Dried beans and lentils instead of canned
Cans have a thin plastic lining. Dried beans, chickpeas and lentils avoid it, and cooked from dry they cost about 40% less per serving.
Families
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Eating canned soup for five days raised the BPA in people’s urine more than tenfold
Food and drink cans have a thin plastic lining. In a 2011 Harvard trial, people who ate one can of soup a day had…
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Wooden or steel utensils instead of black plastic ones
Black plastic spatulas and spoons can contain flame retardants from recycled electronics, and heat helps them move into food. Wood or stainless steel avoids…
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Heat ready meals on a plate, not in the black tray
Many ready meals, including some sold as healthy or high-protein, come in black plastic trays. Tip the food onto a plate or into a…
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Hot oil pulled flame retardants out of black plastic utensils
University of Birmingham researchers found that, on average, a fifth of the flame retardants in contaminated black plastic utensils moved into hot cooking oil.…
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Black plastic kitchenware and food trays can contain flame retardants from recycled electronics
A 2024 study found banned flame retardants from old electronics in black plastic utensils, food trays and toys. Its health risk estimate was later…
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Alberta bottle depots
More than 220 independently owned bottle depots refund 10 or 25 cents on each drink container.
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SARCAN drink container depots (Saskatchewan)
Return drink containers for a refund at SARCAN depots across Saskatchewan. They also take soft plastic packaging.
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Ocean Wise Shoreline Cleanup (Canada)
Join or lead a litter cleanup on a shore, river or lake anywhere in Canada. The counts you record feed a national record used…
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What we know about plastic and dogs
A short Beyond Plastics fact sheet on how dogs are exposed to plastic and its chemicals: chew toys, food and packaging, household dust and…