Batteries New partnership to tackle EV battery recycling October 21, 2021 Montreal-based Lithion Recycling, Inc., and Call2Recycle Canada have will collaborate on providing electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling.
Recycling Goodwill to recycle Beer Store uniforms October 20, 2021 Used uniforms from Ontario’s The Beer Store’s retail and logistics employees will be donated and recycled through Goodwill to ensure materials are not sent to landfills or incinerated. This…
Plastics The plastic recycling system is broken – here’s how we can fix it October 15, 2021 For the plastics recycling industry, the pandemic was a bit like the tide going out, exposing its deep-rooted structural problems
Tomra launches bulk reverse vending machines October 15, 2021 Recyclers in Germany and Denmark can now pour more than 100 empty beverage containers into a reverse vending machine in one go, rather than inserting them one by one, with…
Metals Project reclaims rare earth magnets from loudspeakers October 1, 2021 The University of Birmingham has demonstrated that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers, which are currently lost to landfill, can be successfully recycled
Government funding SWANA weighs in on U.S. infrastructure bill September 29, 2021 The Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) has sent a letter to the United States Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee highlighting the importance…
Plastics Solvay shows proof of PVDC recycling September 28, 2021 Proof of concept involves process to recycle PVDC bioriented film from post-industrial food packaging
Plastics Tomra opens flake testing center in Italy September 27, 2021 On September 22, 2021, Tomra Recycling officially opened its new flake sorting Test Center, where the company will develop new flake sorting applications for polyolefins (PO) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Recycling Recycling rates could rise significantly with this simple tweak September 24, 2021 Have you ever thought about what happens to the empty Coke cans and food takeout containers you toss in your recycling bins? Our research suggests that if you’re like…
Municipal Waste Vancouver tops list of world’s best recycling cities September 23, 2021 Waste collection firm BusinessWaste.co.uk has compiled a list of the fifteen best cities across the world for recycling
