We look at solar recycling – the good, the bad, and the ugly. Ok, that’s pretty melodramatic because as we learned solar modules contain mostly very benign, and rather plain materials. We tear apart a solar module, find out what toxins are present, and learn how a company in Medford, Oregon is recycling 110,000 solar modules per year.
Plastic Bank tackles poverty and pollution at the same time by paying thousands of the world’s poorest people to collect plastic pollution in more than half a dozen countries around the world.
According to a new study, implementing extended producer responsibility, or EPR, in Alberta would not only save taxpayers money, but would lead to more waste being recycled, create new jobs, and benefit the environment.
More than half (58%) of the food that enters Canada’s food system is wasted, filling landfills and releasing major greenhouse gas emissions. SPUD.ca is working to change all that.
Jeff Linton says by making producers responsible for recycling the waste they produce we can solve the waste crisis, create jobs and reduce environmental impacts.
Circular economy – Loop is taking us back to the future by ditching the packaging and selling products in reusable containers, just like the milkman did.
