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…
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Solving packaging and food waste through government – industry collaboration by Martin Gooch & Claire Sand One of the greatest risks facing industry today is well-intended though poorly conceived policies. Poorly conceived policies have the potential to worsen the issue(s) that they seek to address. This…
COVID-19 Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID by Sukhbir Sandhu Such a move would be bad for business, and the planet
Biogas Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself – so why aren’t more companies doing it? by Drew Shindell Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions will be crucial to slow global warming, a new…
Waste-to-Energy Waste-to-Energy has still a place in the EU Taxonomy by European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology New European Act fails to reflect a comprehensive approach for waste management
E-Waste Global electronic waste up 21% in five years, and recycling isn’t keeping up by Vanessa Forti In 2019 alone, the world generated 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste