German retailer adopts digital watermarks to enhance plastics recycling

German retailer Netto Marken-Discount is using digital watermarks in its private label food and beverage packaging

Toronto looking for supplier to draw circular economy roadmap

The City of Toronto has issued an invitation to prospective suppliers to submit bids to develop Toronto’s First Circular Economy Road Map Strategy and Implementation Plan

New recycling plant in Ohio will supply minerals for 200k EV batteries a year

Cirba Solutions, a battery materials management specialist, recently held a groundbreaking event for the expansion of its lithium-ion processing operations in Lancaster, Ohio

Huge recycling plant fire in New Mexico puts residents’ health at risk

A massive blaze at a plastics recycling plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has prompted local officials to warn residents to stay indoors and away from toxic smoke. Albuquerque Fire and…

Racing team builds race car from e-waste

Formula E team Envision Racing has revealed its full-size, drivable Formula E Gen3 ‘Recover-E’ car made entirely out of electronic waste (e-waste)

Material breakthrough will facilitate electronics recycling

A UK-based materials specialist has produced a circuit board substrate that dissolves in water, allowing the components to be recovered and recycled

Study looks into biochar for battery recycling

A research project at the University of Minnesota is studying the use of biochar in pyrometallurgical battery recycling

UK water bottler offers monetary rewards for recycling

Nestlé Waters subsidiary Buxton has joined a first-of-its-kind recycling trial in Brecon, Powys in South Wales

Consumers prefer compostable packaging, study finds

Consumers who are aware of compostable packaging options would prefer using them over plastic, a new study has found. TIPA, a compostable packaging producer, recently conducted survey on consumer perceptions…

Bion starts livestock waste treatment demonstration project

Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. has started up its Fair Oaks, Indiana, demonstration and optimization facility

BC region gains new metals recycling service

West Kootenay, British Columbia, residents and business owners have a new location to recycle scrap metal since LocalMetal opened its doors in Genelle this spring

UBCO researchers investigate new use for plastic bottles

Instead of going to a landfill, they may help with future soil stabilization

Nova to open mechanical recycling plant in Indiana

NOVA Chemicals Corporation is developing its first mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana

B.C. sets single-use plastic rules

A new provincial regulation will expand B.C.’s efforts to tackle hard-to-recycle single-use and plastic items

CDE commissions C&D waste plant for Calgary Aggregate Recycling

CDE has opened a new washing pant for aggregate recycling firm Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc. (CAR). The new 250 tons per hour (tph) washing solution was recently commissioned at CAR’s…