Canadian recycling companies caught shipping illegal trash overseas - The Fifth Estate
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- Our Fifth Estate/Enquête investigation has found Canadian recycling companies are breaking the law by shipping illegal, unsorted household trash - hidden among approved recycling exports - to developing countries. But the federal government is keeping the list of names of those caught violating environmental and international laws secret from the public. In the last five years, at least 123 shipping containers have been returned to Canada for carrying unrecyclable trash.
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Production companies have far too much unnecessary packaging .. Every country should be responsible for their own RUBBISH and not sending it to poor countries.. Absolutely Disgraceful and disgusting
Production companies should taxed for their packaging. Therefore increasing the cost of the product, and deterring people not to buy it.
Big bags or box’s with mostly air inside.
@@user-ro7om1pw3c how dare you expose people to the truth and not let them live in their bubbles thinking that recycling is saving the planet 😂😂
Every country should be responsible for their own recycling needs instead of sending to landfields and overseas.
But we have a higher standard of living
@@keny5639 So we should be willing to keep solve our own issues & internally recycle no matter the cost to keep our higher standard of living. Rather than exporting our waste to make the standard of living for those less fortunate even worse & negatively effect their health/life even more.
@@NotAnotherKuromi you know what a pyramid looks like? there are those at the top, and those at the bottom. Just a fact of life.
we dont respect poor people in North america
@@keny5639 That's an extremely racist statement.
This is so embarrassing. Sorry, Nina, it's so not what I want as a Canadian. I'm disgusted with my government and the laws that protect the identity of the companies who are doing this. I live near Calgary and I wonder why I even bother recycling my garbage if some of it can end up in Indonesia or India. It's so frustrating, the world we live in now. We protect people who do bad things and we lie to good people. 😞 It's not right.
I used to run a small garbage hauling company in Calgary and I seen what happened to much of the "recycling". Let's just say I don't participate in the blue bin programs 🤔
I later sold my business when it started to grow too fast and I didn't feel like hauling garbage anymore. I now do a lot of secondhand sales and repair/clean/paint quality items for reuse to divert them from landfills and junk yards.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s devastating.
Some?? 90% of it. Only 10% is recycled in Canada.
Thank Thank ithank I love qi
Canadians apologize too much.
One of the best from Fifth Estate, it is a monumental shame that our government and country has become what it is today.
I still remember last 2014 Canada sent a big ship Of trash to Philippines labeled wrong and when the Philippines customs open it’s full of trash! And it takes millions to ship it back! Goodthing Former President Duterte is very tough and demanded to Prime Minister Trudeau to ship it back with out a cost,. 69 containers of Canadian trash were shipped back after 6 years (May 30,2019) and now Canada and other rich countries like U.S and Europe sent a lot of trash to Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and India! Canada should stop the recycling companies doing this!!!
Canada has a dirty disgusting history of lies
It's kind of hard to believe we can't come up with a better packaging solution than plastic
We absolutely can, but it won't be as profitable. Thus, we will stick with plastic regardless of its impact on our future as species.
We have, glass containers... but too many idiots smash them on streets & we end up with "Crystalline Silica Dust" blowing in the wind causing SILICOSIS....
@@bikinglikebecker no mate that's not correct.
@@kiwibob223 What isn't correct, that Crystalline Silica Dust causes Silicosis?? We ALSO use "Crushed Glass" to mark the car lanes reflective lines.
Streetcars pour sand under their wheels to stop faster literally forming Crystalline Silica Dust on the spot from the heat due to friction.... ~50 000 people in almost every populated nation die from this every year.. Meanwhile Air Pollution is killing millions every year keeping pace with World War 2. More have died from Air Pollution in the past 50 years than ALL WAR throughout the History of Humans!!!
From a production perspective, its a miracle material. Very easy to form, cheap, robust, sterile, doesn't decay, infinite shelf life. The same things that make it great are also the things that make it an environmental disaster. Even if we found a similar material, it would likely have the same negative impacts on the environment. I think we should start by banning it for all non-food products.
