Montreal, Canada based waste to biofuels specialist, Enerkem has secured C$15 million funding from Waste Management and EB Investments for a minority stake in Enerkem Alberta Biofuels.
UK based Revend Recycling has launched a reverse vending recycling machine to collect and recycle domestic light bulbs and batteries.
The U.S. is sending an increasing number of end-of-life batteries across the boarder to Mexico, where the lead is removed and then re-sold or re-used, according to the New York Times.
The UK's organic waste industry has reacted angrily to news that the government's £250 million fund for waste collection is to be restricted to councils that intend to retain or return to weekly black bag collections.
Over the years numerous mobsters have been exposed as operating in New Jersey's waste industry, and as a new report details, the problem is far from becoming a footnote in history.
Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection has granted $67 million to private entrepreneurs and local authorities for the construction of twenty waste treatment and transfer facilities.
In an effort to reduce its debt by raising 5 billion Euros, French Waste and Water company Veolia Environnement, is considering off loading its U.S. waste business.
In 2010 the e-waste Reuse and Recycling market value totalled close to $6.8 billion, and will continue to grow for at least a decade despite tighter regulations, according to a recently published report.
The UK grocery retailers are significant progress towards meeting the waste and recycling targets set out in phase 2 of the Courtauld Commitment.
European e-waste is damaging human health and the environment in Ghana, according to a new report and accompanying video published by a European environmental group.
