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Waste Analysis Management Tool (WAMT) streamlines analysis of audit data

Over the years, CIF has funded numerous projects and studies that included analysis of data on waste. Data has been...

Ontario’s new blue box regulation and resources for the road ahead

As announced Thursday June 3, Ontario’s new blue box regulation (O. Reg. 391/21) under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy...

New approach improves Multi-Residential recycling

The City of Guelph expects the high-density, multi-residential (MR) sector to grow to over 30% of its total housing stock...

Robot combines Hyperspectral vision with Artificial Intelligence for residential recycling

Last December (2020), Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA) broke new ground in Ontario residential recycling processing by installing six new Artificial...

Public Engagement: Going Online Only

Appropriate engagement opportunities allow municipalities to make better decisions on projects or plans. Public input can maximize the benefits of...

Reaching residents during a pandemic

Contamination levels in the blue box program have been top of mind for many municipalities. The issue has led to...

Next Generation Technologies: RFID for a targeted approach to Promotion & Education

Municipal recycling costs have continued to increase annually, due to the increasing complexity and light-weighting of the packaging supplied into...

Part III. Put a lid on it: Collection Costs

In this final installment of the "Put a lid on it" mini-series, we continue to share the initial learnings from...

Part II. Put a lid on it: Keep moisture out

In this second installment of the "Put a lid on it" mini-series, we continue to explore the initial findings of...

Part I. Put a lid on it: Blue box litter abatement

Open top blue boxes at the curb can contribute to litter on the streets and moisture levels that can impact...

Next generation technologies: Spotlight on in-bin cameras

Transition to an Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) framework, China Sword policies, and COVID-19 are all contributing to a challenging and...

Transitioning to IPR: Understanding potential operational impacts

Over the last few months the CIF has been releasing information to help its stakeholders understand the potential operational implications...

Single-Use Plastics: Ban, recycle or both?

Earlier in October, the Federal government released a discussion paper “A proposed integrated management approach to plastic...

A first look at the proposed new blue box regulation

On Monday, October 19, 2020, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks proposed a new...

The bagged recyclables dilemma

Faced with a new processing RFP, Dufferin County sought to understand the costs to manage increasing amounts of bagged recyclables,...

When Theory Meets Practice: Lessons from Decades of Packaging EPR Experiences in Europe

Ontario is undertaking a transition to full extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper products under the Resource Recovery...

Carton Recycling: Bleached vs. “Brown” Board

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on people’s lives and purchasing habits, but the one product that seemed...

Recycled glass sand used for stormwater management

The Region of Niagara spent the last two years investigating an innovative idea to use recycled glass in bioretention stormwater...

A comparison of municipal Blue Box recycling depot costs

Accurately measuring the cost and effectiveness of municipal programs is fundamental to making informed decisions about program changes, investments, and...

Part III. Learnings from British Columbia: Advice for Transition

In this installment of CIF’s blog mini-series, we are continuing to share insight and advice from British Columbia’s Product Stewardship...

Part II. Learnings from British Columbia: Advice for Transition

In this second installment of CIF’s blog mini-series we continue to share learnings from our engagement with the British Columbia...

Part I. Learnings from British Columbia: Advice for Transition

British Columbia (BC) has the only Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program for packaging and paper products (PPP) in North America...

Comparing Collection Policies: Cost and Diversion Impact

In anticipation of the curbside collection contracts renewal, pending regulatory/policy change and the development of a 30-year Solid Waste Master...

The potential of small upgrades to make a big difference

Responding to the need to clean up their fibre commodities to meet the increasingly higher demands of the end markets,...

Understanding the Complexities of Waste Audits

Municipalities have been conducting waste composition studies in Ontario for decades. They provide valuable insights into program operations, aid in...

Waste audit analysis assists the City and County of Peterborough

Waste audit data provides a detailed breakdown of what’s in each waste stream. For the Blue Box, it quantifies the...

Watch this space: How will ineligible sources be impacted by transition to IPR?

In the June 3 article published by the Globe and Mail, Environment Minister Yurek has been...

Financial model assists in identifying preferred transition date

Despite COVID-19, June 30 remains the deadline to submit council resolutions to AMO that self-identify a...

