B.C. cleaning up coasts this summer

More than $9.5 million will be used to clean shorelines and remove approximately 100 derelict vessels

French city deploys AI to manage bins

Since July 2020, 200 bins that collect waste from 13 waste disposal centres in the French city of Toulouse have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence

New CEO for Tomra

Tomra Systems ASA has announced Tove Anderson will become its president and CEO, replacing Stefan Ranstrand by November 1 this year

Lion Electric to build trucks in U.S.

Plant will have annual production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks

Return-It launches vision for waste-free future

Return-It undertook a year-long process to develop its social purpose, which informs the organization’s strategic direction for the next 25 years

Agnico Eagle wins award for drinking water project

Drinking water project supplies 200 households and community services

Staples reports on diversion efforts

Retailer diverted more than 136,000 kilograms of batteries and two million kilograms of electronics from the waste stream in 2020

Campaign aims to educate on food waste

Love Food Hate Waste Canada campaign, “5 Ways With”, aims to help Canadians rethink avoidable food waste

Iamgold wins sustainable mining award

Recognition for plastics recycling in Burkina Faso

Hydrogen hubs to be built at landfills

Hyzon Motors Inc. and Raven SR LLC are planning to build up to 100 hydrogen production hubs

Tomra installs 100th multi-feed recycling machine

Just 18 months after introducing its R1 solution, Tomra has installed 100 of the units. The R1 is a “multi-feed” machine that lets recyclers dump over 100 empty beverage containers…

Plastics reduction program to help restaurants cut waste

Program will help businesses inventory plastics use and and identify opportunities to reduce, replace, refuse, re-use, or better recycle harmful and unnecessary plastics

Management changes for Erdwich

Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH from Igling in Germany has new top management: Florian Böhm-Feigl has been appointed managing director, replacing Hans Erdwich, who has retired. Together with managing director Harald…

Michelin creates tire fibre using enzymatic recycling

Tested and applied Carbios’s enzymatic recycling process for PET plastic waste, creating a high-tenacity tire fibre

Free academy to provide ocean plastics education

Ocean Legacy Foundation (OLF) has launched EPIC Academy, a free online program that will provide knowledge about ocean plastic pollution