Canada’s capital tested whether wrapping receptacles with splashy graphics of recyclables can improve capture rates and reduce contamination. The move can be effective, but such a strategy also has limitations.
Canada’s capital tested whether wrapping receptacles with splashy graphics of recyclables can improve capture rates and reduce contamination. The move can be effective, but such a strategy also has limitations.
Toronto-based GFL Environmental has entered a merger agreement with Raleigh, N.C.-headquartered Waste Industries.
The Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF) recently looked into the efficiency of using collection-vehicle drivers to pick out contamination and other approaches that could lead to cleaner streams of recyclables.
Four provinces that employ extended producer responsibility for residential recyclables have released recycling rate numbers that would make many U.S. states green with envy.
Canada’s largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort reached a clear conclusion, but it wasn’t good news.
In certain circumstances, having households bag recyclables and leave them at the curb might be a better option than using carts or bins.
Ontario’s Niagara Region sells its recycled glass for use as sandblast media, but what happens if that market slows? An initiative aims to develop a new market for the post-consumer material.
Canadian companies Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics are deepening their ongoing partnership, with an eye on the evolving world of corporate sustainability.
Canadians recycled slightly more plastic in 2016 than they did the previous year. That’s according to a report released shortly before a Canadian plastics group unveiled its recyclability and recycling goals.
