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Operation
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Size
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Features
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Comment
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Opposition
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Carmeuse Lime (Beachville) Quarry
proposal
Walker Environmental Group
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200 acres
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AO
Info: Carmeuse
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Ingersoll
OPAL
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North Russell, Ontario proposal
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500 acres north of Russell Village
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Citizens' Environmental Stewardship
Association
@dumpthedumpnow / www.dumpthedumpnow.ca
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Simcoe County Environmental Resource
Recovery Centre (ERRC) (proposed)
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Proposal consists of an Organics
Processing Facility (OPF), and a Materials Management Facility (MMF)
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Propoesd Location - 2976 Horseshoe Valley
Road West, Springwater
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Project Page
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Taggart-Miller CRRRC landfill proposal,
east Ottawa
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400 acres in Carlsbad Springs
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Dumpthisdump2.ca
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West Carleton Environmental Centre (WCEC)
aka “Carp Landfill” proposal
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100 acres
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AO
Info: Carp Road
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www.COLAottawa.ca
www.stittsvilleva.com
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Simcoe
County “Site 41”
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Proposal cancelled after construction
started, due to significant public protests
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Date
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Source
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Title
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Comment
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2020-05-27
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Brampton Guardian
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What’s
going on here? Peel considers user pay waste system
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Karen Martin-Robbins
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2020-03-05
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Newsweek.com
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Plastic-eating
Caterpillars Have Gut Bacteria that can Live on Polyethylene for over a Year
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Hannah Osborne
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2020-01-20
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TheStar.com
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Editorial:
The Ford government’s bad habit of acting before thinking hits recycling
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2020-01-14
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CHCH
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McMaster
scientists find way to break down, recycle rubber from tires
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Shayla Vize
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2020-01-07
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CBC News
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What
really happens to plastic drink bottles you toss in your recycling bin
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Emily Chung
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2019-10-23
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CBC News
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How
your food scraps are going to fuel Toronto's garbage trucks
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Natalie Nanowski
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2019-10-07
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cbc.ca
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What
really happens to the organic waste you put in your compost bin
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2019-08-22
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TheWalrus.ca
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Why Recycling Doesn’t
Work
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Matthew Halliday
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2019-07-23
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Orillia Matters
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Reduce,
reuse, recycle, but who pays? Focus shifts to producers
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Jessica Owen
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2019-07-18
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EcoWatch / Olivia Rosane
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Cambodia
to Return 1,700 Tons of Plastic Waste to U.S., Canada
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Olivia Rosane
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2019-06-18
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ThePostMillennial.com
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Canadian
garbage ship leaves Philippines a second time after transferring cargo to a
larger vessel
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Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Wikipedia
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2019-06-17
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TheGuardian.com
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Where
does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret
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Erin McCormick, Bennett Murray , Carmela
Fonbuena, Leonie Kijewski, Gökçe Saraçoğlu, Jamie Fullerton, Alastair Gee and
Charlotte Simmonds
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2019-06-03
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KamloopsBCNow.com
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Scientists
have figured out a way to turn waste plastic into 'very good quality' jet
fuel
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Iain Burns
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2019-05-30
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Vice News
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We’re
Buying into a Giant Lie About Plastic
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Alex Lubben
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2019-04-28
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CBC News
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The
dirty truth about recycling (10 mins)
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The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
-
Canada recycles 9% of plastics
-
Global garbage war
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2019-04-24
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CBC News
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Canada
says fix for garbage spat with Philippines on its way
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Catharine Tunney
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2019-03-05
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TheAtlantic.com
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Is
This the End of Recycling?
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Alana Semels
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2019-01-02
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CBC
News
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The
Great Lakes are full of microfibres — but there might be an easy solution
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Kate
McGillivray
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2019-02-21
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TheGuardian.com
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'Moment
of reckoning': US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
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Oliver Milman
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2019-01-09
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GrandHavenTribune.com
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Biosolids
a potential source of PFAS
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Alexander Sinn
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)?
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2018-12-19
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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World’s
First Ocean Cleanup System Isn’t Yet Doing Its Job
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Lorraine Chow
- Boyan
Slat
AO Info:
Water
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2018-12-03
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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Australia
Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months
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Lorraine Chow
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2018-11-12
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Theguardian.com (UK)
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Opinion:
I collected my plastic waste for a year, and learned the truth about recycling
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Daniel Webb
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2018-08-23
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Financial Post
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Sponsored
News: Ontario company looking to bring new recycling technology to North
America
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BBL Energy Inc.