This is real journalism. Absolutely fearless, no sugar coating just hard facts.
As a Canadian I’m ashamed to see this report, but proud of you Fifth Estate for bringing us the reality.
Disgusting. And the government doesn't even want to do anything about it.
I'm so ashamed. I'm Canadian and I recycle what can be.sew my own shopping bags..government is lying to us..Ridiculous
It gives 3rd World people's jobs, its not financially possible to actually recycle in the west. In some countries children pray there is a job opening at the local waste grounds , like in Ethiopia , it goes the same for retired ship scrapping.
@@deborahstone1296 its corporations that are doing this Deb. find out who sent the containers there and it wont of been Govt, it was industry avoiding their obligations.
WOW, that man scaled the tower to expose those companies but as soon as he got a sit at the table all that went out the window lol, what a shocker 😲.
Sneaky trudy! bought him. Better than dealing with him!
@@hbahoo definitely what it is lol.
How much do you want to bet that he has board of director seats lined up for when he retires from politics?
@@Dstinct and don't forget bribery. the obstruction stalls them long enough for the backroom to find their price.
@@helenmcintyre5733 not a penny as I'd lose it.
Simple: make exporting waste illegal. Make municipalities responsible for processing all waste.
Municipalities can't afford it. Do you really want higher taxes? Modern liberal policies are killing Canada already.
@@Linescrew1Canada Yes I'd love to pay the extra $5 per month.
@@djayjp Try again. Modern neo-liberal policies aren't a five dollar proposition. So don't try those lies here.
@@Linescrew1Canada Lol $5/mo is like $100 million annually for, eg, all of Metro Vancouver. Who is lying now?
@@Linescrew1Canada can’t do math uh?
We need leadership that does what is best for the people...not their handlers.
Here's the catch. As time goes by, corporations are considered "people" and regular citizens are considered a nuisance.
It gives 3rd World people's jobs, its not financially possible to actually recycle in the west. In some countries children pray there is a job opening at the local waste grounds , like in Ethiopia , it goes the same for retired ship scrapping.
Shame on the minister of environment Canada, He is supposed to be on the forefront fighting such habit, but ,once His stomach full He forgot Role. The same way He scaled the tower to expose, He should be investigated.
He is a sniveling loser. He is a hypocrite and an actual obstructionist to real environmental reforms. He was even worse as minister of culture. If he had any virtue ever, it has long been sold off.
I really doubt he has forgotten about it. The man risked his life and career for his beliefs. There's a lot of reluctance in the industry to change this habit since its costly for them and the minister can only do so much without strong political backing from many MPs. Change is slow unfortunately unless theres room for profit. We need to keep pressuring local representatives and the MP to make the changes
He is such a joke and he should take a time machine and erase what he did on the CN tower.
Not much he can do. Government has been bought and sold for decades and decades.
I must admit, I had that same thought. But, give him some credit. He WILL be trying to help!!! 👍
Just finished watching the program. He was so full of horsexxxx it was coming out his ears. And as the Environment minister he votes against a private members bill to halt this practice! So disappointing!
He is sucking on the teat. Sold out his previous belief system for the cabin on the lake.
Translation: He wouldn't dare oppose Justin's party line.
As a Canadian that does recycle I'm so disgusted in our government for letting this happen I'm so sorry Indonesia
Isso ai eh o Brasil pobre,,,vergonha😆😆😆😆😆😆
Oh poor you, thinking that recycling is some sort of magical thing that you're led to believe will solve the environmental crisis we live in....
It gives 3rd World people's jobs, its not financially possible to actually recycle in the west. In some countries children pray there is a job opening at the local waste grounds , like in Ethiopia , it goes the same for retired ship scrapping.
Canada also tried to ship these trash to my country the Philippines but our beloved former President Rodrigo Duterte ordered to immediately dump the rubbish back to Canada. What a shame!
