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Geotab launches economic recovery dashboard
TORONTO – Geotab has launched a Commercial Transportation Recovery Dashboard. Using aggregated and anonymized data processed from more than two million of its connected fleet vehicles around the world, the dashboard helps to depict the current state of COVID-19 recovery and…
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Remembering activist Maureen Reilly
It was with shock and sadness last week that I learned of the death of environmental activist Maureen Reilly who died suddenly in Toronto on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at age 58. As the news release I put together states,…
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News releases that make my eyes roll
Once in a while a news release comes across my desk that really makes my eyes roll. In this case, the news item relates to Nestlé Waters Canada receiving Atlantic Packaging’s Certificate of Environmental Sustainability Award. There are layers of…
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Not so green bins
I thought readers might enjoy these two recent articles from the Toronto Star that suggest there’s a big shortage of composting and organics processing capacity in Ontario, at the same time as organics collection is increasing. The overall theme is…
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The passing of Chester Waxman
Chester Waxman has died at the age of 82, after fighting asbestos-related lung cancer for just under three years. I wouldn’t wish mesothelioma on anyone, yet it’s somehow not surprising that someone who worked in the scrap recycling industry might…
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Register for OWMA truck driving championship
The Ontario Waste Management Association is pleased to announce that the 15th Annual WASTE INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) TRUCK…
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Canadian truckers undertake new energy efficiency initiatives
Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), announced the signing of an agreement on August 12, 20…
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U.S. Congress studying flow control
The U.S. House of Representatives will evaluate three separate bills next week concerning the transport of waste ac…
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Canadian Association of Recycling Industries convention
The Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI) 62nd annual convention, general meeting and exhibition were…
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Messe Franfurt and Contact Exposition to co-produce Canadian events
In mid February 2003, Atlanta, Georgia-based Messe Frankfurt, Inc. and Contact Exposition Management, Inc. announce…