“One word: Plastics.”
From the stone age to bronze to iron, we are now in the age of plastics. While there are plenty of good uses for these flexible, light-weight, cheap, and varied materials, there is a massive problem from their overuse.
Category: General
Making Periods Greener
Each year, the average menstruating person uses and disposes of 300-425 disposable pads and/or tampons and one silicone DivaCup can replace a year’s worth of disposable products per person.
Can Capitalism Evolve? I don’t know, but I know how you can help.
‘Business as usual’ is about to die. It may die violently, or it may evolve peacefully, but one way or another, it’s on its way out. The question for us all is, what are we going to do about it?
2020 Clean50 Summit Statement
Last Thursday, on October 3rd, 120 business, academic, and environmental leaders from across Canada, gathered in Toronto for the 9th annual Clean50 Summit, discussing a wide range of climate solutions. Climate Policy Discussions: About 20% of the Clean50…
Carbon Engineering is capturing carbon, and the world’s attention
It seems almost fantastical that there is a thing we know must be done in order to save the planet and we’re worried about it being a bit pricey, but that’s how things are. In recent year climate…
Dale Beugin Executive Director of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
There is an old joke that goes “What happens when you put 10 economists in a room?” And the punchline, such as it is, is that “You’ll get 11 opinions.” The problem with the joke is that those…
Jean Luc Lavergne: Building a Business Keeping Plastic Out of Landfills
It’s fair to say that Jean Luc Lavergne, the man behind the Lavergne Group, is both a force to be reckoned with, and a partner to recycle with. By devoting his knowledge, time and energy to proving that…
Mehrdad Mahoutian and Carbicrete: The Super-Powered Carbon-Negative Concrete Tech Start-Up Trying to Save the World
Like many great superhero origin stories, Montreal startup Carbicrete began with something of a happy lab accident. Mehrdad Mahoutian, then a PhD student (2011-2014) at McGill University, and some colleagues were working to to find a, literally, constructive…
Luna Yu and Genecis: Turning Food Waste into Compostable Plastics
At 25, Luna Yu, Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based biotech startup, Genecis, is something of a compostable plastics prodigy. Luna and her team have both a plan, and a business plan, to turn commercial food waste into compostable,…
Soledad Reeve Makes an Art Form of Leading BC’s Sustainable Procurement Practice
“Firstly, I don’t know who nominated me or why they thought I was worthy; but I hope I’ve won a Clean50 award for being a creative procurement professional,” Soledad Reeve says, “Creativity is what I bring to my…
