Category: Circular Economy

Closing the loop for the most valuable materials

Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative installs ‘Capture’Technology with support from Nova Chemicals

September 16, 2020

The recently-launched Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative is tackling plastic pollution in the Great Lakes with the largest deployment of Seabin and LittaTrap™ technology in the world The Great Lakes Plastic…

Coalition launches Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup to address alarming pollution levels

August 27, 2020

New Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative aims to tackle the problem head-on through the largest deployment of Seabin and LittaTrap™ technology in the world TORONTO, Ontario – Today, the Council…

Volume of valuable materials from Ontario’s IC&I sector ending up in landfills is growing despite waste diversion efforts

August 26, 2020

Ontario Materials Marketplace pilot aims to develop and scale new reuse and recycling market opportunities for the IC&I sector TORONTO, Ontario – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region…

CGLR Program
Circular Great Lakes:
Forging a Future Without Waste

July 28, 2020

Learn more about the Circular Great Lakes program by visiting the dedicated website: https://www.circulargreatlakes.org/. Valuable materials are lost to landfills and the environment, especially plastics. In fact, it is estimated…

FALL 2020: Upcoming Virtual Dialogues to Address Water, Food Systems, Circular Economy & Energy

July 9, 2020

“Seek first to understand,” said Stephen Covey, in his groundbreaking work, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, “Then to be understood.” Some thirty years later, it’s still true, and the…