Editor's Comments

• Investing our way to recycling’s full potential

  May 6, 2013

  This past April 22nd was EarthDay. It’s a time of year, in particular, that many of us use to reflect on the health of our planet and the natural world around us, as well as our personal impact...

• The long and winding road

  April 1, 2013

   In April, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is holding its 25th Convention and Exposition in Orlando. The show will feature over 300 exhibitors and will host more than 5,000...

• Change is in the air for packaging and printed paper recycling in B.C.

  February 25, 2013

  by Keith Barker, Editor (Recycling Product News, Volume 21 Number 1)   The Government of B.C. is currently in the process of transitioning responsibility for managing end-of-life packaging and...

• Musings on the 2012 Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo

  December 17, 2012

  by Keith Barker For over a decade the Recycling Product News staff has been attending Canada`s premiere event dedicated to the waste and recycling industry. The 15th edition of the Canadian Waste...

• Diversion more important than ever

  October 16, 2012

  by Keith Barker, Editor, Recycling Product News   (From Volume 20, Number 6, October, 2012)   According to a Worldwatch Institue report released this past summer, growing prosperity and...

• B.C. leads the way in Extended Producer Responsibility

  October 1, 2012

  by Keith Barker, Editor, Recycling Product News   This past July, EPR Canada released results of the first Canadian Report Card on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).    EPR...

• Recycling of plastic packaging on the rise in Canada

  July 18, 2012

  by Keith Barker, Editor, Recycling Product News The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) is feeling pretty positive about the state of plastics recycling in Canada these days. And with good...

• Anti-metal-theft law hits B.C. scrap industry

  June 12, 2012

  by Keith Barker B.C.’s new anti-metal-theft rules were made official this May and mean that the province’s scrap dealers and their customers must be in compliance with strict new...

• Focus on processing efficiencies, not citizens

  May 7, 2012

  by Keith Barker   Two articles published recently in the Toronto Star, written by the Star’s reporter, Josh Tapper, highlight the state of waste diversion in Toronto. Both articles focus...

• Changing the waste-to-energy mindset

  March 26, 2012

  by Keith Barker, Editor, Recycling Product News In January, the Solid Waste Association of North America    (SWANA) released a white paper entitled: “Waste-to-Energy Facilities...

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