Coast Range Cannabis, owned by Comox residents Sheila and Chris Rivers, began operations at 221C Church Street, next to Church Street Bakery and Church Street Taphouse.   According to Sheila Rivers, the store will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., seven days a week.   “We realize our clients lead busy lives, so we want to ensure we are available to serve them at their convenience.”   The completely renovated, architecturally-designed interior of Coast Range Cannabis is bright and modern and stocked with a wide variety of cannabis products, including dried flowers, oils, capsules, and sprays.   The store is focused on the smaller licenced producers of British Columbia.   “As a boutique store, we can stock an excellent selection of B.C. craft cannabis, including farms from the Okanagan and Whistler. As Vancouver Island craft cannabis comes available, you can be sure to find it at Coast Range.”   The store is focused on providing the highest quality product from the most reliable growers. This extends to the budget-conscious consumer.   “We feel our customers are going to be very happy when they see the large variety of products we offer here,” said Rivers.   As a locally owned business, Coast Range Cannabis is looking forward to becoming highly involved in the community.   “We plan to have charity proceed days where a portion of sales go directly to a local charity or non-profit,” added Chris Rivers. “Additionally, we are the only retail cannabis store in the Comox Valley to offer the Tweed X TerraCycle program. Since 2018 this initiative has collected over 1 million pieces of cannabis packaging for recycling. We want everyone to drop by the store and recycle their cannabis packaging – whether purchased from Coast Range or not.”

These last weeks, I tested the new products of the brand Landish. It's a Montreal company to discover!  

Landish products

  The brand specializes in protein products with bars and drink powder. Made from great foods, the products contain crickets, mushrooms or algae such as spirulina. Bars come in 6 flavors and powders in 5 varieties.       The bars are low in sugar, no gluten, no nuts or peanuts. The powders are without added sugar and that's cool! The products are made from healthy ingredients and provide the perfect dose of protein to start the day or to have energy during a physical activity.   In addition, the company is committed to the environment! She has teamed up with TerraCycle to recycle its packaging, I find it really cool! All businesses should do the same thing. And she also plants a tree for every order made online and in Quebec. Serious, these are really great initiatives!  

My opinion on the products

  For starters, I really like the design and shape of the bars. They are thin and very compact, it does not take up space in a bag or pocket. Then the tastes are great: spirulina and chocolate, spirulina and vanilla / coconut, mushroom reishi chocolate / espresso or crickets and apples / cinnamon powder. The flavors are original and the tastes are pleasant. I really liked the flavors of these bars.       I ate them on a hike, before and after workout and in the morning before going to work. And honestly, the bars are so compact and supportive that each gave me 2 snacks! This is the kind of bar I take on a trip, perfect for filling hunger when we have not had time to eat. They fit well in the backpack.       I liked the protein powder. It's not the kind of product I consume, so I do not have a comparison. But I liked tested with almond milk and a banana. My smoothie was delicious and especially perfect to hold all morning! I really appreciate this product, it is a beautiful discovery. Again, good ingredients good for us, I like that!   If you are a consumer of this kind of products, this new Montreal brand is to be discovered and adopted! Beautiful products and beautiful values, it does not take more to be addicted.

Orange Coco zero-waste grocery store in Granby offers a second life to the packaging of treats that will multiply, Halloween requires. The place will be one of the drop-off points where it will be possible to deposit empty packaging for recycling.   "Every little bit counts. Starting this initiative, it may be a big wave, "says Catherine Girard, one of the two co-owners of the Empire Street trade.   His partner, Isabelle Guilmain, recently saw a publication on the social networks of the founders of the project Effect PH. They have partnered with various companies and institutions, mainly from the Eastern Townships, to collect Halloween chocolate and candy packaging. Ms. Guilmain says she liked the idea so much that she contacted them so that Orange Coco was also a base.   Ecocentres in Granby and Waterloo are also included in the list of places where it will be possible to deposit these packages. All of this will be entrusted to the company Terracycle, which specializes in upgrading waste that is difficult to recycle, according to Effect PH, which defines itself as "a medium of inspiration and education for people wishing to make a change in their way of life. consumption, wanting to have a positive impact on the environment and wishing to live a satisfying life ".   Orange Coco has invited its customers on its Facebook page to drop its candy packaging in the tray it will install for this purpose until mid-November. And the news has sparked enthusiasm. It has been shared nearly 200 times. The two associates also passed the message to the schools their daughters attend.   "Despite the zero waste, Halloween, it remains a party for children, said Catherine Girard. Candy in bulk, it's not hygienic in Halloween bags. But it's possible to be eco-friendly by ensuring that candy wrappers are recycled. "

