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Canada issues grant to develop PPE recycling

Published: August 8, 2023
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Vitacore Industries is among a handful of companies that will receive money from the Canadian government to scale up their technology. | Faizzamal/Shutterstock

Vitacore Industries, a personal protective equipment manufacturer, received 4.18 million Canadian dollars (about $3.17 million) to develop a facility to recycle discarded PPE into building materials.  Continue Reading

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NOVA considers major pyrolysis plant in Canada

Published: July 11, 2023
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Baled plastics for recycling stored outside.

NOVA partnered with a company called Plastic Energy, which uses pyrolysis to make TACOIL, a branded oil that can be used to make new plastic. | RozenskiP/Shutterstock

Plastic producer NOVA Chemicals is exploring a partnership to build a pyrolysis plant to process up to 146 million pounds of scrap plastic each year. Continue Reading

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Canadian recycler to spend $32.3 million on two new plants

Published: June 21, 2023
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In addition to scaling up its polystyrene recycling capabilities, Polystyvert will collaborate with several partners to adapt its technology to handle ABS. | Courtesy of Polystyvert

Montreal-based Polystyvert plans to build its first full-scale commercial PS recycling plant, as well as a pilot-scale plant for ABS.  Continue Reading

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Flexible film recycling project debuts in Canada

Published: May 23, 2023
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PRFLEX will employ consulting firms to first gather data on film recycling, then propose solutions to improve collection and get more recycled film into packaging. | Courtesy of PRFLEX

A number of circularity organizations have collaborated to launch PRFLEX, an effort to improve flexible plastic recycling in Canada.  Continue Reading

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Canada assesses PCR, labeling rules

Published: April 25, 2023
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The proposed rules would bar products from using the chasing arrows symbol unless 80% of Canadians in the region of sale have access to systems that can process them. | Valeriya Bogdanova100/Shutterstock

The Canadian government opened the comment period for its latest round of regulations on PCR and product labeling.  Continue Reading

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Hazmat specialist builds out plastics recycling system

Published: February 28, 2023
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RBW Waste Management will use the 700,000 Canadian dollars it was awarded to install an HDPE system in its Alberta facility. | B-Brown/Shutterstock

RBW Waste Management, which handles a variety of types of hazardous materials, got a boost from the government of Alberta to engage in HDPE processing.

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Digimarc Recycle to begin pilot in France

Published: January 24, 2023
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Digimarc Recycle works by using digital watermarks and a cloud-based dataset of product attributes such as brand, SKU, product variant, packaging composition and others, to improve optical sorting technologies. | Courtesy of Digimarc

Expanding on earlier trials, Digimarc plans to test its Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 in France on a larger scale. Continue Reading

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British Columbia gets fourth Ocean Plastic Depot

Published: February 7, 2023
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Nonprofit Ocean Legacy Foundation partnered with the Regional District of Mount Waddington to open an Ocean Plastic Depot at 7 Mile Landfill and Recycling Centre. | Courtesy of the Ocean Legacy Foundation

British Columbians have another place to recycle plastics collected during shoreline, ocean and industrial cleanups. Continue Reading

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Judge: Company must pay for rejected exports

Published: January 24, 2023
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Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft took legal action against materials exporter Golden Trust Trading on March 18, 2022, after the shipping giant said it transported 33 containers of PET, PP and PVC film bales from Vancouver, British Columbia to Bangkok in spring 2019 that were rejected by the Thai government. | John Crux/Shutterstock

A federal judge ruled that a Burnaby, British Columbia company owes an international shipping company $4.3 million Canadian dollars over plastics shipments rejected by the Thai government, the second such suit brought against the company. Continue Reading

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