Canadian Anaerobic Digestion Guideline
The Canadian Biogas Association (CBA) has developed an industry-led,…
Battery Industries Prepare For Circular Economy
Written by Jonathan D. Cocker, Partner at Baker McKenzie
With…
For decades, small-scale biogas systems have collected methane from landfills, sewage plants, and farms. Now, in Europe and the U.S., the growth of this renewable form of natural gas is taking off as businesses capture large amounts of methane from manure, food waste, and other sources.
HSBC Bank Canada is supporting Canadian companies to meet their environmental and sustainability goals with the launch of new Green Finance products, the first of their kind in Canada aligned to the Loan Market Association's Green Loan Principles.
The new range – available for businesses of all sizes from small…
The Government of Ontario recently launched consultations to identify potential changes that would allow farmers to expand the emerging renewable natural gas market in Ontario and make the province a North American leader in the biogas sector. The consultations will focus on changes designed to reduce red tape and grow…
Pyrowave, a Quebec-based plastics microwave recycling start-up, was recently announced as one of three winners in the Community of Leaders Innovating for Corporations (C.L.I.C.) challenge. As a winner, the company will be mentored by Galen Weston, Executive Chairman of the Loblaw grocery chain.
Pyrowave converts plastic…
Written by Zachary Gray, B.Eng.Biosci., Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
Electricity is in, and fuel is out — The Dutch Royal Shell's 50-year plan is in motion. Much to longtime shareholder's chagrin, the 112-year-old global behemoth is pivoting their business model away from fossil fuels in the decades…
Written by Jonathan D. Cocker, Baker McKenzie
There is no question that dramatic changes are coming for the supply and reverse supply chain for plastics that will impact packaging, containers, and plastic products. From resins and polymer mixes to ocean plastic clean up and waste export bans and everything in between,…
Written by Mark Youden and Maya Stano, Associate Lawyers at Gowling WLG
Product and packaging waste is increasingly drawing public attention across the globe. This stems, in part, from a growing awareness of massive plastic pollution accumulation zones in our oceans, government bans of single use plastics, China’s…
Written by Zachary Gray, B.Eng.Biosci., Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
Motor
oil changes are a sacrament in our car-obsessed modern life, while the mechanics
working in the auto shops are their enforcers and evangelizers. Every 5,000 to 8,000 kilometres, car owners
begrudgingly schedule an oil change…
The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA) is one of the few municipalities in North America that has had minimal impact from the recycled material bans issued in Asia. The secret to its success is due to dealing exclusively with North American processors.
The EWSWA is the governmental agency charged with the…
Ontario-based company that's fueling greener steel from wood waste.