London Drugs Reaches Battery Collection Milestone

London Drugs, in partnership with Call2Recycle®, Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling program, announced today that it has diverted over 300,000 kg of batteries from landfill through recycling…

NZWC Webinar “Closing the Loop: How Material Exchanges Enable the Circular Economy”

Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 10:00 am – 11:00 am Mountain time Join the National Zero Waste Council on May 9th to hear about innovative material exchange and industrial symbiosis projects in Canada…

SOCRRA in Michigan Chose Machinex to Build Its First Single-stream Sorting System

The construction of a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) was granted to Machinex after a public bid by the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority (SOCRRA). This new single-stream…

Canada’s Plastic Packaging Recycling Rate Continues to Rise

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) released a new report today: “2015 Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling in Canada” informing Canadians that their recycling efforts continue to increase the amount of…

“Opinion” Back to the Future for Collectors

In tribute to this issue’s look at front lines workers, we step back in time for the abridged version of the history of waste management. Of course, the earliest…

Pilot Program Teaches Robots How to Make Carton Recycling More Efficient

– In its ongoing efforts to advance food and beverage carton recycling, the Carton Council of North America announced today that it has been conducting a pilot program that…

Ontario Recognizes Waste Reduction Week

In celebration of Waste Reduction Week, Ontario is calling on local champions who reduce, reuse and repurpose waste to apply for the 2016 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence. This year’s award…

Tour a Single Stream MRF with Van Dyk

Van Dyk (https://vdrs.com) provided recycling equipment to J.P. Mascaro & Sons for its first single-stream recycling facility: TotalRecycle, Inc. Tour its 75,000 square feet of cutting-edge…

Fight Against Food Waste Act Falls… Embers Remain

Bill C-231 “The Fight Against Food Waste Act” was defeated on October 4. Brought forward by NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the bill sought a National Fight Against Food…

EREF and OWMA Collaboration Expands Canadian-Based Research & Scholarships

Raleigh, NC (October 5, 2016) – The Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA) and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) have completed an agreement to strengthen EREF’s funding of Canadian-based…