Category: Circular Economy

Closing the loop for the most valuable materials

Rounding the Corner: Towards a Circular Economy in Canada

January 11, 2023

Canada repeatedly ranks in the top ten waste-producing countries globally. (1) Much of Canada’s waste piles up in landfills. (2) Ontario is expected to run out of landfill capacity by…

Rollout of the First Major Residential Plastic Film Recycling Program in the U.S. is Kicking off in the Great Lakes Region

January 5, 2023

WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold new collaboration to improve residential recycling for hard-to-recycle plastic films by allowing consumers in select markets to recycle these materials directly…

From ‘Recyclable’ to ‘Recycled’: Process Innovation Makes the Circular Economy Real

November 16, 2022

You’ve seen the photos. Mountains of plastic trash on land; islands of plastic trash floating on the sea; wildlife encumbered by plastic; protestors calling for bans on plastics—and legislators listening…

Making Recycling Fun

October 18, 2022

When students actively learn through fun and engaging experiences, they have a better chance of retaining that learned knowledge and incorporating it into various aspects of their lives. And when…

Plastics: A Surprising Lodestar for the Circular Economy

September 13, 2022

Look around you. Literally, take a moment and scan your surroundings. Whoever you are and wherever you are, I bet you are surrounded by items made of plastics. Additionally, I…