The only province in Canada without a dedicated glass recycling program is Newfoundland and Labrador. Household glass that is not re-used goes to the landfill creating glass waste, a huge environmental challenge. Enter the NewfoundSand Glass Recycling Co-operative created by community members who know there's a valuable resource in every bottle and jar that can [...]
The British Columbia Co-operative Association calls The Cleaning Co-op "a fresh alternative offering ethical and professional cleaning services." It also describes The Vancouver Empowerment Cleaning Co-op (the Association) as a worker co-op that aims: To disrupt the cleaning industry through providing high quality professional cleaning services, fair income distribution, and ethical employment, To be a [...]
Improving awareness about the relevance of co-operative model with the general public, youth and government is the most important issue for co-ops in the annual survey by The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives. And the job of raising awareness is up to the co-ops themselves and their provincial and national associations. Corinne [...]
