Municipal Waste Ontario municipalities hampering asphalt recycling: study October 18, 2018 TORONTO – A new study finds that many municipalities in Ontario have policies that prohibit or severely limit the use of recycled asphalt and concrete in road construction…
Digitization Using Internet of Things to save time and money September 17, 2018 BOMA Calgary members have used Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to adapt to the new City of Calgary Food and Yard Waste Bylaw
Municipal Waste Alberta counties team up for grain bag recycling August 22, 2018 Lacombe County, Red Deer County, and Ponoka County recently joined together to ensure the proper recycling of plastic grain bags. “For a number of years, Council has explored options for recycling agricultural plastics,” explained Lacombe County…
Municipal Waste Greening the Fleet August 15, 2018 Vancouver's emissions reduction target will be reached early thanks to contract with Suncor
Municipal Waste Iqaluit to get waste management upgrade July 25, 2018 IQALUIT –Close to $35 million in joint funding has been allocated to to improve Iqaluit’s solid waste management. The federal government is providing more than $26.2 million for…
Municipal Waste Vancouver aims for zero waste by 2040 June 7, 2018 Vancouver’s strategy will include a policy on single-use items and a green demolition bylaw update. VANCOUVER – Vancouver became the first city in the world to approve a comprehensive zero-waste…
Collection “Opinion” The Collection of Municipal Waste in North Africa May 11, 2017 Collecting municipal waste on the North African continent can be a very challenging business. In Melilla, Ceuta, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, a variety of factors affect the collection…
Municipal Waste “Opinion” Canadians Are Dumping More, and Less, at the Same Time! February 18, 2017 Call us multi-taskers. According to the latest waste disposal data from Statistics Canada, Canadians dumped 25.1 million tonnes of waste in 2014, a million tonnes more than we did…