SWANA to provide expertise to aid agency

SWANA will provide capacity building and technical assistance to the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) global staff, industry representatives, and government officials

Ont. government helping Greenlid bring production home from China

Manufacturing facility will be in Dundalk, Ontario

Share, reuse, repair hub opens for York Region

Funded by The Regional Municipality of York’s Circular Economy Initiatives Fund, the online hub provides tools and resources

SWANA announces award recipients

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has announced the recipients of its annual Professional Achievement Awards

BC adding $10 million in funding for plastics projects

As part of its 2022 budget, British Columbia will spend nearly $10 million on projects that will reduce the use of new plastic, expand reuse of plastics, and increase the use of post-consumer recycled plastic

Jacqueline Dedo joins Li-Cycle board

Brings more than 40 years automotive industry experience

Gorilla Bins seeking new franchisees

Milton, Ontario based waste disposal bin rental company, Gorilla Bins is expanding its franchise offerings across Canada

HPC Industries plans five new rPET plants in U.S.

HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets group have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET)

RPRA helping organizations prepare for registry opening in November

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

Emterra to use electric truck in Ontario’s Peel region

Emterra Group recently ordered a Mack LRElectric Class 8 refuse vehicle

SWANA chooses new board president

Timothy Flanagan is the new president of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) board of directors.

Enviro-Log opening new plant in Arizona

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…

Clean Earth opens transfer facility in Puerto Rico

Clean Earth, a division of Harsco Corporation, has opened a new 10-day hazardous waste transfer facility in Caguas, Puerto Rico

SWANA urges EPA to create grants for municipal recycling

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

Construction under way for Oshawa digester project

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…