Ship recycler building new docks in Saudi Arabia Wreckdock has announced it plans to develop a new ship recycling facility in Saudi Arabia
Uncategorized Vancouver gets $250 million to upgrade water treatment plant The province of British Columbia is providing Metro Vancouver with a third of the funding to needed upgrade the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Richmond
Biogas Entrepreneur develops home-based biogas production technology An entrepreneur born and raised in Yukon is about to change the way families, small communities and mining camps in northern Canada get rid of their waste
Health and Safety Waste worker fatalities climbed in 2022 For 2022, 46 solid waste industry worker fatalities were recorded by SWANA compared to 28 the year before
Illegal dumping Waste crime: How online advertising platforms are facilitating illegal dumping Ray Purdy
Plastics Chemical plastics recycling is not a silver bullet Richard Collins, Research Direct at IDTechEx
Fuel 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
EV 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 BC adding $10 million in funding for plastics projects As part of its 2022 budget, British Columbia will spend nearly $10 million on projects that will reduce the use of new plastic, expand reuse of plastics, and increase the use of post-consumer recycled plastic