Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Electronic waste experts petition for international EPR by Waste & Recycling Staff Four researchers and twenty-four electronic waste experts from nine countries have co-created an international action plan to move from waste collection and downcycling to a more circular and sustainable approach in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) management
Feedstock supply Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content by Alberto Piovesan, Segment Manager Plastics at TOMRA Recycling Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability. To overcome this challenge and meet ambitious recycling targets, recyclers and material sorting facilities (MRFs) are using advanced technologies
Food Waste reduction Food waste: a global crisis that presents opportunities for the out-of-home market by Hannes Braun The food service industry must act to protect its own interests
Government funding What the 2022 federal budget says about Canada’s commitment to a green recovery by Kevin Andrew, Basma Majerbi & Ekaterina Rhodes As we look at the 2022 budget released on April 7, we ask whether Canada will continue building on its green recovery commitment, as Chrystia Freeland promised
Plastics Here’s how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis by Chelsea Rochman & Xia Zhu The first treaty on plastic needs to include quantitative targets and binding measures that facilitate a circular economy
Biogas More biogas would help Canada meet climate targets by Candian Biogas Association Canada could reduce five times more greenhouse gas emissions through biogas and Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
Singing the Blue Box blues by Emily Atkins Only a third of Ontario Blue Box material makes it into a new product
Batteries Can recycling alleviate li-ion metal supply concerns? by Alex Holland 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?
Plastics Nigeria’s plastic pollution is harming the environment: Steps to combat it are overdue by Emmanuel O. Akindele, Senior Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University Compared to other developing countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, Nigeria's commitments to combating plastic pollution are far below average
Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries – A picture of Antarctic waste by Darren Koppel, Research fellow, Curtin University Antarctica’s abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up