Tag: Canada

April 8, 2022

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help Ontario reach its climate change goals, including the province’s plan to phase out emissions from landfills by 2030, Waste Connections of Canada (Waste Connections) with the support of Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas), […]

January 3, 2022

Public and private investment into research and development of advanced technologies for nuclear power generation is on the rise. There’s support for large reactors, with China and Russia leading the way in building multiple advanced units, along with smaller projects […]

June 10, 2019

Canada’s government is looking to ban single-use plastics beginning in 2021, according to a CBC News report. The full list of plastics to be banned by the federal government will follow the model chosen by the European Union, which voted […]

February 27, 2019

Save-On-Foods is celebrating a year of focused effort to surpass its company-wide goal to reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2025. Through its food waste diversion programs, Save-On-Foods has undertaken initiatives in stores across Western Canada to divert surplus […]

February 6, 2019

Nada grocery store in Vancouver, British Columbia, sells hundreds of food products without single-use packaging. According to a Huffington Post report, the store’s owner is part of a wave of environmentally conscious entrepreneurs who are opening no-waste food markets across […]

August 3, 2018

The City of Toronto is to work with gas distribution firm, Enbridge, to develop the city’s first renewable natural gas facility, located at the Dufferin organic waste processing facility. According to Enbridge almost 50% of its household waste (by weight) […]

June 4, 2018

A new study funded by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) and completed by Harokopio University of Athens includes data on the global generation of used and end-of-life electronics. The study, “Statistics on the national arisings of e-scrap and the […]

August 31, 2017

For years Waste & Recycling Expo Canada (CWRE) has been the premier platform connecting the top waste, recycling and public works companies and their latest products and services with key buyers from around the world. The 20th edition will take […]