Diversion This refugee shelter is made from 460 kilos of recycled plastic March 22, 2023 Refugees fleeing disaster zones could soon be living in temporary shelters made from 100% recycled materials, which will not only prove safer and more durable than tents but also help to reduce plastic waste
Diversion Recycling technology to reduce waste in wallboard production May 31, 2022 Saint-Gobain has installed recycling technology at its gypsum wallboard plant in Nashville, Arkansas, which will allow the plant to recycle and reuse 65,000 tons of materials per year
Appointments Ontario’s RPRA promotes Mary Cummins January 18, 2022 Mary Cummins will take over as registrar of the Ontario Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) on February 1, 2022
Automotive Study will look at ASR recycling August 2, 2021 A new project will attempt to demonstrate a closed-loop project to recycle automotive-industry mixed plastic waste in the automotive supply chain
Agriculture New food waste recovery facility in southern Ontario July 16, 2021 StormFisher has built a $20-million resource recovery facility in Drumbo, Ontario
Awards WM announces winners of design contest July 2, 2021 Six designers receive support to develop products from waste materials
Circular Economy A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals June 3, 2021 Our food system needs a serious reboot
Diversion Sustainable Materials Management Summit May 10, 2021 June 15, 2021. 1:00pm to 5:00 pm. Online
Diversion Staples reports on diversion efforts May 5, 2021 Retailer diverted more than 136,000 kilograms of batteries and two million kilograms of electronics from the waste stream in 2020
Batteries Canadians diverted record numbers of batteries in 2020 February 19, 2021 Despite the global pandemic impacting battery recycling habits, Canadians recycled 4.1 million kilograms of household batteries in 2020. That’s the largest amount of batteries diverted from landfills in the history…