I love Canada but please try to stop recycling companies sending trash to Asia!!! Seriously!Stop sending oversease! I still remember you sent a big ship Of trash to Philippines labeled wrong and when the Philippines customs open it’s full of trash! And it takes millions to ship it back! Goodthing Former President Duterte is tough and demanded to Prime Minister Trudeau to ship it back with out a cost,. 69 containers of Canadian trash were shipped back after 6 years (May 30,2019) and now Canada and other rich countries like U.S and Europe sent a lot of trash to Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and India! Please stop doing this!!!
every person who has ever recieved a fine for not seperating their recyclables should be starting a class action lawsuit
When you visit Canada you discover a paradise and beautiful country, but when Canada goes to your country then It takes your resources like minerals and leaves its trash. It's happening in my country Argentina in the minery.
In México too
@@elenagonzalez8652 😂🤣😂🤣
Is it Rio Tinto? Canada/ Uk/Australia mining company?
I feel so sad for all those outside my country Canada are suffering, as well the wildlife. I assure you there is a lot of trash in Canada too. I see it in our forests, rivers, oceans. It is everywhere. It would help a lot if these companies stopped selling products in excessive packaging. I also wanted to point out other truths about my country, that some people here dump their garbage outside on the side of the road, in the oceans, and forests. This is illegal and those caught can receive a fine. But it is a big joke to them because no one gets caught. It angers me that people are so careless like that. Sadly our Prime Minister and authorities are pathetic when it comes to this. I am so sorry for all the people who suffer terribly in these other countries. Truly it breaks my heart. 😢But exposing the truth alone isn't enough. I question today why factories and corporations today still produce plastic and other garbage when clearly we have enough to recycle what we have here now.
@@You_can_kiss_my_little_ass Your last part..it's cheaper. Look into what happens to Amazon inventory, high end fashion inventory - it gets burned and trashed because it is cheaper and won't "devalue" a product. Notice we don't get lectured about how much we consume? We are encouraged to be this way.
This has been going on for years and years, the government of Canada actually helped and supported the recycling and shipments by allowing tax incentives and grants to the recycling industry and knows everything that has and is still happening, going green in Canada is a idea that has grown past our scope of understanding the detrimental damage incurred at the cost of other country's expense.
I am disgusted as a Canadian that we would send our recycling to another country, making it their problem. These women get paid so little to sort through our garbage, and the impact on their environment for their children and themselves is so appalling. Absolutely disgraceful and shameful!
No one cares about disgust, outrage, or you venting on CZcams. If you REALLY care and aren't just virtue signaling for likes, then DO something.
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 wow funny you singled my comment out to come back on. Put it on the main page, where others feel the same as I do. Not sure if your able to read but apparently a lot of us are shocked, sounds like your venting, more like attacking one person. I can comment and so can others, it’s called freedom of speech. Vent to the government, do something about it! Rude and very disrespectful with your comment. Read before you post and send hate someone’s way. We have enough hate in the world today. Who posts for likes, I don’t care if I get likes or not. It doesn’t matter to me either way, I post what I feel like everyone else but I’m respectful always
@@blondies7746 I didn't say you couldn't comment.... But just like you *I* also have freedom of speech and can reply.
@@blondies7746 criticism isn't hate. That's the soft world we live in, just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean it's because of hate, and it's not an "attack". Smh
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 lol that’s all I have to say to your comment. You sound very bitter and heated are you having a bad day and taking it out on others. Get a life! Your wasting time here instead of “doing something about it”. Let us all know when you do. Muted I don’t have time for you.
One of the easiest ways out of this is reducing consumerism. Buy less, repair, reuse and then recycle.
It is the most critical step in the solution.
That will never happen.
I would go further and say it is the only solution in the long term but it is juxtaposed to "growing the economy and the middle class" .
You hit that nail on the head. Much more emphasis put on (R)ecycle than (R)educe/(R)euse.
