Landfills Quebec municipality wins federal funding February 10, 2021 The Regional Municipal County (RMC) of La Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, will be receiving more than $9.1 million in Green Municipal Fund (GMF) funding for a project to reuse residual materials in…
Business Operations Mechanical recycling demo plant opens in Germany January 14, 2021 High-speed sorting at the demonstration plant. Tomra and Borealis have started operations at their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany. Borealis produces advanced and circular polyolefin solutions along…
Alternative Fuel Vehicles New Flyer and Li-Cycle partner on battery recycling January 11, 2021 New Flyer Industries Canada ULC and New Flyer of America Inc. have completed a battery recycling pilot with lithium-ion battery recycler, Li-Cycle Corporation. New Flyer provided Li-Cycle with 45 end-of-life…
Plastics Storopack makes packaging from post-consumer recycled expanded polystyrene December 16, 2020 METZINGEN, Germany – Storopack has delivered the first protective packaging made from 100 percent rEPS (recycled expanded polystyrene) to a customer. French medical supplies company Prevor is the first customer…
Oceans Feds fund four SMEs’ works on ocean plastic June 11, 2020 OTTAWA – Four Canadian small businesses will receive grants to expand their work recycling and adapting fishing and aquaculture equipment and abandoned fishing gear into useful biodegradable products. The…
Cardboard False arguments being used to promote post-consumer recycled content May 29, 2020 Specifying pre- and post-consumer targets is counterproductive
Equipment Four generations of salvage May 7, 2020 Allied Salvage Metals grows with savvy equipment acquisitions
Industrial, Commercial & Institutional (IC&I) From coffee cups to oil cans May 5, 2020 New recycling options on both coasts
Agriculture Cleanfarms celebrates 10 years with a look to the future April 29, 2020 ETOBICOKE, Ontario – In over a decade of program operations, Cleanfarms has recovered for recycling or proper disposal 51,600 tonnes of plastic and other non-organic waste from Canada’s…
Alternative Fuel Vehicles The electric circle – EV battery recycling April 21, 2020 Developing a circular economy for EV batteries is a big opportunity for Canadian companies