- pyrolysis
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2018-08-02
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EcoWatch / Olivia Rosane
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Study
Finds New Reason to Ban Plastic: It Emits Methane in the Sun
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Olivia Rosane
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2018-07-09
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The Guardian
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The
man who paves India’s roads with old plastic
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Kamala Thiagarajan
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2018-06-28
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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12-Year-Old
Girl Invents Plastic-Detecting Robot to Save Our Oceans
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Lorraine Chow
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2018-05-25
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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McDonald’s
Shareholders Vote to Keep Distributing Plastic Straws
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Lorraine Chow
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2018-03-31
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CBC News
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Eastern
Ontario recycling heading to the landfill
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2018-03-31
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Ottawa Citizen
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Dawson:
No green bins? Little recycling? What the heck, Ottawa
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Tyler Dawson
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2018-03-29
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CBC News
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Canadian
municipalities struggling to find place for recyclables after China restricts
foreign waste
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Kayla Hounsell
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2018-03-26
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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U.S.
Asks China to 'Immediately Halt' Ban on Foreign Waste
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Lorraine Chow
AO News
- China
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2018-03-22
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Yahoo.com
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Pacific
plastic dump far larger than feared: study
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Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood
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2018-03-15
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The Guardian
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WHO
launches health review after microplastics found in 90% of bottled water
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Graham Readfearn
AO
Info: Bulk Water
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2018-03-12
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The Guardian
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Microplastic
pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists
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Damian Carrington
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2018-03-06
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Youtube / Guardian News
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“So
much plastic!”: British diver films deluge of waste off Bali
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Guardian News
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2018-02-22
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CBC Montreal
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Quebec
City to dump 46 million litres of sewage waste into St. Lawrence River
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Julia Page
- Montreal, St. Lawrence River
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2018-01-24
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Huffington Post
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China
No Longer Wants Your Trash. Here's Why That's Potentially Disastrous.
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Dominique Mosbergen
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2018-01-02
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Theguardian.com
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Rubbish
already building up at UK recycling plants due to China import ban
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Matthew Taylor
AO
Info: China
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2017-11-23
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Youtube / CBC News
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Canada’s waste problem and
finding a fix
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2017-09-22
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Denver Post (USA)
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Colorado
landfills are illegally burying low-level radioactive waste from oil and gas
industry, Denver Post learns
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Bruce Finley
AO
News – Oil & Gas
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2017-06-08
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TVO.org
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Everybody
poops, but how do we deal with it?
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Tim Alamenciak
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2017-05-24
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Youtube / United Nations
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Plastic Ocean (8 mins)
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United Nations
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2016-12-08
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Independent.co.uk
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Sweden’s
recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
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Hazel Sheffield
Sweden <1% of rubbish sent to landfill;
UK 44% of rubbish recycled;
Cda In 2004, 27% of rubbish was
recycled.
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2016-09-14
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CBC News (BC)
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Decades
of dumping raw sewage is killing Victoria’s ocean floor, diver claims
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Roshini Nair
http://www.victoriasewagealliance.org/
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2016-06-30
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Youtube / Stories
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How
San Francisco is becoming a Zero Waste City (4 mins)
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2016-02-03
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CBC Montreal
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Flushgate
a success but lacked 'social acceptability:' Denis Coderre
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Denis Coderre
- Montreal, St. Lawrence River
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2015-11-08
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960.atg.soy
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SVA
‘disappointed’ by site plan approval of Carp Road landfill expansion
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Devyn Barrie
- Carp Road, Stittsville (near Ottawa)
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2015-11-10
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Toronto Star
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The
stink about Montreal’s decision to dump raw sewage
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Allan Woods
- Montreal, St. Lawrence River
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2015-11-09
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Globe and Mail
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Environment
Minister approves Montreal’s sewage dump plan
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Les Perreaux
- Montreal, St. Lawrence River
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2015-10-29
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DurhamRegion.com
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Durham
on the hunt for new Port Perry water source
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AO
News - Water
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2015-10-06
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CBC Montreal
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St.
Lawrence not only Canadian waterway sullied by raw sewage
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- Montreal, St. Lawrence River
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2015-08-11
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Canadians for Clean Prosperity
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From
Garbage to Gold: how Ontario can fix its broken waste system
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2015-07-15
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1millionwomen.com.au
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Blog:
Netherlands Planning To Become the First Country to Pave Its Roads with Recycled
Plastic
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2015-06-08
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Ottawa Sun
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No
welcome mat for Toronto trash
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Susan Sherring
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2015-06-04
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Ottawa Sun
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York
Region trash heading to Ottawa?
