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Salvage company fined for worker injury

London Salvage and Trading Company Limited was fined $55,000 after a worker was critically injured

Pallet recycler gets federal cash infusion

Coast guards collaborate on marine pollution prevention

App helps packaging makers comply with recycling laws

Joint venture will convert plastic waste to high-value chemicals

Shell buys Europe’s biggest RNG producer

Features

Education

Survey reveals gaps in public knowledge about recyclability

Recycle Coach survey shows evidence that more localized recycling education is needed across US municipalities

Research

Researchers turn waste paper into battery parts

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a technique to convert waste paper, from single-use packaging and bags, and cardboard boxes, into a crucial component of lithium-ion batteries

Research

UBC-developed biofoam could address plastic pollution crisis

UBC and Wet’suwet’en First Nation collaborate to create new packaging foam from wood waste

Opinions

Health and Safety

Waste pickers risk their lives to stop plastic pollution – now they could help shape global recycling policies

Patrick O'Hare & Lucia Fernandez

Collection

An arms race over food waste

John Martin

Circular Economy

With better standards, we could make plastics endlessly useful – and slash waste

Qamar Schuyler

Health and Safety

Waste pickers in Lagos tell their stories about a dangerous existence

Olanrewaju Dada

Diesel discovery promises massive savings

A 50.45% reduction in idling fuel consumption was found in independent testing

Plastics

CIC joins in EU-funded plastic waste project

The Circular Innovation Council has partnered with the Reducing Plastic Waste in Canada project funded by the European Union

Single use

Ont. government helping Greenlid bring production home from China

Manufacturing facility will be in Dundalk, Ontario

Hazardous Materials

RPRA helping organizations prepare for registry opening in November

On November 15, 2022, Ontario's RPRA’s Hazardous Waste Program (HWP) Registry will open for generators, carriers and receivers of industrial hazardous or liquid waste to set up their registry accounts

Fuel

Feds funding Indigenous-led clean fuel projects

Projects will support the establishment of biomass supply chains to ensure that a steady and usable supply of sustainable feedstock is available to clean fuel production facilities across the country

Autocar testing all-electric cabover trucks

Two E-ACX electric cabover refuse trucks are going through a validation process to ensure they can handle the same challenges and requirements as their diesel and CNG counterparts

Recovery

Renault opening truck recycling facility

This 3,000 square metre (32,000 square foot) plant will handle used Renault trucks with high mileage, along with some parts that still have substantial potential for reuse

Plastics