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Canada Plastics Recyclers Directory

To increase knowledge of domestic recycling markets and to bridge connections, the Plastic Action Centre has compiled a referral list of Canadian plastic recyclers, their contact information, and services offered.

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Government of Canada Moves Forward With Banning Harmful Single-Use Plastic

On December 21, 2021 The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, and the Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, announced that draft regulations prohibiting certain single-use plastics have been published for public comment.

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Recent developments, blogs, and announcements on plastic waste from Canada and around the world.

The Plastic Action Centre in an independent open-source repository that gathers information to educate, engage, and empower action on plastics. Circular Innovation Council has developed the Plastic Action Centre to become a knowledge hub to provide governments, businesses, educators, researchers, and citizens the necessary scope of information to take meaningful action on plastics.

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Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’

Studies are beginning to emerge that show micro- and nanoplastic accumulation in human organs. A new study under peer review has f...
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Canada helps chart roadmap toward an ambitious global deal to end plastic pollution

News release April 30, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Released on Canada.ca The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Commit...
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Public Review for Proposed Standard CSA R117: Plastics Recycling: Definitions, Measuring, and Reporting

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) is developing a new National Standard of Canada (NSC), CSA R117 Plastics Recycling:...
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