Fé de Leon and Olga Speranskaya, from CELA and HEJSupport, give their view of how plastic waste and packaging could be better managed through extended producer responsibility and a toxic-free circular economy.
Tag: chemicals management
Transitioning the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Program to Full Extended Producer Responsibility
7 environmental NGOs submit their recommendations to the MOECP regarding hazardous waste.
Backgrounder – Canada and Turkey risk being dumping ground for plastic waste
Canada and Turkey risk being dumping ground for plastic waste - Compliance to Basel Convention amendments on plastics and “no consensus” under OECD Working Group key contributing factors
Lack of Progress on Chemicals of Mutual Concern of the GLWQA
John Jackson, Co-chair of the Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network, urges the Committee to address the issues that have lead to delays in implementing Annex 3 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, which deals with Chemicals of Mutual Concern.
The Growing Threat of PFAS, the Forever Chemicals
Two webinars focused on the growing threat of PFAS in the Great Lakes basin.
Great Lakes and Midwest Groups Comment on EPA Supplemental Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposal
27 Great Lakes and Midwest public interest groups have write to express their concern about an EPA's proposal that would allow the officials to choose which science to consider in forming policy.