B.C. cleaning up coasts this summer

More than $9.5 million will be used to clean shorelines and remove approximately 100 derelict vessels

French city deploys AI to manage bins

New CEO for Tomra

Lion Electric to build trucks in U.S.

Return-It launches vision for waste-free future

Agnico Eagle wins award for drinking water project

Features

• 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

COVID-19

Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID

Sukhbir Sandhu

Biogas

Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself – so why aren’t more companies doing it?

Drew Shindell

Waste-to-Energy

Waste-to-Energy has still a place in the EU Taxonomy

European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology

E-Waste

Global electronic waste up 21% in five years, and recycling isn’t keeping up

Vanessa Forti

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• Milestones

Canada scores eighth worst in OECD waste index

BERLIN, Germany – In a weighted score across a number of waste management indicators, Canada has ranked eighth worst out…

• 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

Li-Cycle Corp’s Mississauga, Ontario, head office and Kingston, Ontario, recycling facilities have been certified under four industry standards: ISO (International…

• Deposit return systems

Propane tank supplier launches return program

From campsites to tailgate parties, one-pound propane tanks are the popular way to fuel portable BBQ’s, camp stoves and lanterns.

• Advocacy

National Zero Waste Council welcomes new board

The National Zero Waste Council has announced the Council’s 2021 Management Board. The Board welcomes a strong team of influential…

• Education

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

BURNABY, B.C. – Return-It and Ocean Wise have teamed up to bring global plastic waste and ocean conservation education to…

• Plastics

Clariter recycling achieves net negative carbon footprint

LUXEMBOURG – Clariter, an international clean-tech company, claims its plastic recycling solution has achieved a net negative carbon footprint.

News

Community action, Oceans, Pollution, Vessels

B.C. cleaning up coasts this summer

More than $9.5 million will be used to clean shorelines and remove approximately 100 derelict vessels

Uncategorized

French city deploys AI to manage bins

Since July 2020, 200 bins that collect waste from 13 waste disposal centres in the French city of Toulouse have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence

Appointments

New CEO for Tomra

Tomra Systems ASA has announced Tove Anderson will become its president and CEO, replacing Stefan Ranstrand by November 1 this year

Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Truck

Lion Electric to build trucks in U.S.

Plant will have annual production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks