Spin Master toys to be recyclable in the U.S.

Toronto-based toy maker has partnered with TerraCycle to make its toys and games recyclable

Innovation Maritime to develop recyclable boat

Florida company to investigate BC shipwreck

Reducing waste in Antarctica

Spanish brewer earns aluminum stewardship nod

Virtual service calls

Report aims to help reduce recycling contamination

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• 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)

• Business Operations

Covid crisis makes waste collector stronger

For refuse collector Waste Connections, business may never return to how it was before the Covid-19 pandemic

• 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

Opinions

Health and Safety

Health crisis: up to a billion tonnes of waste potentially burned in the open every year

Costa Vells and Ed Cook

Regulatory Development

IED revision: Better implementation for improved waste management

European Suppliers of Waste to Energy Technology (ESWET)

E-Waste

Five strategies for e-waste management

Frost & Sullivan

Water

COVID-19 has decimated water systems globally, but privatization is not the answer

David McDonald and Susan Spronk

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Canada scores eighth worst in OECD waste index

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• Micro-plastic

63 tonnes of ghost gear removed from Atlantic in 2020

About 63 tonnes of lost or discarded fishing gear was removed from coastal waters in…

• Acquisitions

Stella Environmental picks up Central Missouri transfer

Stella Environmental Holdings, Inc., which provides transfer station management and municipal waste logistics services, has purchased Central Missouri Transfer,…

• Batteries

Li-Cycle gains certifications for Ontario facilities

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• Deposit return systems

Propane tank supplier launches return program

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• Advocacy

National Zero Waste Council welcomes new board

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• Education

Return-It and Ocean Wise collaborate with B.C. schools

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• Plastics

Clariter recycling achieves net negative carbon footprint

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Recycled Content

Spin Master toys to be recyclable in the U.S.

Toronto-based toy maker has partnered with TerraCycle to make its toys and games recyclable

Recycling

Innovation Maritime to develop recyclable boat

Not-for-profit organization in Rimouski, Quebec, will work to replace components

Oceans, Pollution

Florida company to investigate BC shipwreck

The federal government awarded a $7-million contract to Resolve Marine Group to do a technical assessment of the MV Schiedyk

Event

SWANA cancels 2021 spring technical conference

SOAR will take place March 21–24, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri