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Our partners at Plastic Oceans Canada are making it easy to give the perfect gift this season while helping our planet. For just $10, you can protect 1 km of shoreline in honour of your special someone. Give your loved one the gift of clean oceans this holiday by sponsoring Canadian shorelines in their name!

#DYK caring about the environment is good for business? Consumers are seeking businesses that are taking a stand for social change, including environmental stewardship. Tag a business in the comments that you'd like us to work with to reduce their environmental impact!

During this time of year, gift wrapping is one of the quickest single-use items to be used and discarded. Skip the waste by gifting your presents using reusable boxes or tins, wrapping in cloth, or giving a gift that includes a handy bag to put it all in.

Did you know about 40% of all battery sales are during the holiday season? Batteries are harmful to the environment because they do not biodegrade and are difficult to recycle. Even rechargeable batteries eventually end up as waste and are responsible for the consumption of about half the world's cobalt. Make the sustainable choice this holiday season and choose to give battery-free gifts instead.

Winter is just around the corner, with the snow and chilly temperatures already here. That's why we have 3 sustainable ways for you to keep warm this winter: 1. Opt to layer clothes and blankets before turning up the heat 2. Use a reusable cup for your hot beverages 3. Make sure your home is properly insulated to keep in heat and save energy Every sustainable choice counts in preserving our planet. Here at Matter, we want to make the world a better place, but first we need your help.

As you prepare for the holiday season, consider these environmentally friendly ways to celebrate Christmas this year: Use LED light bulb for Christmas decorating Give green gifts or homemade gifts Only turn on your tree lights while you're home Send e-cards and e-gift cards instead of opting paper and plastic options... Together, we can keep our planet healthy for many more Christmases to come! See more

From packaging to building materials, plastic is everywhere. Often times, it is simply just unavoidable for today's consumer. So, what are we to do about our growing amount of plastic waste finding its way into landfills, oceans and green spaces? At Matter, we want to help businesses end the cycle of wasteful garbage generation. Our technology can turn excess waste into renewable energy to power our world forward. Let us know in the comments below what business you would like to see work with us to eliminate excess plastic waste in landfills and oceans.

Many people don't know what happens behind the scenes of their city's waste management system. So, they don't see the opportunities to do better. What would it mean to have a better waste management system look like in your city? Fewer garbage trucks on the road Cleaning air Less litter in public green spaces Matter's technology can make it happen. Check out our latest blog to learn more about better waste management for your city: https://hubs.ly/H0m1f9x0

Every time we buy plastic, valuable resources go into the manufacturing of replacing that product on the shelf. Today is Buy Nothing Day. At Matter, we challenge you to say "no thanks" to making wasteful purchases today that end up in the landfill. Learn more about our efforts to keep even more waste from your local landfill on our website: https://hubs.ly/H0lXcdC0

Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Containing a record-setting 1.8 trillion piece of garbage - and that's just the waste that we can see - the GPGP creates significant health concerns for marine and human life alike! Check out The Ocean Clean Up website to learn more about plastic in our oceans: https://hubs.ly/H0lXmb10

With snow piling up, it's hard to believe climate change is taking effect. But, did you know that climate change doesn't just mean warmer weather? It can also lead to extreme weather including periods of intensely cold weather and flash floods. At Matter, we're doing our part to reduce CO2 emissions around the world contributing to climate change. Check out our website to learn more about our environmental solution: https://hubs.ly/H0lXgz90

Trillions of pieces of plastic float in our oceans and threaten the well-being of our aquatic ecosystems. This World Fisheries Day, we're taking a look at the plastic pollution caused by the fishing industry and how we can do better to sustain our ocean species. Check out our latest blog post to learn more: https://hubs.ly/H0lQ56F0

This Universal Children's Day, we're thinking about creating a better future for our children, starting with the environment. Together with Matter Global Solutions, we can build a sustainable tomorrow. Start at home with these simple ways to get children involved in sustainable living: https://hubs.ly/H0lQ33H0

Cities and businesses have agreed to ban single-use plastic products in an effort to reduce the bodies of plastic waste found in oceans and landfills. We've already seen a massive shift away from plastic straws in favour of more sustainable options, but even compostable straws create waste. Check out our website to learn more about our all-in-one waste management solutions no matter what kinds of straws you choose: https://hubs.ly/H0lQ3Jf0

Have you met Matter Global Solutions? We're an advanced recycling company focused on energy production and bringing forward a new form of recycling and sustainable waste management. How do we do this? We use proprietary technology to break down waste into its original basic elements such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, and other hydrocarbons and repurpose thee elements into energy. The energy capabilities from this recycled energy are vast, allowing us... to create a renewable natural gas, power for heat and electricity and even green fuel. So, why does this matter? Our incineration-free process diverts our waste from a life in a landfill and protects our planet from the effects of waste breakdown. With Matter, we can say goodbye to landfills, fracking, organic methane emissions and more. Want to learn more about how you or your business can make a difference with Matter? Connect with us: https://hubs.ly/H0lJKMf0

Where does all of our waste come from? While over half of Canada's produce ends up in the garbage and we also throw out millions of pounds of clothing every year. Organic waste and textiles make up a large portion of our landfills and yet, we maintain this wasteful habit. Learn why this is the case and how we can manage our waste better for a sustainable future in our latest blog post: https://hubs.ly/H0lJQmS0

To those who lost their lives, fought for our country and continue to serve today - thank you.

