Nova software helps students build circular packaging

Nova Chemicals and Polytechnique Montréal recently completed a three-month pilot program that brought the company's Bonfire film development platform into the classroom

Survey reveals gaps in public knowledge about recyclability

Recycle Coach survey shows evidence that more localized recycling education is needed across US municipalities

SWANA launches course for Canadian landfill managers

Will develop a Canadian adaptation of its new Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) course and exam

Report explores how to encourage recycling

SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation reviews programs and their effect on contamination

SWANA seeks developer for Canadian MOLO course

has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop a Canadian adaptation of its course for Managers of Landfill Operations (MOLO)

Nanoplastics study receives $1 million grant

Professor Daniel G. Cyr will be among the first to research this issue

University of Vermont wins solid waste design competition

UBC's Lizzie Torres won the Emerging Leader/Rising Star award.

UBC to develop post-consumer carbon-based products

The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) has received $1.9 million in federal funding to research how industrial waste can be converted into new products. A new…

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 secondary schools across BC. Closing the Loop on Plastics is…

SWANA cancels WASTECON for 2020

Silver Spring, MD – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the health and safety of participants, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has cancelled the…