by John Mullinder | Jun 15, 2023 | Authors, Canada, New Zealand, plastic reusables, produce bags, Single-use bags
It seems like we will be debating the relative environmental impact of paper, plastic, and reusable shopping bags forever. But we still need something to transport those goods home somehow. I have been using reusable cloth bags to carry all my groceries for years now....
by John Mullinder | Feb 17, 2023 | Canada, Pulp&PaperCanada
I have just learned that I have been inducted into Pulp & Paper Canada’s Hall of Fame, alongside some really impressive people, David McDonald and Alain Lemaire. This is much appreciated, and a tribute to the work of many people who have worked through the paper...
by John Mullinder | Feb 5, 2023 | Canada, Deforestation, hydro-electric power, Indigenous rights,, Québec
Two Innu communities, one in Québec and one in Labrador, are suing Québec’s provincial crown corporation, Hydro-Québec, for over $6 billion, claiming that the reservoirs and transmission lines of hydro-electric development have flooded and destroyed part of their...
by John Mullinder | May 19, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Recovery Rates, Recycled Content, Waste Diversion
There is a strong political smell about the Ontario government’s recent exemption of newspaper publishers from certain Blue Box stewardship obligations. Difficult questions about the future of the province’s Blue Box program were bound to arise and to be aired by...
by John Mullinder | May 11, 2022 | Blue Box, Canada, Paper, Recovery Rates, Recycling Rates
At a time when Ontario’s Blue Box program is in a state of flux (recent changes to confusing regulations and a backroom deal excluding newspaper publishers from stewardship obligations), it’s probably pertinent to look at who’s performing and who’s not. Overall, the...