Single-Use Bans & A Zero Waste Movement Leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, Vancouver made headway to reducing single-use items, with bans taking effect for foam cups and foam take-out containers as of January 1, 2020, and plastic straws and…
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At Fairware we’ve had plenty of interest in apparel with bamboo content. In addition to being easy to care for, soft and silky, bamboo fibers have been loudly touted as the newest and greatest in eco-apparel. But there are conflicting…
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British Columbia’s Mountain Pine Beetle infestation is the largest Canada has seen. By 2016 it’s estimated that 65% of the marketable pine wood in the B.C. interior will have died as a result of the outbreak. And 40% of the…
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