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Tag: toxic substances
Acting on Plastic Waste and Packaging – What All Levels of Government Should Consider First
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.
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
Preliminary Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Fé de Leon, CELA researcher has prepared an analysis of recently proposed amendments to the Occupation Health and Safety Act contained in schedule 13 of Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020.
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.