If you’re looking at a new EV (electric vehicle) in Canada, there are only a few comparable cars that have over 300km of range: the Tesla Model 3, Chevy Bolt, Kia Niro, Hyundai Kona, and Nissan...
https://www.theblog.ca/nissan-leaf-plus-2019-review-an-underrated-and-practical-ev
If you’re a Metro Vancouver resident, chances are that you bring your own re-usable shopping bags to the store. You might even bring your own re-usable produce bags. Then at home, between the c...
https://www.theblog.ca/recycling-flexible-plastics-bc-london-drugs
I’ve been interested in car sharing programs for quite a while as a second car option (if not eventually a primary car option!). The promise is that they provide the convenience of a car withou...
https://www.theblog.ca/modo-car-co-op-review-new-westminster
My 3-seat couch recently fell apart and I needed to responsibly dispose of it. In my apartment building, it is frowned upon to leave junk in the garbage room even if you are willing to pay for it...
FareSavers are the prepaid transit tickets bought in packets of 10 for use on Metro Vancouver’s buses and SkyTrains. I quickly asked a handful of people about whether FareSavers are recyclable ...
Today I didn’t have much time for lunch, so I ran to Los Tacos Cafe at Cambie and Hastings Street in Vancouver. They have affordable and tasty tacos, as well as other Mexican food such as torta...
According to their monthly newsletter, BC-based Choices Markets is: … introducing a 100% recyclable meat tray. Starting in September , all of our meat departments will completely switch away fr...
https://www.theblog.ca/choices-markets-replaces-styrofoam-meat-trays-with-plastic
Apart from the well-known paper, glass, aluminum can, and plastics recycling, and now food scraps / composting, Metro Vancouver cities also recycle household aluminum pie plates and foil, as well...
The majority of residents in Burnaby, British Columbia live in apartments, condominiums, and townhouses, and they can now take part in green bin food waste composting pick-up.
You can mail used Brita filters back to be recycled at a facility called Preserve. You can also start drinking more tap water; remember that your tax dollars go towards extensive filtration by th...