Revenue Sharing Revisited

Historically, the CIF has advocated that municipalities split material sales revenue between themselves and their contractor, provided the municipality has...

What’s happening at Ontario MRFs?

We all know the pandemic is impacting nearly every aspect of daily life. This week, we explore how our collective...

COVID-19 affecting both supply and demand in OCC markets

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, there’s been a noticeable increase in the price of Old Corrugated Cardboard...

Performance bonds vs. Letters of Credit

Performance bonds and letters of credit play an important role in protecting municipalities against potential contract defaults. Understanding when and...

Northumberland shifts to dual stream recycling

For this weeks blog, we're trying something new! Watch the video or scroll down for the full text. If you...

COVID-19 Amplifying Issues in Recycling Markets

In the case of plastics, COVID-19 is adding to the list of challenges already faced by plastic re-processors. “Virgin plastic resins...

Guide for Developing a Waste Management Service Contingency Plan now available

Over the years a number of municipalities have encountered challenges related to labour disruptions, contractor performance issues, or shutdowns at...

Force Majeure: Are you ready?

A “force majeure” clause is included in contracts to relieve the parties of their obligations in the event of significant...

Providing waste services during a pandemic

Last week, in response to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Ontario government ordered at-risk workplaces to close-down, while asking...

CIF’s Mobile EPS densification collection pilot has officially launched

Interested in signing up for the Mobile EPS densification and collection service? Here is a step by step guide of what...

Third year of waste composition studies gives valuable insights

Reliable data from waste composition studies helps monitor performance and plan for the future, but gathering this information can be...

Processing cost savings with covered bins

In 2019, the Township of Algonquin Highlands started testing the effectiveness and efficiency of using covers for 40-yard fibre recycling...

End market options for post-consumer glass

In 2018, 78,076 tonnes of clear and mixed coloured glass were reported as being marketed to end users according to...

Quinte Enlists Residents to Shift Black Plastic & Coffee Cups from Blue Box to Garbage

Like many programs, Quinte Waste Solutions (QWS) is well aware that materials incorrectly placed in recycling increases costs and decreases...

Testing mobile densification of EPS at Southwestern Ontario depots: is this a solution for your program?

Things are happening in the world of EPS!

The CIF is working with Second Wind Recycling (SWR) on a mobile densification...

Doing battle with contamination? Peel Region just completed a study on gravity locks you need to read!

In Peel Region, gravity locks were installed on a few Front End Loading (FEL) bins at Multi Residential (MR) buildings...

Unit Count Studies for Program and Transitional Planning: A Review of Two Methods

Managers of municipal curbside collection programs often have a hard time gathering up-to-date information on the number of units...

Maintaining Efficiency & Effectiveness (E&E) with a payback of 2.2 years

Working through contract renewals while awaiting transition

Glass breaker screen to remove glass from system early. The Region of Durham’s Material...

Methodology in Northumberland County’s Segregated Glass Collection Pilot

The pilot took place along two 100-home routes within the town of Cobourg from September 25, 2018 to March 26,...

Understanding Flexible Packaging for Recycling

Examples of Flexible Packaging Formats (source: PAC) Flexible packaging has seen tremendous growth globally, with an annual growth rate of...

Town of Hearst improves diversion and contain costs in a small municipal program

In 2016 the Town of Hearst was faced with the need to make a strategic change to address challenging waste...

Curotto Cans: Technology Helps Guelph Cost-Effectively Improve Diversion

In an effort to boost diversion by 1,300 tonnes, the City of Guelph extended collection services to additional multi-residential properties....

The City of Barrie’s Scenario Impact Analysis in Preparation for Transition

Recycling at the City of Barrie's waterfront After much anticipation, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has announced...

Public Space Recycling – A Review of Better Practices

Public spaces have their own unique issues to manage when setting up collection programs. They can be a broad range...

Time to Tender or Extend

The potential for the Blue Box Program to transition at any time to an Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) system has...

City of Cornwall Shows It’s Possible to Establish a Beneficial Contract, Even in Uncertain Times

Photo courtesy of City of Cornwall The prospect of a new collection and processing contract is always going to be...

Digital Communication: Can It Help Municipalities Change Resident Set out Behaviours?

