Recycling Harmful chemicals in bottled drinks prompt call for better recycling March 18, 2022 Better recycling is needed to help remove potentially harmful chemicals from bottled drinks, a new study has warned. Researchers from Brunel University London found 150 chemicals that had leached into…
Batteries Can recycling alleviate li-ion metal supply concerns? March 11, 2022 Increasing demand for battery metals and the motivation to reduce the reliance on unsustainable and unethical mining practices drive the li-ion battery market. Recycling batteries alleviates both factors – but to what extent?
Feedstock supply Honeywell finds buyer for RPF February 17, 2022 Honeywell will supply TotalEnergies with Recycled Polymer Feedstock (RPF)
Plastics University licenses hot water technique for plastics recycling February 11, 2022 Supercritical water technology represents the next generation for treatment and recycling of ‘stubborn’, complex, and hazardous waste that is currently treated by incineration or sent to landfill
Recycling Single stream/dual stream: contending approaches to recycling in the U.S. January 22, 2022 Can it be that dual stream recycling is reasserting it to meet the demand for clean materials? Is this what the markets are saying? Are we going back to the…
Recycling B.C. to accept milk containers at Return-It sites January 19, 2022 Starting on February 1, 2022, British Columbians can recycle ready-to-drink milk containers
Plastics Eastman spending US$1 billion on recycling plant in France January 17, 2022 material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France will use Eastman's polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated
Government funding Quebec to fund polystyrene recycler November 30, 2021 Pyrowave will use a $7 million loan from the Quebec government to expand a pilot plant
Landfills Ontario missing waste diversion targets, running out of landfill space November 23, 2021 Ontario could soon run out of landfill space because businesses and institutions aren't recycling enough: Auditor General
Plastics Joint venture to convert plastics to fuel November 22, 2021 Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, and UK green-tech company, Clean Planet Energy, have formed a joint venture partnership to develop Clean Planet Energy USA ecoPlants in key North American markets
