Tag: waste management

• The Developing Issue of Waste Production: The Canadian Cannabis Industry

  

  This article highlights the concerns around unsustainable waste management practices in the rapidly growing Canadian cannabis Industry.  Written by: Thomas Tinmouth It is expected that with the implementation of any new industry, there will be challenges. When Canada legalized cannabis on October 17th, 2018, smoke was not the only thing in the air. An uneasy…

  Thomas Tinmouth

  May 13, 2021

  Cannabis & Health

  Canada, Cannabis & Health, cannabis waste, Climate Change, sustainability, waste management

• Recycling in Toronto: How Does it Work & Why is it so Complicated?

  

  This article will explore the challenges the City of Toronto, its workers, and residents face with the current recycling Program and their transition to the updated Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program model. Background The City of Toronto hosts one of the most comprehensive integrated waste management systems in North America, managing over 900,000 tonnes of…

  Saige Friedman

  January 12, 2021

  Politics & Policy

  ambassador, black plastic, blue bin program, city of toronto, coffee cups, community, contaminated recyclables, contamination, economic, EPR, extended producer responsibility, informative, jars, liability, multi-residential buildings, municipal waste, municipality, Ontario, organics, ownership, physical, pizza boxes, plastic, recyclable materials, recyclables, recycling, terracycle, toronto, transition, waste management