by APRA | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Trash Trapping Devices = Technology and innovations that help capture anthropogenic debris from aquatic ecosystems, while collecting data to quantitatively measure our impact Globally, the contamination of plastic waste in freshwater and marine ecosystems is...
by APRA | Feb 16, 2021 | Events
Past Event Recording Available Hosted by the University of Calgary’s One Health, on February 24th at 7pm – a conversation around the emergence of plastics as contaminants of concern. Dr. Leland Jackson (ACWA and UCalgary) and Tammy Schwass (Alberta...
by APRA | Jan 27, 2021 | All News & Events
The Alberta Plastics Recycling Association is now accepting proposals for the Alberta Plastics Data Project RFP. The deadline for submission is noon MT on February 10, 2021. Please submit questions and proposals to tammy [at] albertaplasticsrecycling.com Questions...
by APRA | Jan 21, 2021 | APRA News
Alberta Plastics Recycling Association Receives Zero Plastic Waste Funding from the Federal Government January 21, 2021 – The Alberta Plastics Recycling Association (APRA) is pleased to announce a new project to collect data on the generation of plastics within...
by APRA | Dec 28, 2020 | Industry News
Published in the Edmonton Journal, December 26, 2020 Recycling advocates say for Alberta to become a North American recycling hub, it needs to take plastics manufacturers to task on designing and directing where products go once they’ve been used. As part of its...
by APRA | Oct 26, 2020 | APRA News
On Saturday September 12, a round up was held for Red Deer Residents to recycle Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) (commonly known by Dow’s tradename as Styrofoam). The pilot collection event was a collaboration between NOVA Chemicals, Styro-Go, the Alberta Recycling...
by APRA | Oct 9, 2020 | Industry News
Alberta’s Farm Plastics Recycling Economy Continues to Grow From grain bags to plastic pellets to grain bags: that’s the circular vision of the many stakeholders behind the Alberta Ag-Plastic. Recycle It! program. The aim of the three-year pilot project is to...
by APRA | Oct 7, 2020 | Industry News
October 7 – Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the next steps in the Government of Canada’s plan to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030. The plan will protect wildlife and our waters, reduce greenhouse...
by APRA | Oct 7, 2020 | Industry News
The Strategy, announced on October 6, lists key priorities including advancing a plastics circular economy in the province. The Natural Gas Vision and Strategy is a key part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan and shares the actions Alberta’s government will take to grow the...
by APRA | Sep 22, 2020 | APRA News
September 16 – Published in the Edmonton Journal. Op-ed by Tammy Schwass Canadians have relied on the sanitary benefits of plastic during the coronavirus pandemic, with some reports showing upwards of a 250-per-cent increase in single-use plastic. As Albertans,...
