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3 days ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Construction began on Germany’s first full-scale phosphorus recovery plant with a groundbreaking ceremony on May 26, 2025. The facility in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, will produce RevoCaP, a clean phosphorus product recycled from sewage sludge using the Ash2Phos process and will boost Europe’s self-sufficiency.
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4 days ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Republic Services, Inc. plans to construct a recycling centre in Bridgeton, Missouri, to serve Greater St. Louis and the region. The 105,000-square-foot recycling centre is estimated to manage recyclables from approximately three million people. The high-capacity facility will process up to 45 tons, or nine truckloads, of single-stream recyclables per hour, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs, aluminum and metal food and beverage cans, and glass bottles and jars.
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5 days ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
From 2014 to 2023, global trade in plastic waste and scrap declined by half according to new research published by the OECD, the United Nations’s Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This decline was primarily driven by a sudden drop in trade in 2018 due to China’s adoption of unilateral import controls.
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5 days ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
A new tech innovation is set to help reduce food waste during transportation from farm to store. DCL International Inc. (DCL) a Toronto-based provider of catalytic technologies, has rolled out a low-temperature catalyst designed to slow the ripening of fruit and significantly extend its shelf life during storage and transportation.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Thailand seized 16 shipping containers filled with illegal e-waste being smuggled into the country in May 2025, and Malaysia reported that from January 1 to May 13, 122 containers were detained and confirmed to be carrying e-waste. On May 14, Thai officials detained 10 containers containing 238 tonnes of e-waste, and said they would be returned to their country of origin, the United States. Another six containers were inspected on May 20 and were also found to contain illegal e-waste.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. has received creditor protection in a filing with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The Toronto-based lithium-ion battery recycling company’s U.S. subsidiaries (including Li-Cycle Inc., which owns the company’s Spokes in Arizona, Alabama and New York, and Li-Cycle North America Hub, Inc., which owns the company’s Rochester Hub project) also commenced proceedings before the United States Bankruptcy Court.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Natural Resources Canada has announced $15 million in funding to create 470 employment and skills training opportunities for youth across Canada in natural resources sectors including energy, forestry, mining, earth sciences and clean technology. Through the Science and Technology Internship Program (STIP) – Green Jobs, employers in natural resources sectors can apply for funding to hire, train and mentor youth aged 15 to 30 for up to 12 months.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Veolia has appointed Nicolas Germond as CEO of Veolia Canada. Germond was CEO for Veolia Belgium and Luxembourg from November 2018 until this move. He held various positions at Veolia since 1998 and ws an auditor with PWC before that. Germond will be responsible for leading the company’s GreenUp strategic growth plan in Canada. The Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT) has expanded its membership with the addition of Circular Materials and Recycle BC on its Board of Directors.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Young Canadian innovators take centre stage on May 28 as part of Canadian Innovation Week. The honourees, aged 14 to 18, are national winners and finalists of the Rideau Hall Foundation’s (RHF) Ingenious+ youth innovation challenge, which provides young innovators with the opportunity to advance their projects through financial support, learning opportunities, and mentorship.
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1 week ago | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Emily Atkins
Residual waste generated in England has fallen 8.9 percent in four years, but the country is set to miss 2027 targets by 45 years if current trends continue. England produced 58.7 million tonnes of residual waste in 2023 – down 1.9 percent from the 59.8 million tonnes in 2022, and a fall of 8.9 percent from 2019 (64.4 million tons). Excluding major mineral wastes, this was 558.2 kg per person in 2023 – a three percent decrease from the 574.8 kg in 2019.
