Managing Difficult Conversations: Fair, Friendly, but Firm
Written by Rachel Stewart-Dziama | rachel@plasticoceans.org My father has a system when it comes to managing those challenging conversations that are just a part of life. Along with a liberal amount of politeness, he always attempts to be fair, friendly, but firm. When working to avoid single-use plastics, it can be easy to lose your […]
10 Tips to Reduce Plastic
Reducing plastic is hard right? You can swap plastic bottles for reusables but what about all the plastic packaging in the grocery stores? Or all of your necessary products that come in plastic bottles? And sometimes the sustainable alternative is too expensive or too difficult to find. However, you can’t make a change if you […]
Kids for a Plastic Free Canada: Youth Champions
Written by Anastasia Castro and Char Brady Kids for a Plastic Free Canada Since December of 2018, Kids for a Plastic Free Canada has grown from a small organization to a multi-grade youth coalition working determinedly with their municipal and provincial representatives on concrete plans for change. Prominent members, Anastasia Castro and Char Brady, accomplished […]
TerraCycle Canada is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® in 2020
Written by Tom Szaky TerraCycle CEO & Founder The single best thing to come out of the recent environmental movement is that the global waste problem has risen to the top of people’s minds. The world is waking up to the fact that most of our public recycling is not actually being recycled, and “single-use” […]
Arctic Chiller 100% Recycled Plastic Supports Circular Economy
Arctic Chiller is creating responsible products made from 100% recycled plastics. While we advocate for refilling reusables, we acknowledge that plastic is necessary in some cases. For example, those without access to clean water rely solely on plastic water bottles. Instead of producing plastic bottles from virgin plastic pellets, Arctic Chiller reuses existing plastic and […]
mellow Phone Cases: Biodegradable, Vegan, Drop-tested
We partner with like-minded organizations to encourage the entire community to reduce the amount of plastic entering the waste stream and to change our environmental impact through smarter production materials. The average smartphone user upgrades to a new mobile device every two years and changes phone cases even more often. In this fast-fashion world where […]
