OTTAWA, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is pleased to welcome six new Partners in Q3 of 2022 who are uniting under the CPP’s.
Paul Shorthouse is one of Canada’s leading experts in the emerging circular economy, providing solutions and engaging leaders who are working at the intersection of business, public policy, economic development and sustainability. As managing director of Circular Economy Leadership Canada (CELC), Paul leads a network of organizations from all industries and sectors who are
How should we rethink and remake our economy? Happily, various people and organizations are starting to think about this. Last week there was a front-page article in this newspaper by Lindsay Kines about the work of Project Zero to create a circular economy, with supportive resolutions adopted by both Victoria and Nanaimo councils. A circular economy stands in contrast to our current linear take-make-waste economy, in which we obtain resources, process and use them, then send the waste away, out there somewhere. Think of disposable plastic bags or coffee cups, or any number of other disposable products, up to and including your car and house. There are two big problems with this model, and both relate to nature, and the way nature works.