I was watching these old historical videos and also my parents said that meat was packaged in paper. People bought fruits and vegetables from the open air market and there was no packaging. Its because people want convenience and greedy companies keep making things that seem easier for us. But we end up harming our health and the environment. As consumers we have the power to turn this around and set our standards and expectations.
I agree we have to take responsibility for our own actions. Stop passing the buck to corporations or the government to be our mommies and clean up our mess for us. Don't buy products packaged in plastic. But we might have to go further, we might need to find ways to protest like dumping excess packaging in the grocery store instead of taking it home with us.
Paper lined in a wax…I remember..and chocolate bars were packed in waxed paper and foil..the recipes were protected when people still cared.
Yeah, I have never had a problem with butcher paper for meat, and wax lined paper containers. It's easy to burn and easy to compost. There are also plenty of plants useable for packaging materials.
Plastic is lazy and terrible, it should have limited uses, not be the defacto standard.
Our Philippine President was so mad when he learned about a container of trash, shipped to our country. I believe in my heart that the people of this country I call second home has nothing to do with that. It could be a fact that even them are not aware of this. I just hope the government will do something about it 😔
Well, more than a hundred countries signed the bill, but not Canada & the Minister of Environment is constantly dodging the questions, embarrassed except now he's in the "high chair" he must submit to hypocritical Trudeau our FAKE GREEN little man!
I remember it being on the news. It was a battle for awhile to get Canada to take back the shipping containers full of trash.
Why do you believe the people have nothing to do with that when the plastic in the container was bought & collected by those very people?!
Or do you mean more you belive individuals aren't bad but the companies misleading & not paying more money to recycle themselves?
Colonist mindset of superiority still exists strongly in Canadian culture, business, and politics.
Africans, asians, aboriginals all invaded and conquered each other as well
Slavery was a fundamental part of african & Asian history before europe or America even existed.
Today there are no slaves in Canada, USA, nor Europe.
There are however more slaves today than any other historical point in human history. Theyre all in Asia, Africa, Middle east, South Ameria.. Basically everywhere except where the people you call colonizers live.
Hilarious irony
And the worst part, Canada charge us so much for plastic, bottles etc for recycling fees and then we see this.
Are you frickin' kidding me!!! This is completely unacceptable. It also has to have a $cost involved. No wonder I pay a recycling fee on my purchases yet cannot have that refunded to me for my efforts to recycle. We don't need someone else's garbage and I'm pretty sure no one else has a need for ours!
That Minister of the Environment should resign!
Been doing a deep dive into this issue the last couple of weeks. Have reused, repurposed & recycled all of my life. We buy as little in plastic as possible.
On March 30th, the recycling association announced we could NO LONGER RECYCLE ANY PLASTICS.....because there was no market for selling it. An entire community has been told to just throw all the plastic in the garbage from now on!! 🤢 This just makes me ill!!
So we are researching how we can start a grass roots organization, starting at a household level, to deal with the issue. We have found a couple of small solutions for #2-#5 plastics, but PET/PETE #1 plastics seem to have no recycling application outside of commercial fabric use and make up a significant portion of local plastics.
We will start encouraging people to avoid #1 plastics as much as possible, start a lobby campaign aimed at manufacturers (we are joining with several other communities in the same boat) and seek local solutions to local problems....
Not a short-term project!!
Wow! Unacceptable behaviour on the part of our government. Thank you Fifth Estate, another great piece of important investigative journalism!
The solution is simple. Use the company logo on the waste product and sue the product mfr for damages. If the laws in your country do not allow for this, change the law. A fine of $100 per gram of identifiable waste exported into a country that does not already offer that product at retail would be a great start. Those companies being hit with these fines from International victims would go after the recyclers and crush them. I can see how US law might protect some companies because of a lack of Nexus, But perhaps the laws could be enforced through the International court of human rights. If this could be done non biodegradable packaging would disappear in 3 years. Or at least companies would leave their logo off the product.
Cleaning up our garbage at $3/day. DISGUSTED!
Yeah... Terrible.
