Reusable bags were supposed to help save the environment, but only if shoppers bring them | CBC News

Closets and car trunks around Ottawa are overflowing with reusable shopping bags as some shoppers admit they can’t remember to bring them back to the store and keep having to buy more. It’s a habit one environmental expert warns is unsustainable. “We’re treating them like single-use items, so it’s almost replacing one single-use item like the plastic bag with a reusable bag,” said Tony Walker, a professor at Dalhousie University who specializes in plastics and plastic pollution. Read full story here: Reusable bags were supposed to help save the environment,…

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Most Styrofoam Isn’t Recycled. Here’s How 3 Startups Aim To Fix That | CBC News

Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. Virginie Bussières jokingly refers to styrofoam as “public enemy No. 6.” That’s because the polystyrene takeout containers, electronics packaging, coolers and other products we discard each year are more likely to pollute waterways or get buried in landfills than they are to be recycled. (The No. 6 is a reference to the plastic’s…

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