Covid-19 has resurrected single-use plastics

Are they back to stay?

COVID-19 is laying waste to many U.S. recycling programs

Waste sources, quantities and destinations are all in flux, and shutdowns have devastated an industry that was already struggling

Bottled up frustration for PET

Changes in tourism and travel due to the pandemic will affect pries and supply of PET resin feedstocks

Ontario residents generate more garbage during pandemic

With the support of Ontario municipalities, representing close to 8.5 million residents, data has been gathered to better understand the high-level impacts of COVID-19 on residential and commercial waste generation.

What happens to waste PPE during the coronavirus pandemic?

The most effective means of disposal is to burn it

UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical mask

VANCOUVER – The shortage of medical grade masks worldwide has hobbled health care professionals responding to the novel coronavirus – highlighting the need for improving supply lines…

Micron Waste buying PPE manufacturer

VANCOUVER – Micron Waste Technologies Inc. has agreed to purchase all the shares of Covid Technologies Inc. Covid is a privately held British Columbia corporation based in…

Rare earth recycler pivots to make sanitizer

MONTREAL – Geomega Resources Inc., a rare earths clean technologies developer for mining and recycling, has retrofitted its pilot plant and has begun the production of hand…

Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone

Amid understandable concern over health and hygiene during the pandemic, the problem of disposable plastics has taken a back seat

Geotab launches economic recovery dashboard

TORONTO – Geotab has launched a Commercial Transportation Recovery Dashboard. Using aggregated and anonymized data processed from more than two million of its connected fleet vehicles around the world, the dashboard…