Uncategorized SWANA Membership Launches Online Mentoring Program June 22, 2017 The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to announce a new program, MentorMatch, available to members on their online forum, MySWANA. Established to pair experienced professionals with…
Uncategorized CPIA and CAMM Host Successful Joint Meeting Featuring Plastics Industry Statistics and NAFTA Updates June 21, 2017 On Wed. May 17, 2017 the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) and the Canadian Association of Mold Makers (CAMM) hosted a highly successful joint plastics industry meeting in Mississauga,…
Uncategorized Machinex Adds New Sales Manager for Western Region May 23, 2017 Machinex Technologies Inc., the USA subsidiary of Machinex Group, is proud to announce that Will Herzog has joined the company as a Sales Manager for the USA Western Region.
Uncategorized “Opinion” Fact and Fiction in the Fight to Deliver Your Fruit and Veggies May 8, 2017 Most consumers don’t see this but there’s an intense battle going on right now in North America for the job of delivering food from the farm to…
Uncategorized ‘Plasticurious’ Video Contest Invites Teens to Explore the Role of Plastics in Their World April 29, 2017 What do Canadian teens think about when it comes to the many things in their lives made possible because of plastics? “Most teens I know are busy leading active,…
Uncategorized “Opinion” Canada Diverting Only 27% of Its Waste April 22, 2017 For those promoting a more circular economy where materials are used again and again rather than made, used and dumped, the latest data from Statistics Canada provides a solid gut…
Uncategorized London Drugs Reaches Battery Collection Milestone April 21, 2017 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…
Uncategorized NZWC Webinar “Closing the Loop: How Material Exchanges Enable the Circular Economy” April 21, 2017 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…
Uncategorized SOCRRA in Michigan Chose Machinex to Build Its First Single-stream Sorting System April 15, 2017 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…
Uncategorized Canada’s Plastic Packaging Recycling Rate Continues to Rise April 15, 2017 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…