Awards Clean Earth wins sustainability award December 27, 2021 Clean Earth, a division of Harsco Corporation and a supplier of environmental and regulated waste management services, has won a 2021 Sustainability, Environmental Achievement & Leadership (SEAL) Business Sustainability Award…
Litter Amazon’s plastic waste jumps 29% in 2020 December 24, 2021 Up to 10.66 million kilograms of this waste entered the world’s waterways and seas
Collection Omicron may affect waste collection December 23, 2021 The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is concerned that increased delays in solid waste collection are likely to occur over the holidays
Bans Plastics ban rules ready for public comment December 22, 2021 On Tuesday, the federal government published draft regulations for the banning of certain single-use plastics. The draft…
Batteries Li-Cycle to expand Rochester plant December 21, 2021 Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. announced it will proceed with the construction of its first commercial Hub facility
Collection U.S. waste worker death rate falls December 20, 2021 Refuse and recyclable materials collection remains the sixth deadliest occupation in the United States
Appointments CATRA welcomes Steve Meldrum as chairman December 17, 2021 The Canadian Association of Tire Recycling Agencies (CATRA) welcomes Steve Meldrum, CEO of eTracks Tire Management Systems, the Ontario member for CATRA, as the incoming chairman of its management committee…
Acquisitions Greenlane brings desulfurization tech in-house December 16, 2021 Greenlane Renewables Inc. is buying Airdep S.R.L.
Education SWANA launches course for Canadian landfill managers December 15, 2021 Will develop a Canadian adaptation of its new Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) course and exam
Landfill gas GFL to build RNG plants at two landfills December 14, 2021 GFL will be building and operating renewable natural gas (RNG) plants at two of its U.S. landfill sites
Plastics Major consumer goods companies make progress on plastics December 13, 2021 Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic by 57 percent between 2018 and 2020
Blue Box Report explores how to encourage recycling December 10, 2021 SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation reviews programs and their effect on contamination
Plastics Walmart Canada eliminating single use bags December 9, 2021 The phased approach will see all of Walmart's more than 400 Canadian locations make the change by Earth Day 2022
Batteries Electra gets engineering go-ahead for battery recycling December 8, 2021 Electra Battery Materials Corporation's existing refinery complex will be able to handle production-scale metallurgical lithium-ion battery recycling
Collection Emterra contractors walk out in Peel December 7, 2021 Waste collection contractors have walked off the job in Peel Region, just west of Toronto, in a labour dispute involving Emterra Environmental
