1. Living with Less Plastic: Emily Chandler
“Over 90% of plastics ever produced have NOT been recycled”

2. Food & Shopping Produce bags Buy fresh bread Take your own Take Out
Shop Second hand
Least amount of packaging
Habits: No straw, no plastic cutlery
Buy in Bulk and Make Your Own
Look up what can be recycled (ex: pens)

3. Personal Care Toothbrushes, Dental floss Menstrual cups
Bar soap, powder laundry detergent
Plastic free cosmetics
Did you know some facial scrubs and other personal care products contain tiny plastic beads? Avoid anything with “polyethylene” listed as an ingredient

4. Top Ten Packaging Challenges for Recycling Facilities
Multi-Layered Laminates
Return to Retailer
Examples: Zipper and stand-up pouches/bags, foiled wrappers
Colored Opaque PET
Examples: Household and personal care bottles, energy drink bottles
Compostable Plastic
Examples: Takeout and single-serve containers, trays, cups, cutlery
*Clear is best as it’s easier to sort
Non-PET Clamshells
Black Plastic Containers
Examples: Bakery goods, electronics packaging
Full Shrink Wrap Label
Non-PET materials that end up in the PET bale are a contaminant. Also, labels, adhesive and inks that do not cleanly remove can further contaminate the PET material.
Examples: Full-wrap labels or sleeves on rigid bottles and some closures
Hot Beverage Polycoated Cups
Cardboard Tray with Plastic Film
Metalized Tubes
Examples: Beverage bottle and can cases, 12-count and higher
Examples: Toothpaste tubes, personal care products, prescription creams
Single-Serve Hot Beverage Pods

5. Producer Responsibility
Stewardship Ontario:
Federal Action?
Circular Economy
Electronics Product Stewardship Canada (EPSC) was founded in 2003. It is a not-for-profit, industry-led organization created to design, promote and implement sustainable solutions for the recycling of end-of-life electronics. Its membership is comprised of close to thirty leading electronics manufacturers.
Producer Responsibility

6. Sign of Progress A&W, Carrefour, etc Bag charge Cities:
Vancouver
Guelph
Bayfield
County of Oxford
Zero Waste stores
Waterloo
Bulk Barn
Gentle Rain
Sign of Progress

7. Underconsume .
Don’t fall for “Green Washing” (ex: compostable plastic)
Money Talks
Make it Public
Educate and enable your friends and colleagues
Politicians Listen (or, if not, make them)
Environmental Registry: Discussion paper on reducing litter and waste in our communities
Resources
Library
"How to Host a Greener Event" and "The Guide to Hosting Greener Events" 
Action
Shop at businesses that make it easier for you to reduce your use of plastic and tell them that’s why you’re there – ex: of White Terry, social media shout out

8. Inspiration on Instagram
@50shadesofgreentoronto
@stevieyaaaay
@upcyclelifestyle
@renee.elizabethpeters
@anitafromaustralia
Inspiration on Instagram