Environmental Defence Canada

If Plastics Win, We Lose: UN Moves to End Plastic Pollution with Global Treaty Negotiation Hosted in Ottawa, Despite Meddling by “Big Plastic”

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월요일, 4월 22, 2024
United Nations, Indigenous peoples, Climate change, Parliament buildings, Garbage, Nature, Environmental health, Risk, Biodiversity, Parliament, Policy, Microplastics, Supreme court, Environmental Defence Canada, Health, CAPE, Indigenous rights, Seafood, Research, Water, Life, First Nations, Environment, Atlantic Canada, Federation, Plastic, Legislation, Fishery, VS, Movement, Face, Earth Day, Soil, Democracy, Government, Atmosphere, Cancer, David Suzuki Foundation, Knowledge, Ecojustice Canada, Air pollution, Agriculture

These negotiations aim to develop a legally binding global plastics treaty to help safeguard people and the planet from the harmful impacts of plastic pollution.

Key Points: 
  • These negotiations aim to develop a legally binding global plastics treaty to help safeguard people and the planet from the harmful impacts of plastic pollution.
  • Plastic pollution knows no borders and stands as the second most pressing environmental issue behind climate change.
  • “Canada needs a comprehensive, government-wide strategy, with strong legislation and corporate action to end plastic pollution now.
  • INC-4 is the final step before the global plastic treaty is finalized in South Korea later this year.

Circular Innovation Council Collaborates with Canada's Biggest Grocers to Design an Innovative Reuse Program

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수요일, 1월 17, 2024
Walmart Canada, Food safety, Environment, Sustainability, City, Metro, Empire Company, Climate change, Plastic, Environmental Defence Canada, Federation, Recycling, Movement, Safety, Biodiversity loss, Transport, SVP

“Reuse is a critical pathway to transitioning Canada to a circular economy and to eliminating single use plastics,” says Jo-Anne St. Godard, Executive Director of Circular Innovation Council.

Key Points: 
  • “Reuse is a critical pathway to transitioning Canada to a circular economy and to eliminating single use plastics,” says Jo-Anne St. Godard, Executive Director of Circular Innovation Council.
  • Consumers will be able to return the reusable containers through a variety of convenient return options, including neighbourhood drop-off locations.
  • “In launching this innovative reuse program, we're not just working towards eliminating single-use plastics; we're reshaping #TeamOttawa’s approach to business.
  • The approach that Circular Innovation Council has taken with this pilot, involving multiple retailers in close proximity operating a pooled system, is the gold standard for effective reuse.

Plastic Industry Sues Government to Stop Canada from Reducing Plastic Pollution

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수요일, 3월 1, 2023
Death, Biodiversity, Government, Food, Turtle, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, United Nations Convention, Dow Chemical Company, Garbage, Whale, Nova Chemicals, Food chain, Imperial Oil, Dolphin, Environment, Face, Abacus Data, Conference, CEPA, Fishery, Blood, Federation, Sale, Environmental Defence Canada, Indigenous peoples, Water, Animal, Health, Plastic, Agriculture, Recycling, Whaling, COP15

Every year, Canada produces more than four million tonnes of plastic waste, and every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters the global oceans.

Key Points: 
  • Every year, Canada produces more than four million tonnes of plastic waste, and every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters the global oceans.
  • “While the plastic industry is fighting progress, it is not providing any real solutions to the plastic crisis.
  • Worse, the industry suggests the carcinogen-releasing method of burning plastics as an emerging solution to plastic waste,” said Anthony Merante, Plastics Campaigner, Oceana Canada.
  • “The continued production of single-use plastic is unsustainable and will prohibit Canada from meeting its commitment to zero plastic waste.

New report shows why regulations are needed now to align Canada's federally-regulated financial flows with its climate goals

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수요일, 11월 2, 2022
Shift, Credible, Climate, Climate change, Environmental Defence Canada, Coal, Private sector, Policy, Organization, Risk, Federation, Ecojustice Canada, Paris Agreement, Investment, UN, Paris, Insurance, Bottled water, Renewable energy

The financial sector is making voluntary net-zero commitments, but Canada's financial system continues to make investments that are fuelling the climate crisis.

Key Points: 
  • The financial sector is making voluntary net-zero commitments, but Canada's financial system continues to make investments that are fuelling the climate crisis.
  • However, Canada will fail to achieve these objectives without bold new standards, oversight and enforcement to align the financial sector with the country's climate goals.
  • Alan Andrews, Climate Program Director, Ecojustice
    "The financial sector is running rogue without accountability on climate.
  • Averting disaster requires that those decisions align with the urgent action now required of all sectors of our economy."

Environmental groups urge government to work faster and do more to end plastic pollution

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화요일, 2월 8, 2022
Policy, GLOBE, Industry, Government, National Policy, UN, Solution, Huron-Wendat Nation, Interview, Environment, Fishery, Federation, Indigenous peoples, Foundation, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Plastic, Credit, Health, Organization, Climate change, TEA, Environmental Defence Canada, David Suzuki Foundation, Mississaugas, Recycling, Ojibwe

Canadians are well aware of the environmental crisis that plastic causes and know we cant wait for industry to fix the problem.

Key Points: 
  • Canadians are well aware of the environmental crisis that plastic causes and know we cant wait for industry to fix the problem.
  • Each year, more than four million tonnes of plastic is produced in Canada and 3.3 million tonnes of it is thrown away.
  • Polling confirms that Canadians, who are among the top per capita users of plastic in the world, are overwhelmingly concerned about plastic pollution.
  • To end the crisis of plastic in our oceans, Canada must produce and use less single-use plastic, year-over-year.