Karen Wirsig
Senior Program Manager, Plastics
Karen has worked as a journalist and as a labour and community organizer. She has participated in her downtown Toronto housing co-operative for more than 20 years. An active transportation enthusiast who favours walking, cycling, and public transit, Karen has never owned a car. She is a voracious reader and has spent her adult life trying to unlearn the common belief that humans should strive for domination over each other, over other animals, and over nature itself. She’s passionate about helping to get plastics out of the environment.
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Nov 15, 2021
Big Plastic is suing the federal government for moving to regulate plastics, including a plan…
Oct 29, 2021
Canada’s new Environment Minister must clean up the plastic mess, and quick
Canada’s new environment minister must clean up the plastic mess, and quick Steven Guilbeault has…
Oct 22, 2021
Only 1 per cent of flexible plastic packaging (eg. bags, films and pouches) is recycled…
Sep 01, 2021
We’re on track to see plastic outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050. The only…
Aug 21, 2021
The plastic blame game is getting old. Time to hold producers responsible.
The myth that plastic pollution would end if we just stopped littering and did a…
Jul 13, 2021
Push back against Canada’s biggest plastic polluters this Plastic Free July
It’s the 10th anniversary of Plastic Free July and we’re marking it by turning our…
May 26, 2021
Three companies produce almost all of the plastic that is made in Canada: NOVA Chemicals,…
May 10, 2021
Ontario wants YOU to pick up litter while it trashes improvements to the Blue Box
During simpler times, the Ontario government decided to designate the second Tuesday of May as…
Apr 22, 2021
We can’t rely on industry to protect the environment and human health
The plastics industry is using the Parliamentary standing committee on the environment as a platform…
Mar 17, 2021
Canada’s plastic pollution crisis: What’s real vs. what Dow Chemical says
The plastics industry is ramping up its public relations efforts to convince Ottawa, and all…