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Susan Sherring
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2015-04-14
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EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow
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Stunning
Photos Capture Devastating Worldwide E-Waste Problem
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Lorraine Chow
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2015-04-03
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CBC Hamilton
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How
the Port Fuels waterfront garbage plant got ‘fast-tracked’
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Kelly Bennett
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2015-03-23
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theGuardian.com
|
Gold
in faeces ‘is worth millions and could save the environment’
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Hannah Devlin
- harvesting human sludge
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2015-02-16
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Ring of Fire Radio
|
US
Dumping 750,000 Pounds of Trash a Year in to Oceans
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Amy Eddings
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2015-01-29
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EcoWatch / Anastasia Pantsios
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Is 3D Printing
the Answer to Plastic Waste?
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Anastasia Pantsios
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2015-01-05
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Minds.com
|
UK’s
first “Bio Bus” is powered by human poop
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- biomethane gas
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2015-01-03
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The Economist
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Strange
Brew
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- cleaning waste water with algae
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2014-12-20
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Gulf News
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Abu
Dhabi recycles millions of tonnes of solid waste
|
Binsal Abdul Kader
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2014-12-16
|
CBC
News
|
Toxic
Love Canal waste no longer to be disposed of in Ontario
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2014-12-12
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CBC
News – The National
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Newsclip:
Love Canal toxic waste sent to Canada (2.5 mins)
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Sarnia, CleanHarbours incinerator
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2014-11-05
|
Sarnia Observer
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Hazardous
material from infamous U.S. environmental disaster to be shipped to Ontario
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Paul Morden
Link
to Wallaceburg Courier Press
Link to Sierra Club Cda
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2014-11-14
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Vice
|
Youtube:
You Don’t Know Shit: VICE Reports (Part 1/3)
|
New York’s state of the art waste mgmt
Part 1 Part
2 Part
3
Full Length
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2014-09-17
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TruthTheory.com
|
Sweden
Is Now Recycling 99 Percent Of Its Trash. Here’s How They Do It
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- includes link to 4 min video
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2014-09-03
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Inhabitat.com
|
Sweden
Now Recycles a Staggering 99 Percent of its Garbage
|
Beverley Mitchell
- imports garbage for its waste to energy
program
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2014-08-26
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TheGuardian.com
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Abandoned
landfills polluting UK rivers, research finds
|
Alex Peel
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2013-09-19
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CBC News
Nova Scotia
|
“Something
smells,” with proposed Otter Lake landfill changes
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- cost saving measures would be broken
promises
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2013-09-11
|
Dr. David Suzuki
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Incinerating
Trash is a Waste of Resources
|
Dr. David Suzuki
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2013-07-29
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Ottawa Life
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Emerging
Waste Management Technologies: The Search for an Alternative
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Imberly Lochhead
|
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2013-05-20
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Environtmental Leader
|
Conn.
Passes First-in-Nation Mattress Recycling Law
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2013-05-17
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Hometown Focus USA
|
Interesting
information about recycling in St. Louis County
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Every ton of paper (approximately 12 cubic
yards) made from recycled materials saves approximately 7,000 gallons of
water, 380 gallons of oil and 4,000 kilowatts of energy.
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2013-04-07
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Shetland News
|
Recycling
Forces Isles to Import More Waste
|
Pete Bevington
Waste Management
|
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2013-01-05
|
Navneet Gupta (personal blog)
|
Help
Expose Canadian Mining & Waste ‘Management’ Practices (Both At Home &
Abroad) Please Share
|
Navneet Gupta
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2012-12-17
|
NDC
News / World News
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“A
way out of the landfill”: Paraguay kids play Mozart with violins made from
trash
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Youtube
video
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2011-10-19
|
TheRecord.com
|
Ontario
landfills are filling up fast
|
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2011-04-18
|
ABC
|
Where
the roads are paved with plastic
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Mridu Khullar Relph
|
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2010-06-08
|
Michael Yon Online Magazine
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Gobar Gas
|
Michael Yon
biogas
|
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2009-11-13
|
NY Times
|
Plastic
Roads Offer Greener Way to Travel in India
|
Mridu Khullar
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