Canada

Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals....

The City of Calgary's curbside recycling program has accepted plastic bags since it was rolled out in 2009, but it...

A company creating plastics processing aids from recycled plastics has announced a new line of PP waxes. Brantford, Ontario-based GreenMantra...

A Canadian metropolitan region home to 2.5 million people is considering imposing a disposal ban on expanded polystyrene. The regional...

For the second year in a row, U.S. paper recovery marked a record high in 2016. Use of recycled paper is...

A contamination-reduction campaign draws an angry response from some residents, and New York City approves a ban on polystyrene foam...

Florida lawmakers vote to remove roadblocks for plastics conversion efforts, and Envision Plastics announces it will source millions of pounds...

Getting old mobile devices out of Canadians' junk drawers and into the recycling stream may be a lucrative challenge for...

A Canadian city brings in nearly $10 million through sales of recyclables, and a community attempts to educate residents to...

Canadian HDPE recovery offset decreased recycling of other resins in 2015, according to a recent report, giving overall plastic packaging...