Appointments Jacqueline Dedo joins Li-Cycle board August 9, 2022 Brings more than 40 years automotive industry experience
Uncategorized Gorilla Bins seeking new franchisees August 8, 2022 Milton, Ontario based waste disposal bin rental company, Gorilla Bins is expanding its franchise offerings across Canada
Uncategorized HPC Industries plans five new rPET plants in U.S. August 5, 2022 HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets group have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET)
Hazardous Materials RPRA helping organizations prepare for registry opening in November August 4, 2022 On November 15, 2022, Ontario's RPRA’s Hazardous Waste Program (HWP) Registry will open for generators, carriers and receivers of industrial hazardous or liquid waste to set up their registry accounts
EV Emterra to use electric truck in Ontario’s Peel region August 3, 2022 Emterra Group recently ordered a Mack LRElectric Class 8 refuse vehicle
Appointments SWANA chooses new board president August 2, 2022 Timothy Flanagan is the new president of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) board of directors.
Recycled Content Enviro-Log opening new plant in Arizona August 1, 2022 Enviro-Log Company is opening a new recycling and manufacturing facility in Glendale, Arizona this summer. The new facility will be dedicated to recycling waxed cardboard boxes (WOCC) and manufacturing…
Uncategorized Clean Earth opens transfer facility in Puerto Rico July 29, 2022 Clean Earth, a division of Harsco Corporation, has opened a new 10-day hazardous waste transfer facility in Caguas, Puerto Rico
Recycling SWANA urges EPA to create grants for municipal recycling July 28, 2022 The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a grant application process that will be equitable for all sizes of municipalities
Digesters Construction under way for Oshawa digester project July 27, 2022 Evergreen Environmental broke ground on an anaerobic digester in Oshawa on Tuesday. Left to right: Ward Janssens, CEO & president of Evergreen, Ontario minister of environment David Piccini, and Richard…
Acquisitions Frontline Machinery buys Chieftain Equipment July 26, 2022 Frontline Machinery has acquired Chieftain Equipment and its aggregate processing equipment lineup
Plastics Feds launch consultations on labelling and registry for plastics July 25, 2022 The federal government is launching consultations to develop rules for recyclability and compostability labelling and to establish a federal plastics registry for producers of plastic products. Environment and climate change…
Recycling Kimberly-Clark expands recycling for industrial customers July 22, 2022 RightCycle Program is a large-scale recycling effort for non-hazardous lab, cleanroom and industrial PPE waste
Biofuel Hydrofuel Canada invests in Nigerian energy-from-waste start-up July 21, 2022 Lumos has patented technology to produce green hydrogen, ammonia, fertilizer, electricity and other commodities from human and animal wastes
Batteries Japanese researchers propose distributed microwave recycling for batteries July 20, 2022 Distributed recycling systems involving small-scale recycling facilities offer a sustainable alternative to conventional recycling systems