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While our global plastic problem should be a subject we discuss and address all year long, Earth Day is as good an excuse as any to explore new ways to deal with the roughly 300 million tons we consume globally every year—to which the beauty industry is a major contributor. Brands are finally coming up […]

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“How to clean up glitter: (1) Burn down your house. (2) Move. (3) The glitter followed you. There is no escape,” tweeted James Breakwell, a comedy writer and father of four. The hilariously accurate sentiment was likely felt by the backstage cleanup crews at Fall 2018 shows, such as Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, where makeup […]

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Earlier this year, CBC News revealed that here in Toronto, 26% of our recycling is contaminated (compared to say, 4.6% in Vancouver). A contaminated product–a jar that hasn’t been completely rinsed, for example–can deem an entire bag of recycling unusable, meaning despite good intentions, landfills are often the final destination. Sigh. This is even more problematic when […]

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Heading to Everlane.com has never given me anxiety before. In fact, it’s a website I browse (far too) often, frequently snapping up multiples of their soft tees, sweaters and no-fuss leather shoes. But when I innocently headed to the site today to look deeper at the brand’s new anti-plastic initiative, ReNew, a ticker on the […]

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Attention straw lovers: the reckoning is upon us. For years, we saw this moment inching closer. First, a video of a plastic straw being graphically removed from a sea turtle’s nose goes viral. Then, Adrien Grenier becomes the unlikely #StopSucking spokesperson and your neighbourhood cocktail bar starts serving soggy paper straws in your frozen margaritas. Now, […]

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Last week a pilot whale was found struggling to swim in a canal in Thailand. The animal was quickly surrounded by people who attempted to help, but the damage had already been done. There was 17 pounds of plastic choking its stomach. Five days later the whale died, having consumed over 80 plastic bags and other […]

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