Same.
No kidding right
So sad. Thank you for this excellent video. We all need to be more careful with how much waste we generate. I did not know our waste is continuing to be dumped in other countries....and has been going on for some time. I am so sorry for Canada's role in this. We all, as individuals need to do our part...including being aware of how our decisions and actions contribute. As far as the broad stroke decisions.. It is probably going to come down to 'follow the money...and who has all the power with it'....including the reason why there is lack of transparency and political action.
we do.businesses and our elected officials are at fault.your right it's money
I cant even finish watching this,it makes me angry and sad. We need to take care of our MOTHER EARTH.
Don't recycle. Use less. But mainly don't recycle nothing. Use local land fill
Imagine what gets burned and buried at “home”…I have a horror story about toxic waste dumping.
I remember before plastic everything was in glass. The complaint that promoted plastic was that glass was too difficult to reuse plastic was easier, what a lie.
Hello! You have such a nice profile picture, I couldn’t resist messaging you.
The state should force Canada to new state policies and practices. This is disgusting.
Canada should have a policy to make entertainers and sports teams dispose of their own waste. Stop serving food and beverages at concerts and other events, make musicians accountable for their filth and habit destruction. Or slap huge fines on them. RAISE THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES, PER EACH CANADIAN MUSICIANS TO 400 THOUSAND PER SHOW. COME ON Canada, start with the BIGGEST AND MOST IRRESPONSIBLE.
@@missnellafulDo live shows and games have that much of impact?? Or does it look like this?
CANADA is a JOKE.
@@missnellaful Another Canadian convinced that the boot is the answer.
Stomp stomp stomp. That will get people compliant. Look at yourselves. Polite brown shirts.
@@missnellaful It isn't the sports team or the musicians that are responsible, it's the stadium management you should target.
Wow ! This world needs more people like Nina !!! What an incredible girl ! THANK YOU NINA !!!!
An absolute disgrace
Thank you for keeping Canada honest! 👏
😂
It's ironic that the recycling company, RICOVA, has RICO in its name. Can you say Tony Soprano? It's no wonder the politicians don't want to name names.
Great reporting, I knew about the issue but didn't know it was quite this bad; truly shocking.
We separate our trash as required and our municipalities let us down
32:48 Billion dollar / multi-national companies only get $9,000 in fines for 123 containers of garbage being sent back, it probably cost 10x that to get the containers back into Canada
Good for the CBC for allowing comments.
Shameful 😡😡😡 Come on Canada 🇨🇦 This is absolutely wrong!!!
It gives 3rd World people's jobs, its not financially possible to actually recycle in the west. In some countries children pray there is a job opening at the local waste grounds , like in Ethiopia , it goes the same for retired ship scrapping. .. Do u want 3rd World children to starve??
Even the “green waste” should be done in their own country ! No more waste exports !
We should stop using so many plastics and go back to how we used to buy products. We do not need individually wrapped apples in another plastic package.
This is one of the ways humanity will destroy itself.
The clothing everyone buys for themselves and their kids are made of plastic. We wear Plastic clothing from China.
Am surprised, this is so disgusting....why do something like this really? My perception about Canada has been changing gradually...
yeah, canada’s government kinda sucks even when I am saying this as a canadian
Now we have plastic even in our blood
Yup. I think mother nature created plastic so it could wipe humans off the earth.
There were documentaries before and around the time when China banned unsorted and unrecyclable waste to be imported. Since then for all those years, it is sad to see that instead of processing them properly for 3rd-party vendors or recycling garbage locally and the black sheeps in recycling business simply find other dumping grounds with loop holes. It is lucrative business; those companies do not only charge local residents and organizations for recycling fees but also sell the waste overseas for considerable amount, easy money from both ends.
