Batteries Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing by Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo We’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops Rare-earth metals are critical to the high-tech society we live in as an essential component of mobile…
Micro-plastic The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites by Christopher Ruf Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics – fragments less than…
Oceans Plastic pollution: scientists track a cargo spill from New York to Norway, reveal how currents disperse harmful substances by Andrew Turner The blocking of the Suez Canal in March by a megaship named Ever Given delayed over 200 vessels laden with thousands of containers, serving as a reminder of the…
Accounting Amazon found destroying unsold stock – would better accounting practices help? by Lucy Wishart A recent undercover investigation in an Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland, reported the disposal of more than 130,000 “new or lightly used” objects in a single week in just…
Containers & Bins The basics of purchasing roll-off containers by Greg Shields Roll-off containers have come a long way in waste management. Just because you use a roll-off container on your job site doesn’t mean that just any container will do. Today,…
Batteries Bacteria can recover precious metals from electric vehicle batteries – here’s how by Sebastien Farnaud There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036. If all those cars burn petrol or diesel, the climate consequences will…
Blue Box Organizations that make packaging decisions should pay for end-of-life residential recycling by Retail Council of Canada Retail Council of Canada (RCC) and our retail members look forward to transitioning to a new, producer-controlled, blue box system wherein both costs and management shift to industry for all residential…
Circular Economy A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals by Sarah Tranum Our food system needs a serious reboot
Associations Group to challenge feds labeling plastic as ‘toxic’ by Responsible Plastic Use Coalition The Responsible Plastic Use Coalition (RPUC) is pursuing legal action against the federal government. On May 12 the Canadian government added all “plastic manufactured items” to Schedule 1, the…