Vancouver to be first major Canadian city to ban plastic straws Melanie Woods VANCOUVER Published May 17, 2018 Updated May 18, 2018 Vancouver will become the first major Canadian city to ban plastic drinking straws, as it reduces its reliance on disposable single-use items that end up in...

Lauren Boothby / Burnaby Now May 11, 2018 05:00 AM As the weather warms and people feel the urge to purge and tidy up, Metro Vancouver is asking residents to dispose of their garbage properly during their spring cleaning. Illegal dumping can be a significant issue in the region, Burnaby...

Farms across B.C. are being used as illegal dumps by the construction industry, which is depositing poor-quality dirt and construction waste on land earmarked for agriculture, according to B.C.'s agriculture minister and the independent agency in charge of protecting provincial farmland. They...

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Vancouverites are good at recycling — just not when it comes to plastic bags Vancouver has one of the lowest rates of contaminated recycling in the country — but residents are still struggling to figure out where to put their plastic bags, according to the managing director of Recycling B.C....