In two weeks, our partner Plastic Oceans Canada is hosting interactive workshops in Vancouver teaching businesses how to recognize and reduce their plastic usage. If you're a business owner and this resonates with you, head over to their event page on Facebook to learn more and buy tickets. https://hubs.ly/H0lBLgn0

We know plastic is bad for our planet, but we may not know just how many resources we consume to create these plastic products. When you say no to plastic, you're conserving our limited freshwater supply for bigger and better things.

#DYK the province of Nova Scotia just passed legislation banning plastic bags? One province and state at a time, North America is creating a conversation about sustainability and the impact of plastic on our planet. If you're ready to say goodbye to plastic where you live, we urge you to share your thoughts with your local representative to create change!

The scariest part about Halloween isn't the costumes, it's the waste. Without intervention, decomposing organic waste emits harmful methane into our atmosphere. While methane lives in our atmosphere for a fraction of the time that CO2 can, its warming effects are 20x more destructive than its greenhouse gas counterpart. Our technology is the solution to the dangers caused by organic waste. Learn more about our transformative solution on our website: https://hubs.ly/H0lv6Dd0

We know fossil fuels are bad, but how bad are they really? We broke down the top ways fossil fuels are impacting our environment - before they're even burned. Check out our latest blog post to learn more: https://hubs.ly/H0ltqrG0

Not all "recyclables" are recycled. Between improper disposal and high costs of recycling, many textiles end up in the garbage. Communities need one system to manage all types of textiles with one simple process and we have it. Matter's technology can return old clothing and shoes into its basic building blocks to be repurposed into clean renewable energy. Learn how on our website!

Waste Reduction Week is coming to an end and the final harmful habit we want you to kick is using single-use plastic bags #DYK nearly 3 billion single-use plastic bags are used in Canada each year? These bags end up in the ocean and are harmful to sea creatures who mistake the bags for food. Instead of opting for plastic bags in the checkout line at the grocery store, invest in some reusable shopping bags. Keep these bags in the trunk of your car and never forget them at home again.

In honour of Waste Reduction Week, we're continuing our deep-dive into our harmful waste habits and solutions for waste management issues. Today, we're talking about textile and fabric waste. #DYK the average Canadian throws away 81 pounds of textiles annually? Across North America, over 9.5 million tonnes of clothing head to the landfill every year. These items often take over 40 years to decompose naturally. When it's time to good-bye to old clothing, choose a better path for your textiles such as clothing donations to not-for-profits, upcycling it into new materials such as washrags or donate them to causes that can repurpose them such as @discovercotton.

It's Waste Reduction Week! This week, we're talking about creative and effective solutions for reducing our waste. Together we can prevent stop our waste from piling up in landfills, polluting our oceans and leeching harmful chemicals into our soil. #DYK every second, 1,500 plastic water bottles are being consumed in the U.S. Many of those water bottles are not properly disposed of and end up in landfills for up to 1000 years before decomposing. An easy fix to this issue is... simply carrying a reusable water bottle with you instead of buying plastic bottles. Not only will a reusable water bottle save hundreds of single-use plastics from being consumed, it will also reduce the amount of fossil fuels needed to create the plastic. Speak with your money by making informed decisions about plastic consumption!

Are you doing your part for the planet, but it just doesn't seem like enough? One of the most important steps towards environmental change is advocating for our planet. Tell your local government it's time to take climate change seriously using the form on our website. https://hubs.ly/H0lcXsD0

Climate change Ocean Pollution Fracking Littering Carbon Emissions ... Reducing our environmental impact starts with you. Learn how you can contribute to a better future on our website! https://hubs.ly/H0ld0KF0

Matter's waste solution could reduce the number of garbage trucks in your neighbourhood. How? Our waste processing technology does not require the same meticulous sorting that is required by our current waste management system. With Matter, one truck is all that's needed to manage your curb-side pick-up. Our system not only means a win for your waste, but also a win for our CO2 emissions cause by garbage trucks on the road each week.

Our team of innovative scientists, engineers, environmental professionals and researchers work fuel up on coffee to power their work, but did you know the single-use cup you get from your local coffee shop cannot be recycled? Each cup has a hard-to-remove plastic lining that keeps the paper of the cup from dissolving into your hot coffee. As a result, it also makes the paper cup nearly impossible to fully recycle. Choose reusable coffee mugs to keep single-use coffee cups out of our landfills.

#DYK the planet's coral reefs are dying at twice the speed as the Amazon rainforest? Human impact is the leading cause of our fading coral reefs. Ocean pollution caused by chemical fertilizers and waste are causing irreversible damage to our ocean ecosystems. The ocean is not our dumping ground.