Food Fast food burritos to get paper wrappers March 24, 2021 Quesada Burritos & Tacos is phasing out foil for packaging its burritos in favour of biodegradable paper, starting this April. This translates to diverting about 100,000 pounds of aluminum or…
Batteries New battery recycling plant opens in Singapore March 24, 2021 First plant of its kind in Southeast Asia
Awards University of Vermont wins solid waste design competition March 23, 2021 UBC's Lizzie Torres won the Emerging Leader/Rising Star award.
Food Waste reduction IKEA aims to reduce food waste by cooking with scraps March 22, 2021 New cookbook makes meals using the 63 percent of food scraps that are still edible.
Business Operations Metis group signs with Terrapure March 19, 2021 Willow Lake Métis Group (WLMG) and industrial cleaning leader, Terrapure Environmental have signed an agreement that will allow WLMG to provide more extensive environmental services in the Wood Buffalo Region…
Community action Program aims to keep butts off the ground March 18, 2021 Aims to divert hundreds of thousands of butts each month from the ground and landfills
COVID-19 Vancouver launches wastewater testing for Covid March 17, 2021 Online tool allows residents to track the viral load of Covid-19 detected in untreated wastewater
Acquisitions GFL buying Terrapure March 16, 2021 GFL Environmental Inc. is acquiring the solid waste and environmental solutions business of Terrapure Environmental Ltd. and its subsidiaries
Batteries Canada Silver Cobalt developing li-ion battery recycling tech March 12, 2021 Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc. has launched a new battery recycling initiative using a proprietary hydrometallurgical process it calls Re-2Ox
Agriculture Feds fund farm biogas programs March 11, 2021 The federal government is providing up to $116,800 for the Canadian Biogas Association (CBA) to promote biogas to farmers
Business Operations CarbonLite files for bankruptcy protection March 9, 2021 CarbonLite Holdings LLC, has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
Micro-plastic Study finds microplastics pervasive in Pennsylvania March 8, 2021 Microplastics in 100 percent of samples taken from 50 rivers, lakes and streams in Pennsylvania
Plastics Four companies win plastics challenge funding March 5, 2021 The federal government has announced the four winners of the latest Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges. These small and medium-sized Canadian companies will each receive up to $150,000 toward developing solutions…
Oceans Marine debris cleanup nets more than 125,000 tonnes March 4, 2021 B.C.’s largest coastal marine debris cleanup has resulted in over 127 tonnes of marine debris removed from B.C.’s central coast and Queen Charlotte Sound shorelines.
Batteries Electronics recycler doubles facility size March 3, 2021 Info Liquidation Recycle Inc. has moved to a space twice the size of its original location