Trash remains a racketeers playground.
finally! thank you FIFTH ESTATE for covering this issue. i am a Filipino and was one of many Filipinos who cheered when our president (DUTERTE, Philippines), announced on national television that he would send back Canada's trash. That was one of biggest issue and we are happy that those tons of trash were indeed send back to Canada. it's just sad that other less fortunate southeast asian countries would have to receive those. Canada should take approriate action and responsibility
Incredible journalism. Thank you for your diligence and follow-up with everyone involved.
Investigative journalism at it’s finest. Thank you for exposing this. We obviously are not the beacons of environmental consciousness that we signal ourselves to be.
Who are the individuals who own these recycling companies? Bring them to Justice.
This is not new! This is still happening?
Thank you for reporting on this.. We are being taxed for our recycling to go up India, the people are getting sick . DISGUSTING..there's a better way .. this isn't it .🙏
Illicit the COUNTRIES Canada is "trashing" to write laws. For mercy sake!
@@user-ro7om1pw3c Aren't you smart enough to create a new comment, or do you have to copy-n-paste the same thing over and over?
@@user-ro7om1pw3c There's no need to post the same reply over and over. People who read the comments got the message the first time.
Steven needs to have the same energy as he had when he scaled Toronto’s CN Tower in 2001, and made headlines for Greenpeace. He barley answered any questions and came across as a hypocrite to me to be honest.
He is bought now... say good bye to your soul and Hello comfy leather chairs.
Well, more than a hundred countries signed the bill, but not Canada & the Minister of Environment is constantly dodging the questions, embarrassed except now he's in the "high chair" he must submit to hypocritical Trudeau our FAKE GREEN little man! Never would I vote for these fake Liberals!
Buddy is a joke
This is not new sadly. I have seen the many news stories as well documentaries about this years ago. Bottom line, if nothing changes, nothing changes except for these other countries who are suffering more every day. I'm so sorry for all those who are suffering outside my country Canada. None of you deserve it, and I am ashamed of our government and the whole system. But news reports, complaining, and such isn't enough. Action is required, but the question is who is going to act? Because this will keep going on forever until other nations and environments are destroyed. I feel like news exposing truths is not enough, but thank you for exposing the truth in our country to the world.
Well, more than a hundred countries signed the bill, but not Canada & the Minister of Environment is constantly dodging the questions, embarrassed except now he's in the "high chair" he must submit to hypocritical Trudeau our FAKE GREEN little man! Never would I vote for these folks!
DISGUSTING, SHAME. GOVERMENT
Thank you for let us know the real situation. Thanks
Recycling is just organizing your garbage
😂 Facts
Well said
It's funny because it's true. This world will bounce back....with or without us.
It gives 3rd World people's jobs, its not financially possible to actually recycle in the west. In some countries children pray there is a job opening at the local waste grounds , like in Ethiopia , it goes the same for retired ship scrapping.
The
phillippines sent the garbage back to Canada. Good for them.
Idk why but I always thought Canada was one of the more environmentally responsible countries
Thank you Gillian Findlay for the harsh questions, really amazing.
There's no such thing as recycling ♻ in CANADA.
How about reuse some or most of the repairable products?
Make repairs services & parts and resale of used equipment non taxable to encourage repairing instead of disposal.
As a Canadian, I am embarrassed and very sorry! These practices have been happening for decades and needs to stop!
Someone needs to make a chain of stores that has no plastic and only use things that are actually recyclable
Look for yours👍#flosspot
Let me just add this to the "stupid ideas that completely ignore logistics" list.
There will always be the "that's impossible so forget it and I'm so smart and see you later I need to go buy a bunch of plastic lawn furniture at Costco now" person but ignoring that there are 2 packaging free grocery delivery companies here in Vancouver that pack everything in no packaging, paper bags, glass bottles or glass jars. And if you go for the jars you have to pay a deposit that you get back when you return them. No fake recycling, everything is either reused or composted. It is possible is all I'm saying.
I just want to say to Nina from Indonesia:”On behalf of all Canadians Who Recycle and Care about the environment and to the future of our children we Are Sorry And Apologize for the Ignorance of Those Who Shipped and that Keeps Shipping Our Garbage To You and Your Country”
To nina only?
