Fledgling social enterprise Rethaka sells backpacks for school kids that do a few things at once: Made from recycled plastic bags, they first of all address the plague of waste from that material. And ...

Your family might use plastic straws, water bottles, and bags for just a few minutes, but those items don’t disappear when they’re thrown out. Single-use items like these account for more than 40 ...

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Plastic bags are a big problem for the environment. But there are ways to recycle them. A program in Manitoba has been encouraging kids to collect used bags so they can be turned into useful items ...