Sustainable Shopping; Which Grocery Bag is Best?
Image from sampli.com We all know single use plastics are not environmentally friendly and with Canada’s single use plastic ban coming into play, hopefully they will become a thing of …
Creating Connections Through Creating Change
My name is Angela Riley and I am the founder of Scotian Shores, a shoreline cleanup social enterprise based in Nova Scotia. Scotian Shores officially started in August 2020 and …
Microplastics
Microplastics Image from earth.com Microplastics are a major and continually growing contributor to plastic pollution in our oceans, and we can’t even see them. Microplastics are plastics under 5mm in …
10 Questions with January’s Local Hero, Jeanine Sinclair
Today, we’d like to highlight Jeanine Sinclair, founder of the Plastic Free BC project and this month’s #LocalHero! As an Ocean Wise ambassador, she is known to do a TON …
It’s Time to Ban Together
Only 9% of plastic waste is recycled each year in Canada. The rest of the plastic used by Canadians (more than 2.6 million tonnes) ends up in a landfill or …
2021 – A Year in Review
To our dearest Plastic Oceans Canada supporters, I don’t know about you, but this time of year is one of my favourites. Is it quality time with loved ones …
Wake up Canada! It’s Time to Face the Waste.
Every time you drink from a plastic bottle, rip open a food package and sip from a straw, do you wonder where they go afterwards? The youth are the future …
Reducing our consumption this Christmas
I absolutely love the Christmas holidays; the food, the decorations and the festive cheer. Now I am no scrooge, but what I am a bit humbug about is the amount …
10 Questions with December’s Local Hero, Jocelyn Marsh
Today, we’d like to highlight Jocelyn Marsh, founder of the Love Our Oceans Project and this month’s #LocalHero! The new project aims to reduce plastic usage within the veterinary industry …