I have had to deal with them huge cubes. It’s nuts what’s inside of them . I was a cardboard box 📦 recycling . At a place in Toronto.
Translated,.A doos. Look it up . A vulgar expression in Afrikaans for a stupid person. a dimwit, a c....t in English.
The dodging by Canada's Trudeau government is excruciatingly embarrassing to watch.The reshaping of language usage regarding sexual identity, i.e.appropriate pronouns for a host of newly identified biological sexes apparently is of far greater importance. Bloody shambles.Vote them out & let a new government prosecute these environmental terrorists masquerading as recycling agents for monetary gain.
i was health and safety team leader for Walmart . Because employee's received the money from recycling, on there share profits once a year, i focused heavily and was an advocate for recycling instore. When i started the H&S team I was told with every other layer of cardboard plastic was acceptable in the bails for recycling . NOW I am ashamed I worked so hard to recycle and still do in my home but after watching this i believe the answere is to STOP USING And BUYING PLASTIC ! Glass worked fine for hundreds of years glass and cardboard should be the ONLY acceptable items used and recycled IN CANADA.
We are all responsible for this waste, we should try to use less packaging and reduce any waste, not just relying on recycling. Also, both the sending/receiving governments are responsible for this happening.
Buy REFILLABLES
I agree.
Let's not forget the manufacturers role in this and the lack of regulation on packaging.
We rarely hear anything about rules for packaging, it shouldn't be completely up to the consumer to find products with less plastic packaging.
I feel like this glaringly missing from the conversation because governments protect big business.
The only reason bread is in plastic bags is because it's cheaper on their end.
A landfill is where garbage shud go duh stop recycling its stupid
All I can see in my Mind is the Days of Noah where God has finally had enough of Humans Destroying what he created and the way He caused the big flood and the way he brought down Sodom and Gomorrah because of their Life Style and destruction. HIS wrath is coming to all of us for being such Gluttons
In Korea there is a deposit on plastic bags at grocery stores and drinking cups at all restaurants.
There are recycling numbers which should be more visible as mostly transparent. If the recycling is divided by numbers does it make it easier to recycle?
I so agree hundred percent
No. It all goes to a plant gets dumped in piles. The top . 10% is recycled and the rest is shipped overseas or thrown into landfills. Stop recycling
The philippine goverment found out containers full waste from Canada so Pres. Duterte ask for the return of those containers
Meanwhile, his country continues to dump millions of tons of garbage directly into the oceans.
can we all agree that the government dont have people in thier minds
What I don't understand is that at 21:04 the inspector found low levels of oxygen in a container labelled as paper, but that's exactly what you'd find in a container full of paper because paper decomposes quickly. Plastic contamination would happen too slowly to affect oxygen levels.
Increase the fines & expose under law who is responsible. Disgraceful sending garbage over seas should not be allowed. The companies should be providing the correct packaging that is highly recyclable.
I'm Canadian and totally disgust is all I can feel..Ridiculous
It is a crime to have people in these countries going through our trash
you can see her get happy and then get sad, this is bad that we oppress other ppl with our trash
This is why I don't recycle anymore except by using re-usables
Amen. Fake recycling is killing Canada.
Just wait for a deluge of lithium Batts from e-cars....
Electronic cars Vapes cell phones laptops commercial battery backups etc. It's already there but when the cars get to polluting there's going to be nothing like it.
@@randykitchleburger2780 a world of hurt coming right up...no way out of mess being created at warp speed ...along with the geo-engineering of climate , we are doomed...been watching Dane Wigingtin on you-tube re geo-engineering watch....
1 take away I get from this is, sorting facility employees arent doing their job
*2nd take away is the Canadian government the past 6 years proves to be nothing less than criminal. Theres too much to even reference... how bad is that??.
