Circular Economy Folding water bottle to be made from bio-based plastic March 1, 2023 DiFOLD has chosen DSM Engineering Materials’ Arnitel Eco copolyester to manufacture its flagship Origami foldable water bottle
Government funding Niagara packaging maker gets federal funds to scale manufacturing February 28, 2023 Smithville, Ontario-based Stanpac Inc. will get $5 million in federal support to help scale up production of a new line of recyclable and compostable packaging
Awards SWANA introduces new safety awards February 27, 2023 The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is adding two new categories for the 2023 SWANA Safety Awards — Best Safety Training Program Award and the Workplace Wellness Award
Paper Distribution centre turns waste corrugated into dunnage February 24, 2023 A tool distributor in the United States has introduced a system that turns waste corrugated boxes into dunnage for its outbound orders
Cleantech UK cleantech group starts with £6 billion seed funding February 23, 2023 Coalition includes six accelerators, venture capital, growth investors and alternative asset platforms with combined funds of over £6 billion
Metals Companies to send recycled rare earths from Ontario to France February 21, 2023 Cyclic Materials has signed a deal with Solvay to send recycled rare earths to the French company's plant in La Rochelle, France
Waste-to-Energy New SWANA report shows WTE has cleaned up February 20, 2023 This report reviews commercially proven, new and emerging nitrogen oxide (NOX) and carbon dioxide (CO2) control technologies that can potentially be deployed in existing WTE facilities
Plastics NOVA Chemicals spins off business for recycled products February 17, 2023 NOVA Chemicals Corporation has established a new business, NOVA Circular Solutions, focusing on lower-emission, recycled solutions
Batteries Canadians recycled record numbers of batteries in 2022 February 16, 2023 Canadians diverted almost 4.4 million kilograms of batteries from landfills in 2022, with four provinces setting new collection records
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) EPR increases recycling rates, study finds February 15, 2023 EPR policy drove the collection and recycling of target materials to over 75% in British Columbia, Belgium, Spain, South Korea, and the Netherlands, with Portugal and Quebec at over 60%
Construction, Renovation and Demolition (CRD) Saint-Gobain buys into shingle recycling February 14, 2023 Saint-Gobain North America has acquired the rights to technology that will allow the company to recycle asphalt shingle waste
Appointments Rob Sinyard appointed as CHAR COO February 10, 2023 Robert Sinyard has been appointed chief operating officer at CHAR Technologies Ltd.
Acquisitions VLS Environmental buys SRE February 9, 2023 Houston-based environmental services company VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, has acquired SRE Environmental, a waste management solutions company in Phoenix, Arizona
Appointments Chevron Phillips CEO joins WM board February 8, 2023 Waste Management, Inc.'s board of directors has elected Bruce Chinn, president and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, as an additional member of its board of directors
Artificial Intelligence Oregon patents AI bottle return system February 7, 2023 The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) has developed, and patented an artificial intelligence-based counting system for bottle returns
