Generate Capital buys Stormfisher Environmental Will be adding the company’s organics business, operating and development teams into the newly integrated Generate Upcycle platform
Legal Husky Oil fined for illegal dumping Husky Oil Operations Limited pleaded guilty to contravening the Fisheries Act for dumping waste water from its Westhazel pipeline
Batteries NGen grant will further lithium recycling for batteries Toronto-based Li-Metal Corp. has been granted $1.9 million as part of a $5.1 million joint project with Blue Solutions
Waste trade OECD members still account for most plastic waste trade A new report examines how trade in plastic waste and scrap in 2020 and early 2021 has been affected by factors such as the Covid-19 crisis, supply chain disruptions and new Basel Convention controls
Plastics The federal government’s zero plastic waste policy is a step in the wrong direction Montreal Economic Institute
Community action No time to waste: We need to start prioritizing solid waste management in First Nation communities Anderson Assuah
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Electronic waste experts petition for international EPR Waste & Recycling Staff
Feedstock supply Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content Alberto Piovesan, Segment Manager Plastics at TOMRA Recycling
Legal Keurig faces $3m fine over recycling claims Made misleading claims about the recyclability of its single-use K-Cup pods
E-Waste Greentec receives nod for updated standard Greentec has received R2v3 – the most recent standard set for the electronics industry by Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI)
Equipment Cleaning up after the floods At the beginning of July 2021, Western Europe suffered a catastrophe due to severe flooding and rising water levels in several river basins
Tires This company is tackling Kuwait’s ‘tire graveyard’ problem by tire recycling More than 42 million old vehicle tires dumped in Kuwait's sands have started to be recycled
COVID-19 Waste & Recycling Expo Canada postponed Event will be held September 27 – 28, 2022, at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario
Blue Box Ontario rolls out new blue box program Will standardize accepted materials and increase producer responsibility
Alternative Fuel Vehicles EPR for EV batteries feasible in Quebec A new study suggests that existing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems in Quebec could be adapted for EV batteries
Recycling Port of Brownsville to recycle EU ships Brownsville, Texas, is now the only American port where European-flagged ships can be dismantled and recycled under the European Union Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR)