sell products that generate waste. As CBC’s Mike Crawley explains, some of those companies are...
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10-year-old Montrealer raising awareness about pollution with TED Talk
Aiva Furfaro says she wanted to learn more about the problem of pollution and share that with others.
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Big Push For EV: Is India Fully Prepared For Electric Vehicles?
India's EV landscape is evolving rapidly, boasting 2.3 million registered EVs as of August 2023. In 2024, every major auto brand in the country either features or plans to launch an EV. However, entrenched ICE vehicles persist, and...
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Government plans Canada-wide plastics registry in environmental push
Ottawa is seeking input on a potential national plastics registry it hopes will encourage companies to salvage waste plastic and reimburse Canadians and retailers for recycling. The plan involves tracking everything from food and...
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How Oscar works
Deputy director of EcoGAC at Global Affairs Canada Soren Antosz explains how the department is using artificial intelligence to help it divert trash from landfills and into recycling programs.
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Behind the scenes at a phone recycling plant
Simon Hunt goes to Ingram Micro, a recycling facility in Norwich that is recycling tech.
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Is Plastic Actually Being Recycled? | Explains
We’ve all been taught recycling is a sustainable way each of us can make a difference. But the truth is that the plastics industry paid millions to push this message--and to sell more plastic. Here's the dark truth and how it's led to...
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The Dark History Behind Recycling
We’ve all been taught recycling is a sustainable way each of us can make a difference. But the truth is that the plastics industry paid millions to push this message--and to sell more plastic. Here's the dark truth and how it's led to...
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Ontario begins producer-pay recycling. But is it enough to increase uptake?
Ontario shifted responsibility for the blue box recycling program to packaging producers on July 1. The goal is to improve recycling rates by shifting responsibility to the creators of the waste, but some say more needs to be done.
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Is Plastic Actually Being Recycled?
We’ve all been taught recycling is a sustainable way each of us can make a difference. But the truth is that the plastics industry paid millions to push this message--and to sell more plastic. Here's the dark truth and how it's led to...
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The Dutch bakers making stale bread fresh again through recycling
A group of bakers in the Netherlands is reducing waste by recycling unsold bread and making it fresh again
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One Good Thing: Meet This 4-Legged Unlikely Recycling Advocate
Thirteen-year-old border collie, Scruff, is an unassuming environment activist as he has replaced fetching sticks with seeking out recyclables on his walk.
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Turning old electric vehicle batteries from trash to treasure
In Canada, EVs have now been around long enough that some will need to be replaced in the next few years, prompting some businesses to find ways to recycle all the batteries that power them and turn them into valuable materials.
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Prince William’s Earthshot Prize Finalist on Carbon-Recycling Technology
Prince Willam's Earthshot prize finalist Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, joined Cheddar News to discuss how the Illinois-based company is recognized for its carbon recycling technology.
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Calif. Probes ExxonMobil Over Accusations of Lying About Plastic Recycling
Judith Enck, a former regional administrator for the EPA and the president of Beyond Plastics, joined Cheddar News to talk about the role of plastics in the climate crisis and California's investigation of ExxonMobil and other oil...
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Kids in the Hall is coming back — and baring it all!
Kids in the Hall stars Mark McKinney and Bruce McCulloch preview the new season of their iconic Canadian series on a red carpet in Toronto.
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Coca-Cola Teams With Bill Nye for Its World Without Waste Initiative
The Coca-Cola Company is teaming up with science education personality Bill Nye as part of its World Without Waste Initiative to describe the bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling process through a vividly animated, stop-motion short film....
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Rewilding the sea: Dubai's oyster reef restoration
Focus discovers how a project in Dubai is repurposing oyster shells to help maintain and restore the local reef system.
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Canadian engineer recycles plastic in Rio to make skateboards
Canadian mechanical engineer Arian Rayegani, who turns some of Rio de Janeiro's vast plastic waste into usable toys, hopes his factory becomes a centre for recycling innovation.
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The waterborne waste collection facility making waves in Lyon
Every Saturday, a large barge called River'tri docks on the Saône in Lyon to collect the locals' waste and take it to be repurposed or recycled. It's improving the city's waste disposal infrastructure and reducing pollution.