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EXCLUSIVE: Hope King's Three Very Important Questions to WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell
Hope King spoke with WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell and discussed three very important questions the industry has been dying to know.
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Microplastics entering the food chain
Scientists are becoming increasingly worried about the impact of microplastics in the water as they uncover how they're entering the food chain.
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Loblaws credit card tricksters come clean
Past employees come forward with stories of targeting 'low income' shoppers and 'faked signatures'
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Reaching new notes on the 3Dvarius – a 3D plastic violin
A 3D violin. It is the creation of Laurent Bernadac and is made out plastic 30,000 layers of plastic 3D printed into a professional standard instrument. Critics have questioned the sound it makes while others contend such an instrument...
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Environmental group scours Pacific Ocean for micro-plastics
Attempt to raise awareness of massive plastic contamination of oceans
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Protect our oceans from the dangers of pollution by plastic say international campaigning group ‘Plastic Change’
Every year 8 million tons of plastic waste are being dumped into the seas. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The “international organisation –...
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Plastic fantastic – Britain unveils polymer banknotes
Britain has issued its first banknotes made of plastic. The five pound note in circulation from Tuesday is printed on polymer – a thin and flexible plastic – which the UK central bank said is cleaner, less harmful to the environment and...
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Plastic fantastic: Dutch company trials method of cleaning the oceans
About eight million tons of plastic enters the oceans every year. And environmentalists have long sounded the alarm bell over this plastic pollution that is killing a huge number of seabirds and marine mammals. Fresh hope comes from the...
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Plastic bottle art recreates Van Gogh painting
Four million bottles in Taiwan depict The Starry Night
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Canadians invent mosquito trap
Greenlid comes along just as the world is looking for ways to stop the spread of the Zika virus, Radio-Canada's Philippe DeMontigny reports
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'PET Pirates' remove seven tonnes of rubbish from Hungarian lake
A decades-old clean-up competition has left Hungary's largest artificial lake nearly rubbish-free.
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These UWindsor researchers are working to develop a device to detect and treat brain cancer
Researchers at the University of Windsor are working to develop a device that would be able to detect and treat brain cancer. Lead researcher Simon Rondeau-Gagné told CBC News the goal is to create degradable electronic sensors that...
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Behind-the-scenes look at new aquarium sculpture exhibit made entirely of marine debris
Its goal is to highlight the impact of plastic pollution on our oceans, while empowering exhibit goers.
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Supporters and critics of Edmonton's single-use item bylaw weigh in on possibility of scrapping it
Should Edmonton scrap its single-use item bylaw? Calgary recently did, and now Edmontonians are wondering if it could happen here.
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be Well: What you should know before considering any Botox treatment
Here is information you should know before considering any Botox treatment.
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Food wrap made from faba beans? U of S researchers creating biodegradable replacement for plastic wrap
A new plant-based film made from faba beans has the potential to keep meat and food fresher and replace plastic wraps, according to researchers at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Alberta will officially be the last province with a paper health card
Manitoba set aside funding in its latest provincial budget to make the shift from paper to plastic, leaving Alberta as the lone outlier in Canada. However, the Alberta government says it’s considering an upgrade.
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Negotiators from 175 nations meet in Canada for fourth round of talks on UN plastic treaty
The latest round of UN negotiations on a treaty to control plastic production is underway in Canada.
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Why it’s so hard to end plastic pollution
Thousands of delegates are in Ottawa trying to hammer out an historic treaty to end plastic pollution, but the road to get there is littered with hurdles. CBC’s Susan Ormiston examines why it’s so hard to curb the problem and what it...
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Indonesia grapples with plastic waste crisis amid global UN plastic treaty talks
Indonesia is one of the world's top contributors of plastic waste, accounting for around 7.8 million tonnes of plastic waste each year.
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Summit on curbing global plastic waste begins in Ottawa
Negotiators from 176 countries have gathered in downtown Ottawa for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 years.
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175 nations meet in Canada for UN plastic treaty talks
Choking our planet. Why environmental activists are calling for a worldwide ban on all single-use items.
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Less than 10 per cent of the world's plastics are recycled — Ottawa wants to change that
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault tells Power & Politics about plans for Canada's new plastics registry, plus details of the UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Ottawa. The talks are aimed at coming up with an...