In The News
‘You have to be environmentally responsible’: Newmarket business owners prepare for single-use plastics ban
As Canada heads toward a ban on single-use plastic items, Newmarket business owners are preparing for the change.
In fact, Jamie and Christine Rooney, owners of Healthy Now, which makes prepared healthy meals, have already embraced the use of green packaging well in advance of the ban.
Balpex Vendor of the Year Award 2022
We’re honored to have won the 2022 Vendor of The Year award at this year’s Balpex Supplier Summit. Thank you so much to the Balpex Inc members for voting for us again this year! At Eco Guardian, these are more than just badges of success…
Sobeys picks the winner of its Plastic Waste Challenge
Canadian Grocer staff There was drama. There was competition. And there was success for Eco Guardian Eli Browne, Sobeys’ director of corporate sustainability It was a scene reminiscent of reality TV. A mashup of the Academy Awards (if the nominees had no...
Eco Guardian Wins Sobeys Plastic Waste Challenge
Looking for innovative solutions to non-recyclable food packaging in grocery stores, Sobeys Inc., IGNITE Atlantic, Divert NS and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), organized the Canada-wide search with the Sobeys Plastic Waste Challenge. For more than 50...
Sobeys, Ontario company plan pilot project to reduce polystyrene packaging
Simon Smith · CBC News · Posted: Jul 18, 2022 3:37 PM AT | Last Updated: July 18 Eco Guardian receives $25,000, fibre-based product could soon be used in Nova Scotia stores Nova Scotians could soon see less plastic in the meat aisle thanks to the winner of a...
Annual Earth Day Webinar
Join us on Thursday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. EST for our annual Earth Day Webinar. In this information session, we’ll be discussing potential strategies to address the current challenges in plastics management and how to build a more sustainable and...
Canadian Business 2022 Environment Leader
Thank you to Canadian Business for placing us in the top 10 Canadian Business New Innovators List for Environment Leaders who have built planet-first businesses. We scored highly on metrics related to sustainability, and our efforts to eliminate all avoidable waste,...
Eco Guardian Focused on Saving the Planet Wins Again
Canada’s Catching Up to the Vision of a Cleaner Planet Newmarket, ON, October 28, 2020 – Imagine a small business tucked away on Leslie St. in Newmarket with a mission of saving the planet and, in a sense, winning the battle by being one of the fastest growing...