WATCHUNG - Valley View Middle School teacher Morgan Pestorius attended the Earth Education for Sustainable Societies workshop at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., earlier this month.   The goal of this three-day workshop was to bring together thought leaders in the environmental education community to articulate high-priority needs surrounding earth education.   Participation was determined through a competitive application process. Attendees included informal educators, K-12 educators and university-level formal educators.   Pestorius is a leader in sustainability at Valley View. She oversees various recycling programs including those offered by Trex, Terracycle, and ColorCycle.

Rubicon Global and TerraCycle, both companies dedicated to managing and eliminating waste, recently teamed up to run a Halloween recycling initiative. The “Trick or Trash” campaign provides free lesson plans about recycling and the circular economy to elementary and middle-school teachers, along with bins, called Zero Waste Boxes, for recycling candy and snack wrappers accumulated by students during their trick or treating forays.   “Were tying it to Halloween because it definitely gets the kids’ attention,” says TerraCycle spokesperson Sue Kauffman. “It’s a perfect opportunity to teach some really important lessons about a topic that is really important to kids.”   While exact numbers of participating teachers haven’t been tallied yet, according to Kauffman, interest apparently has been high. Due to an unexpectedly enthusiastic response, the campaign had to end the box giveaway a few days early. Teachers and principals from more than 40 U.S. states signed up, more than doubling the anticipated number.   Those still interested in owning a Zero Waste Box can buy one on TerraCycle or Rubicon’s web sites. And the free lessons plans are still available. The initiative is being run through Rubicon’s site.   According to Rubicon, a whopping $2.6 billion will be spent on candy this year. Americans buy nearly 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween.   The lesson plans focus on what happens to all that candy waste after it’s tossed into recycling bins—what can and can’t be recycled, why you need to separate different types of waste, the merits of reusable packaging vs. single use, lifestyle changes that can lead to less trash and so on. “For a lot of people, when they throw things in the blue bin, it’s out of sight, out of mind,” says Kauffman. “They don’t really know what happens.”   Students are tasked with dropping off their candy wrappers and related waste after Halloween is over. Once the box is full, teachers can ship the box back to TerraCycle with a prepaid label. The company will then recycle the waste.   Atlanta, Ga-based Rubicon Global is a tech company focused on helping businesses, cities, individuals and haulers manage waste and become more sustainable. TerraCycle is a recycling and waste management pioneer, based in Trenton, NJ. It also recently launched Loop, which works with retailers and manufacturers to sell containers and other receptacles that are reused.   As for the Halloween initiative, according to Kauffman, it’s all about focusing on what students can do to change behavior and reduce waste. “If anything is going to change, you have to change the next generation,” she says.

Em parceria com a TerraCycle, brinquedos e embalagens da marca poderão ser reciclados pelos consumidores brasileiros.

Filtros são ineficazes e são o principal tipo de lixo coletado do meio ambiente globalmente. Por isso, devem ser banidos, defendem Thomas Novotny da Universidade Estadual de São Diego (EUA) e colegas da Escola de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da London School (Reino Unido) em artigo opinativo da British Medical Journal.

