Etiket: waste
Despising cities as the Legault government does makes us waste time we don’t have
Housing vacancy rate of barely 1%, explosion of the itinerant population almost everywhere in the city, structural deficit of several millions at the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO), floods,…
Waste management | Parks Canada reinstalls the Lachine Canal trash bins
The thirty garbage bins removed by Parks Canada along the Lachine Canal will be reinstalled. A quick end to this unpopular pilot project, which lasted only four weeks. Posted at…
End of plastic waste: Federal Environment Minister does not believe in the need for a production cap
Contrary to what was reported in the media, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault does not believe that the global treaty to end plastic waste must necessarily include a cap on…
Czechs print an Eiffel Tower in 3D from marine waste
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos (Prague) Avant les Jeux olympiques de Paris, une entreprise tchèque est en train d’imprimer en 3D une maquette de 14 mètres de haut…
The Chalk River nuclear waste landfill project worries Environment Minister Benoit Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed Chalk River nuclear waste landfill site, asking it in particular to…
The proposed nuclear waste landfill in Chalk River worries Minister Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed nuclear waste burial site in Chalk River, asking it in particular…
in the metropolis of Rouen, some residents are trying to collect their food waste
In the metropolis of Rouen, the municipality of Sotteville-lès-Rouen has set up the collection of bio-waste. Published on 04/04/2024 12:43 Reading time: 2 min The metropolis of Rouen is experimenting…
#weansweryou. How to sort your food waste? Should we compost? Ask all your questions
The program “L’Empreinte Carbon(n)e”, Thursday on the franceinfo radio channel, answers your questions about sorting bio-waste at source, which has been widespread since January 1st. Published on 03/04/2024 16:56 Reading…
She makes her own household products and saves money, while reducing her waste
A Boisbriand woman in her twenties has not purchased household products in 7 years. “I make my own products for everything that involves washing the kitchen and the bathroom,” Audrey-Anne…
In photos | Mountains of waste to sort!
Recycling day was March 18! For the occasion, I had the chance to visit one of Montreal’s two sorting centers. It is in these centers that we sort the contents…
New UN report | Electronic waste as far as the eye can see
In 2022, the world produced 62 million tonnes of electronic waste, the equivalent of 7.8 kg per human being living on Earth. A crisis that will only get worse as…
UN report | Electronic waste, a “catastrophe” for the environment
(Paris) Less than a quarter of the 62 million tonnes of electronic waste produced in 2022 were recycled, leading to pollution of heavy metals, plastics and toxic chemicals, warns a…
OIG Annual Report | Asphalt and concrete waste dumped on private land
The Office of the Inspector General of the City of Montreal (BIG) recommends that the municipal administration strengthen control over the elimination of asphalt and concrete waste produced on construction…
Mauritius: sugar cane waste transformed into energy
Sugar production on the Indian Ocean island may have been divided by three in 20 years, but the exploitation of cane today makes it possible to produce green and renewable…
sugar cane waste transformed into energy
Sugar production on the Indian Ocean island may have been divided by three in 20 years, but the exploitation of cane today makes it possible to produce green and renewable…
But… where does our waste go?
Sorting your waste properly is super important! Let’s look at where your different waste goes and how we can be more careful about the planet. And you, do you know…
“We have doubled our clothing consumption in 20 years”, underlines a manager from Zero Waste France
Published on 03/14/2024 5:38 p.m. Update on 03/14/2024 5:38 p.m. Video length: 14 min Fast-fashion: “We have doubled our clothing consumption in 20 years,” says the advocacy manager at Zero…
Creativity against food waste
Packaging made from coffee residue, mushroom powder to preserve fruit longer, a new “ice” that remains intact both cold and hot… Jean Buzby, the new head of the United States…
Hugo pop! | Alice in the Land of Waste
Monday, around 9:59 p.m. There is a risk of an immense collective cry of fear, when the last seconds of the final of Reasonable doubt will appear on the screens…
Explain to us the reprocessing of nuclear waste in France
The lifespan of the two French nuclear reprocessing plants, located in La Hague (Manche) and Marcoule (Gard) will be extended “beyond 2040”, declared Thursday the Minister of the Economy, Bruno…