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Andrea Bertone joins Waste Connections as director

Bertone served as president of Duke Energy International, LLC, then wholly owned by Duke Energy Corporation, a utility company, from 2009 until her retirement in 2016

Waterloo projects get funding boost from feds

Sanexen wins award for PFAS removal

Metro Compactor Service buys Compaction Plus

WM invests in textile recycler

US making $100 million available for recycling

Features

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

Health and Safety

US sees record low injuries in waste management

continued decline in injury and illness rates across the solid waste industry, with historic lows for solid waste landfill, collection, and material recovery facility (MRF) workers

Medical waste

Treating medical waste on site could help flood-vulnerable hospitals

preparedness plans should include technology that allows hospitals to safely treat infectious regulated medical waste (RMW) on-site, says the Healthcare Coalition for Emergency Preparedness

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

Litter

We studied 40,000 pieces of litter to find out where it all comes from – here’s what we discovered

Thomas Stanton, Antonia law, Guaduneth Chico & Matthew Johnson

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

Andrea Bertone joins Waste Connections as director

Waterloo projects get funding boost from feds

Sanexen wins award for PFAS removal

Metro Compactor Service buys Compaction Plus

WM invests in textile recycler

US making $100 million available for recycling

Features

UBC-developed biofoam could address plastic pollution crisis

US sees record low injuries in waste management

Treating medical waste on site could help flood-vulnerable hospitals

Opinions

An arms race over food waste

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

Waste pickers in Lagos tell their stories about a dangerous existence

We studied 40,000 pieces of litter to find out where it all comes from – here’s what we discovered

In Case You Missed It

Diesel discovery promises massive savings

CIC joins in EU-funded plastic waste project

Ont. government helping Greenlid bring production home from China

RPRA helping organizations prepare for registry opening in November

Feds funding Indigenous-led clean fuel projects

Autocar testing all-electric cabover trucks

Renault opening truck recycling facility

BC adding $10 million in funding for plastics projects

New Products

High-volume screening

Heavy duty forktruck suited for recycling yards

New Toter cart from recycled resin

Tomra uses deep learning for wood recycling