The store is the Valley’s only locally owned and operated retail cannabis shop   Oct. 30, 2019 11:30 a.m.   The Comox Valley’s only locally owned and operated recreational cannabis retailer is open to the public Oct. 30.   Coast Range Cannabis, owned by Comox residents Sheila and Chris Rivers, began operations at 221C Church Street, next to Church Street Bakery and Church Street Taphouse.   According to Sheila Rivers, the store will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., seven days a week.   “We realize our clients lead busy lives, so we want to ensure we are available to serve them at their convenience.”   The completely renovated, architecturally-designed interior of Coast Range Cannabis is bright and modern and stocked with a wide variety of cannabis products, including dried flowers, oils, capsules, and sprays.   The store is focused on the smaller licenced producers of British Columbia.   “As a boutique store, we can stock an excellent selection of B.C. craft cannabis, including farms from the Okanagan and Whistler. As Vancouver Island craft cannabis comes available, you can be sure to find it at Coast Range.”   The store is focused on providing the highest quality product from the most reliable growers. This extends to the budget-conscious consumer.   “We feel our customers are going to be very happy when they see the large variety of products we offer here,” said Rivers.   As a locally owned business, Coast Range Cannabis is looking forward to becoming highly involved in the community.   “We plan to have charity proceed days where a portion of sales go directly to a local charity or non-profit,” added Chris Rivers. “Additionally, we are the only retail cannabis store in the Comox Valley to offer the Tweed X Terracycle program. Since 2018 this initiative has collected over 1 million pieces of cannabis packaging for recycling. We want everyone to drop by the store and recycle their cannabis packaging – whether purchased from Coast Range or not.”

