Waste & Recycling Magazine

"Second-life policy that can extend a used #EV battery’s life by 10 or more years is one of the most promising and least mature frontiers in the global battery landscape ... the policies governing what happens to those batteries at end-of-life lag behind" wasterecyclingmag.ca/policy-regulat…

Amazon will be deploying a food waste processor in its Whole Foods stores. The system, made by Mill Industries Inc. will reduce in-store food waste and turn scraps into chicken feed. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/business-opera…

NWRA, ReMA and SWANA have released a Guide for Developing Lithium-Ion #BatteryManagement Practices at Materials Recovery Facilities to offer practical steps to better identify, manage, and respond to improperly discarded lithium-ion batteries. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/community-educ…

Quebec-based metal recycling company Beausite Métal Inc has been fined $40,000 for violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/policy-regulat…

@YourAlberta has renewed its funding and approved a two-year extension for the Alberta Ag-Plastic Recycle It! pilot program. The program provides Alberta farmers with solutions to manage used plastic baler twine and grain bags. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/collection/alb…

@WeAreReMA president Robin Wiener recently testified at the review of the CUSMA trade agreement. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/policy-regulat…

The federal government has announced final regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and #landfills across Canada. The regulations are part of the 2025 federal budget’s #Climate Competitiveness Strategy. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/policy-regulat…

#Circularity has become part of the public mindset, according to an international study commissioned by @EveryCanCounts conducted across 16 countries with more than 16,000 participants. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/circular-econo…

A new competition is offering up to $2M per winning project for late-stage technologies (TRL 6-9) across the country’s #oil and #gas sector and other hard-to-abate industries. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/technology-inn… MaRS Discovery District Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN)

@NAPCOR_PET the industry association for the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) #plastic industry in North America, has released its 2024 PET #Recycling Report. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/recycling-proc…

"Australia’s recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, kerbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to coordinate a coherent national approach." Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/community-educ…

@CircMaterials and @PollutionProbe will work together for the 2026 Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup (GLPC) season. Since its launch, the GLPC has filtered billions of litres of water and removed hundreds of thousands of pieces of plastic pollution. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/sustainability…

The 15th annual Canadian Waste to Resource Conference (CWRC) is scheduled for June 23rd and 24th, 2026, and will provide a forum for presentations to the waste, recycling and resource sectors across North America. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/community-educ…

"Using an archaeological lens allows us to question what we think we know about the contemporary world, and to see plastic as not just pollution but as evidence of the impact people are having on the planet." Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/sustainability…

The @LethbridgeCity and @Call2RecycleCA collected over 3,000 kilograms of household #batteries in Alberta’s first curbside #BatteryCollection campaign. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/collection/let…

On January 21 Waste & Recycling magazine and Diversys Software, Inc. will host a webinar on the use of AI in #WasteManagement programs. This conversation will examine #AI as a practical enabler of climate-positive outcomes. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/news-events/wa…

Circular Materials has partnered with Earth Rangers and EcoSchools Canada to offer education and engagement programs that foster positive #recycling habits and #environmental leadership among Ontario students. #EnvironmentalLeadership Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/community-educ…

A new initiative will support the development of a circular textile system in Turkey by capturing and recycling post-industrial textile waste. #TextileWaste #Recycling Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/recycling-proc…

Hydron Energy Inc, a renewable gas upgrading and clean fuel solutions provider, has been recognized by Foresight Canada as one of its Top 50 Investable #CleanTech Companies for 2025. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/technology-inn…

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.'s Volterra electric garbage and recycling vehicle has been named an honouree in the Construction and Industrial Tech category in the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2026 Innovation Awards. Read more: wasterecyclingmag.ca/equipment-vehi…