An arms race over food waste

Sydney cockatoos are still opening kerb-side bins, despite our best efforts to stop them

Collective to recycle half a billion cups a year

Program aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper cups on an industrial scale

SWANA report advises on efficient collection

Truck driver shortages and declining availability of waste and recycling collection personnel has and continues to be a significant problem for waste management companies

Metro Vancouver opening new recycling centre

Metro Vancouver’s new United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre will open on March 14

Omicron may affect waste collection

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is concerned that increased delays in solid waste collection are likely to occur over the holidays

U.S. waste worker death rate falls

Refuse and recyclable materials collection remains the sixth deadliest occupation in the United States

Emterra contractors walk out in Peel

Waste collection contractors have walked off the job in Peel Region, just west of Toronto, in a labour dispute involving Emterra Environmental

Superstore joins Return-It’s express drop off program

Return-It, in partnership with Loblaw, has launched its first Express & GO beverage container recycling station at a grocery store parking lot

Metro Compactor and Wilkinson Chutes merge

Metro Compactor Service is merging its service and repair division with sister company Wilkinson Chutes Canada.   The two companies are uniting their service and repair departments to provide a full range of residential waste services and a one stop shop for residential property managers.     “We wanted to make the…

Report aims to help reduce recycling contamination

SWANA's Reducing Contamination in Curbside Recycling Programs, identifies and addresses the key reasons why residents place contaminants in their recycling bins