We need to talk about Halloween candy.   Public awareness of our plastic pollution crisis is at a high, plastic straws and bags are getting banned in cities and states across the country, and yet there has been almost no discussion about the massive environmental problem that Halloween candy creates.   Americans will buy approximately 600 million pounds of Halloween candy this year, spending $2.6 billion on bite-sized candy bars and bags of candy corn. After the holiday, nearly all the wrappers and packages from these confections will end up in landfills, where they’ll sit around for decades or more.   Candy wrappers are very hard to recycle. Like most food wrappers and packages, candy wrappers are not meant to be mixed with bottles and cans and sent to a sorting facility. “They are too small for our equipment to sort,” said John Hambrose, communications manager at Waste Management Inc., one of the largest sanitation companies in the U.S. Most curbside recycling programs prioritize capturing rigid plastics like bottles, jugs and materials that are at least the size of a credit card.   And it’s not just size that’s a problem. It’s what candy wrappers are made from.   “There are so many varieties of candy out there and equally abundant are the types of wrappers,” Jeremy Walters, sustainability manager for Republic Services, another major waste disposal company, told HuffPost in an email. “Though some wrappers feel like paper, they often have a ‘waxy’ or ‘poly-coating,’ leaving it unfit to be mixed with paper for recycling.”   Recycling systems aren’t designed to capture and sort wrappers “because they have little dollar value,” said Nick McCulloch, senior manager of sustainability at Rubicon Global, a waste reduction tech company.   “Recycling is in part about economics — the value of the raw materials you’re collecting needs to exceed the cost of collecting them. Candy wrappers make that math hard because they’re made from low-value plastics,” he told HuffPost. “You’d have to collect tens of thousands of wrappers to help make those economics work.” Nevertheless, a few small efforts exist to curb the waste associated with hard-to-recycle materials like candy wrappers.   In September, HuffPost reported on the launch of the first municipal program in the country that encourages residents to throw flexible plastics, including candy wrappers, in the recycling bin. Eight thousand households in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, are participating so far, and nearby communities will join the experiment by the end of the year. The area uses a recycling facility with the advanced technology to deal with flexible plastics. Most facilities around the country would need millions of dollars to upgrade their equipment.   This month, recycling company TerraCycle and tech company Rubicon Global partnered to launched a “Trick or Trash” program for Halloween candy wrappers. Initially, school teachers and students could request a free recycling box before the holiday; and once the box was full, they’d return it to TerraCycle, which cleans and breaks down the wrappers to be made into new items. But due to overwhelming demand in more than 40 states, the companies had to stop sending out free boxes. Schools can still purchase a recycling box for snack and candy wrappers, but they’ll have to pay TerraCycle $81 to cover the costs associated with recycling these items.   Some food manufacturers have begun to experiment with wrappers made from recyclable materials. In the U.K., Nestlé recently launched its first recyclable paper packaging for a snack bar. The company did not respond when HuffPost asked whether it planned to use this new packaging on other products.   Walters told HuffPost that he worries about this so-called recyclable paper packaging.   “In theory it is a step in the right direction, but ultimately the biggest issue with this packaging is going to be contamination,” Walters wrote. “If you love chocolate as much as I do, you probably have experienced the Earth-shattering disappointment of opening up your chocolate bar and realizing it melted in your bag over the course of the day. Think about the sticky, chocolatey mess inside that wrapper. If that new ‘recyclable’ type of wrapper is soiled with chocolate or other food materials it cannot be mixed with paper grades coming out of the modern-day recycling center.” So what’s an environmentally conscious trick-or-treater to do?   In the zero-waste Facebook group of which I’m a member, I asked if folks had alternatives to Halloween candy wrapper hell. Several members said they went out of their way to hand out plastic-free treats ― like playing cards made from paper, compostable chewing gum from a plastic-free store, or classic Halloween favorites that come in paper containers (like Nerds, Lemonheads and Milkduds).   “If we all make it a point to support companies and brands who are really tackling the problem of disposability and taking steps to find solutions, we can force meaningful change,” said Sue Kauffman, North American public relations manager of TerraCycle.   Waste Management’s Hambrose agreed, saying that people can make a difference “by purchasing products that use less packaging and recycled materials,” and by sharing their concerns with elected officials.   Individual actions won’t get us very far so long as companies keep churning out candy in single-use packaging, according to Greenpeace representative Perry Wheeler. “It’s time to rethink how we are delivering these products while still making it enjoyable for children,” Wheeler said.   “It is overwhelming to enter the Halloween aisle this time of year and think about where all of this plastic will end up — polluting our oceans, waterways, or communities,” he added. “The cost of inaction on our throwaway culture is just too high to ignore.”   One member of the Facebook group said this is not an issue their household bothers to tackle, despite working toward a waste-free lifestyle. “I have no solutions,” they wrote. “We just deal the best we can.” They added that they try to limit the number of houses they visit to collect less candy in the first place.   Another option is extreme action, like banning all unrecyclable food packaging, not just candy wrappers. Such an effort, however, would not only be unpopular, and therefore unlikely to gain political traction; it’d be tough to enact and enforce.   Bans on plastic straws and shopping bags are highly controversial, and there isn’t a consensus yet on how effective they are. Research published earlier this year found that California’s ban on plastic shopping bags might be driving up sales of plastic garbage bags. And bans on plastic straws have proved difficult to implement.   When we asked Hambrose whether a gigantic trash-hauler and recycler like Waste Management would favor a potential ban on candy wrappers, he was aghast.   “Waste Management would never get between a trick-or-treater and a candy bar,” Hambrose said. “We can’t think of anything more horrifying.”   If it matters to you, it matters to us. 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Eating healthy has never tasted so good or been so conveniently affordable like Harvest Snaps.   Harvest Snaps are passionately crafted from green peas, black beans or red lentils, all farm-picked vegetables in Calbee North America. Harvest Snaps are not only appetizing but they’re healthier than most snacks with 30-60% less fat and average only 130-140 calories per 22 crisps. Free from pesky artificial flavors, colors, cholesterol and common allergens such as soy, nuts, wheat and eggs, these bite-sized delights pack in 4-5g of plant-based protein, 3-5g of fiber, plus a dose of calcium and potassium in every serving.   Harvest Snaps makes healthy eating fun again with 10 mouth-watering flavors. Treat your taste buds with Southern Style BBQ, Lightly Salted, White Cheddar, Parmesan Roasted Garlic, Caesar, Tomato Basil, Wasabi Ranch, Black Pepper, Mango Chile Lime, or Habanero.   But wait, it gets better, try switching up your usual routine dinners by making your very own gluten-free chicken strips. Use the Harvest Snaps Snacks Crisps as a substitute for bread crumbs to create a uniquely satisfying crunch without wheat. Everyone will be eager to find out your new receipt, it’s perfect for work parties, celebrations, and gatherings with friends and family.     Every Harvest Snap package is a part of the TerraCycle recycling program. This program is led by Calbee North America to help save the planet by reducing waste and giving back to charity. Learn more about how to participate. Visit your local grocery, drugstore, or natural food store to pick up your new favorite snack, Harvest Snaps.   Whether you’re on the plane, binge-watching your favorite Netflix show, taking a lunch break, or selecting your midnight snack, Harvest Snaps are the perfect treat for any occasion.