Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy | CTV News
Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills.
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The firm cited worrying research that said 60% of customers were likely to throw their broken phone away before attempting to get it fixed. EE has been repairing phones since 2005 with 60,000 repairs conducted each year. Its services are approved by Apple, Google, Huawei, and Samsung and cover cosmetic damage, network calibration functions, Bluetooth, Wi-F, NFC, Battery, Display, Audio, Camera, and Software issues.
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