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Canadians Win By Joining Food Waste Action Weekhttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/fwaw-2023-english-media-release-final.pdf, Canadians Win By Joining Food Waste Action WeekCanadians Win By Joining Food Waste Action Week<div class="ExternalClass06A403B82A5B4A1BBD670B53EA86E691">With the cost of food soaring, the National Zero Waste Council and Love Food Hate Waste Canada are here to help people save money and time by reducing food waste during Food Waste Action Week, which runs from March 6 to 12.<br></div><br><br>2023-03-06T08:00:00Z
Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund recognized with 2023 Canada’s Clean50 Top Project Awardhttps://fcm.ca/en/news-media/news-release/gmf/federation-canadian-municipalities-green-municipal-fund-recognized-2023, Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund recognized with 2023 Canada’s Clean50 Top Project AwardFederation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund recognized with 2023 Canada’s Clean50 Top Project Award<div class="ExternalClass88205D13675D4AA0B4DE6E7C64AA5CB7"><p>Award recognizes Canadian Circular Cities and Regions Initiative: a partnership between GMF, National Zero Waste Council, the Recycling Council of Alberta and RECYC-QUÉBEC.<br></p> <br></div>2022-10-06T07:00:00Z
Wrap UK + Hellman's Canada Release New Study on Food Waste Behaviourshttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/20220929-IDAFLW-UKHellmans-MediaRelease.pdf, Wrap UK + Hellman's Canada Release New Study on Food Waste BehavioursWrap UK + Hellman's Canada Release New Study on Food Waste Behaviours<div class="ExternalClass418A786150804406936BF1E4DDBD9E8D"><p>This International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Hellmann’s and climate action NGO WRAP have released a new four market study on latest food waste behaviours.</p><br></div>2022-09-29T07:00:00Z
The Circular Economy is Growing in Canadian Cities and Regions https://canadiancircularcities.ca/p2p-network/Documents/CCRI2.0MediaRelease-EN.pdf, The Circular Economy is Growing in Canadian Cities and Regions The Circular Economy is Growing in Canadian Cities and Regions <div class="ExternalClass33F60089E17B4FF4801037E656DFE33A"><p> Fifteen communities across Canada completed an immersive year of circular economy knowledge sharing and action planning as part of the inaugural year of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) and now a new group of 10 communities will embark on a similar journey in the second year. </p></div>2022-07-20T07:00:00Z
Canada Plastics Pact Releases ‘2020 Baseline Report,’ Setting a Benchmark to Measure Future Efforts in Achieving a Circular Economy for Plasticshttps://plasticspact.ca/canada-plastics-pact-releases-2020-baseline-report-setting-a-benchmark-to-measure-future-efforts-in-achieving-a-circular-economy-for-plastics/, Canada Plastics Pact Releases ‘2020 Baseline Report,’ Setting a Benchmark to Measure Future Efforts in Achieving a Circular Economy for PlasticsCanada Plastics Pact Releases ‘2020 Baseline Report,’ Setting a Benchmark to Measure Future Efforts in Achieving a Circular Economy for Plastics<div class="ExternalClassDFF009758EBD4F86A8F7304353B8CE3A"><p>The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) today published its 2020 Baseline Report outlining the plastics packaging landscape the year prior to its launch. <br></p></div>2022-07-07T07:00:00Z
Love Food Hate Waste Canada Comes to Albertahttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/20220628-LFHWCanada-MediaReleaase-AlbertaAnnouncement.pdf, Love Food Hate Waste Canada Comes to AlbertaLove Food Hate Waste Canada Comes to Alberta<div class="ExternalClass5E0FB1161F83468EB50C368C150D2059"><p>Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) Canada is coming to Alberta, thanks to a new partnership with local and provincial organizations.​<br></p></div>2022-06-28T07:00:00Z
"Love Food Hate Waste” Message is Reaching Millions of Canadianshttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/2022-06-27-LFHWMessageReachingMillions.pdf, "Love Food Hate Waste” Message is Reaching Millions of Canadians"Love Food Hate Waste” Message is Reaching Millions of Canadians<div class="ExternalClassFB2DD62699684B809DB00E79B38A50E1">Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) Canada has reached millions of Canadians with its empowering food waste prevention messages.​<br></div><div class="ExternalClassFB2DD62699684B809DB00E79B38A50E1"> <br> </div>2022-06-27T07:00:00Z
Minister Bibeau announces Food Waste Reduction Challenge finalists for the Business Models Streamshttps://www.canada.ca/en/agriculture-agri-food/news/2022/06/minister-bibeau-announces-food-waste-reduction-challenge-finalists-for-the-business-models-streams.html, Minister Bibeau announces Food Waste Reduction Challenge finalists for the Business Models StreamsMinister Bibeau announces Food Waste Reduction Challenge finalists for the Business Models Streams<div class="ExternalClassC9081304494D4ADB97C978EC5DA0DACB"><p>Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced the 12 finalists of the Business Models Streams for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. <br></p> <br><br></div>2022-06-16T07:00:00Z
Preventing Food Waste at Home Can Help Tackle Climate Change https://lovefoodhatewaste.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/food-waste-action-week-press-release-en.pdf, Preventing Food Waste at Home Can Help Tackle Climate Change Preventing Food Waste at Home Can Help Tackle Climate Change <div class="ExternalClassDC2BBAF038D64587A4D74F237F5D1F8C">Canadians produce nearly 10 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year, simply by wasting perfectly edible food at home — however, there are plenty of simple actions everyone can take to help prevent unnecessary food waste.​<br></div><div class="ExternalClassDC2BBAF038D64587A4D74F237F5D1F8C"><br></div>2022-03-07T08:00:00Z
Canada Plastics Pact announces groundbreaking industry wide action plan to address plastic wastehttps://roadmap.plasticspact.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Press-Release-CPP-Roadmap-FINAL.pdf, Canada Plastics Pact announces groundbreaking industry wide action plan to address plastic wasteCanada Plastics Pact announces groundbreaking industry wide action plan to address plastic waste<div class="ExternalClassAD54821159374D88904B6B9BA8B2D0B3"><p>A new shared action plan will drive leading organizations across Canada as they build a circular economy for plastics packaging.<br></p></div>2021-10-21T07:00:00Z
Recycled Asphalt Pavement A Viable Option for Road Constructionhttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/20210923-MediaRelease-RAPtoolkit.pdf, Recycled Asphalt Pavement A Viable Option for Road ConstructionRecycled Asphalt Pavement A Viable Option for Road Construction<div class="ExternalClassC883C1F6177D4656B46123041704665C"><p>Boosting recycled asphalt content in road construction offers significant environmental benefits while maintaining structural integrity, according to a pilot project by the City of Richmond and Lafarge Canada, and supported by the National Zero Waste Council.<br></p></div>2021-09-23T07:00:00Z
Council partners with WRAP in ground-breaking behaviour change researchhttp://www.nzwc.ca/media/releases/MediaReleases/20210728-WalmartPressRelease.pdf, Walmart Press ReleaseCouncil partners with WRAP in ground-breaking behaviour change research<div class="ExternalClass95A2E44CEAA6476D8AB79D0B80E94334"><p>The Walmart Foundation has awarded a grant to WRAP, a leader in delivering behaviour change interventions, to develop new interventions to slash household food waste in the UK and Canada. National Zero Waste Council is happy to be the Canadian partner.<br></p></div>2021-07-28T07:00:00Z