2015
Torontonians making 'mistakes' with what ends up in their trash, expert says - CBC News
Torontonians making 'mistakes' with what ends up in their trash, expert says. Too many recyclables ending up in garbage waste, city statistics show.
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Warnings from Mimico Creek's Oil Spill- NOW Toronto
The province says this summer's accident has been cleaned up, but Toronto Wildlife Centre reps have lingering concerns.
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High-rise models a solution to waste crisis
Every year Toronto residents put roughly 1 million tonnes of “waste” out for the city to collect. Just under half is disposed in landfill, and 53% is diverted from landfill and sent for recycling or composting in the Blue Box and Green Bin.
At the Toronto Environmental Alliance, we started wondering – why is our diversion rate so low?
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The Great Lakes Are Too Precious to Risk: Editorial - Toronto Star
Canadian and U.S. authorities must do more to protect the Great Lakes as environmental groups document the threat posed by pollutants.
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GREEN WASH: THE DRY-CLEANING GUIDE - NOW
More dry cleaners are claiming they use “eco-friendly” or “organic” solvents to get your shirts white, but most aren’t what they seem...
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