Getting rid of plastics is one thing but dumping it in someone else’s area , is horrible
in 1984 i went to a farm with a half gallon glass jar that i used many times and got milk fresh from a bulk tank, now it have to get milk from a store in a plastic jug. the milk comes from a factory dairy with 10,000 cows that never eat a fresh green plant or get sun on their back.
I heard about this happening a few years ago, apparently the gov't covered it up.
yes, cause next to plastic and paper there is mineral ressources recycling
Even if the system were working perfectly, recycling should still be a last resort for junk you absolutely can't avoid in the first place or repurpose as-is. The 3R's, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, are in that order for a reason.
Having said that, shifting consumer behavior will take time, and we don't need to keep shipping trash to other countries during that time.
Blaming the government isn't gonna fix the issue at all. We have to make contributions to our daily lifestyle. Use recycle bags when purchasing groceries like fruits and vegetables. Buying the product that is packaged by recycling material as best as you can. TBH, we should all take on some responsibilities every day.
That's what forces the manufacturers hands. The customer dictates the market
Your right but when only 9% of recycle is recycled it kinda makes it a waste of time.
I agree! Quit buying the items that are packaged this way. We have seen our mom & pop stores locally change their ways, why can't the big box stores & manufacturers?
I live in a rural area in a community of 1800. Our local butcher has gone back to wrapping meat in paper! The local bakery has announced it will be changing how it packages baked goods at point of sale. Our local mom & pop grocery no longer supplies bags (bring you reusable, we all have them) and has made a commitment to changing suppliers to get away from plastic packaging. I now shop at these stores and forego the grocery store that refuses to make changes. Others locally are doing the same.....
We join Indonesia's young environmental activist Nina and the Philippines's EcoWaste Coalition in calling for the end of #wastecolonialism and illegal waste trade!
#PlasticPollution #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste
The triangle identifies the plastic type and not recyclability- look it up
True. Which is why we, as purchasers of the products need to educate yourself on what those triangles mean. We then need to use our dollar wisely and not buy non-recycleable plastics (#1 PET/PETE are a huge problem and extremely common). We need to use our voice to demand better from manufacturers and we need to use our vote (locally, provincially & federally) to demand change.
Gillian, your work as a journalist was excellent in this episode. Thank you for not backing down on the so-called Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault. He should stop the perks he gets by ignoring this and do his job!
Sickening, ABSOLUTELY sickening.
Wow! I had no idea. This is unacceptable! It is unconscionable that we take advantage of less developed countries.
Our family has “ recycled “ diligently for many years. We are doing our part as best we can. To hear that less than ten percent of plastic is being recycled is a kick in the teeth.
Knew it! Ironic, I was asking my roomate the other day if the amount we recycle actually gets recycled. I cant say im surprised.
Another real sad reason that we need to change this pathetic government. Thank you Ninna.
And you think the conservatives will have a better, recycle / climate, plan?
I work in retail. There is so much plastic in the goods we receive from Bangladesh . It's not just Canadian problem. It's world wide. However paying for plastic water bottles should be illegal. I went on picnics in the 70s and didn't die of thirst.
Wow, 9000 dollars in fines that probably covered the price of having one of the 123 containers shipped back to Canada and taxpayers paying the rest and all those containers still ending up in our landfills.
When I was a kid, groceries came in card board box’s or paper bags that the groceries came from the distributor in. This was already recycling, but was not good enough as it paper came from trees. Now we’re cutting down forest’s to burn making green electricity. How funny.
We live in a time of great deception …
We BEEN living in ...
The lack of transparence on fines from a government agency is absolutely abhorrent
Thank You for this documentary
This is old news, but glad it is getting the proper attention finally.
As a Canadian, I am ashamed.
1/3 get inspected, but how many of those are stopped from being exported?
As a Canadian, I find this an unacceptable embarrassment!
I always try and recycle as much as possible. I hate seeing stuff like this. We have to clean up our act and soon.
Fake recycling is bad for the environment. Just burn your trash and you're probably better off, relatively speaking.
I stopped recycling 10 years ago. It's evil