Using digital media to get a message out is a relatively new practice for municipalities

Over the last few years, groups...

Four Townships and a County: A Waste Management Review

In late 2017, the municipalities of Frontenac County set about with the support of Cambium Inc. to complete a “Made...

Ontario Recycler Workshop Resources: Available for a limited time

This year marked the 25th time that municipal staff and other experts stepped up to share their up to...

CIF launches new toolkit that simplifies full cost accounting for Ontario recycling programs

As existing diversion programs in Ontario begin transitioning to Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), the importance of understanding the financial impact...

Chemical recycling and what it means for Ontario Blue Box programs

The Ontario government in its recent discussion paper: Reducing litter and waste in our communities offered the following: “The...

Assessing Domestic Capacity to Consume Fibres from Ontario Blue Box Program

Background

A few years ago, if you asked any North American Material Recycling Facility (MRF) where their recovered curbside newsprint was...

Contract Clauses to Prepare Municipalities for Transition

In light of the uncertainty surrounding the pending transition to full produce responsibility, municipalities that are contracting for recycling services...

Recycling in the Multi-Residential (MR) sector: three opportunities to improve performance

Multi Residential (MR) recycling performance lags behind curbside for two, nearly universal reasons: a smaller quantity...

Performance impacts: Changing to two stream collection

CIF’s February 1 blog revealed how the Township of Drummond/North Elmsley (DNE) addressed international fiber market issues by transitioning its...

Commitments for Government Procurement Under International Trade Agreements: Find out More!

When CIF staff receive questions that are new to us, we're happy to investigate, and where necessary, obtain expert advice....

A Multi-Municipal Initiative: RFP and P&E Development

The Renfrew County Multi-Municipality Waste Group (“Group”) through CIF project 956 obtained technical RFP support, and financial assistance to develop...

The CIF Price Sheet…how does it stack up to other Indices?

Commodity markets tend to be volatile in nature, given the various factors that can affect demand and pricing (e.g.,...

Making Investments in Uncertain Times: ‘How-to’ Advice from Waterloo Region

With news that transition to Full Producer Responsibility was expected to take hold in Ontario, but without a target date,...

Big program change is possible!

Municipal operators face many barriers to making changes in their programming, whether they be councillors, residents, and even internal disagreement...

‘Tis the Season for Wrapping!

A picture’s worth 1,000 words We’ve all heard the saying, but is it true? The City of Ottawa set out to...

Get help with stats: New CIF tool and example from Wellington County

When reviewing audit, survey or other project data and trying to interpret the results, you may have asked: “Does my data...

Marketing Blue Box Commodities Matters: A Financial Comparison of Multiple Approaches – Part 2

If you recall from part 1 of our series on the marketing of recyclables, a key objective was to...

Better Practices – Are They Actually Improving Our Programs? Municipalities Weigh In

"Better practice.” It’s well known phrase and your ears probably perk up every time a new idea is framed in...

Waste Composition Study Results Available Now: Essential Reading for Blue Box Program Staff

How much & what’s the mix? (photo source: AET Group) Want to Measure Your Program’s Performance? Use the New Waste...

Marketing Blue Box Commodities Matters: What Strategies Do Ontario Programs Use?

We often discuss how to collect or sort blue box recyclables but if they aren’t marketed effectively, your program’s finances...

Use your digital media to get your message out: Peel did!

High contamination rates got you stumped? Peel Region transitioned from curbside Blue Box service to an automated cart based collection system...

Pros and Cons of Outbound and Inbound Blue Box Processing Compensation Models

Outbound vs Inbound Processing Compensation Models

The question of how to compensate a MRF service provider is one that we brought...

How much does it cost to produce a higher paper grade?

The CIF can help you answer that question and more like it! The Activity Based Costing (ABC) Model developed by...

CIF Completes MRF Equipment Valuation in Northumberland County

CIF in cooperation with Northumberland County (County) has completed a present-day valuation of MRF equipment at the County’s facility in...

Front End Loading Systems Again Demonstrate Cost Efficient Collection

The municipality of Hastings Highlands covers nearly 1,000 scenic square kilometres and neighbours the iconic landscapes of Algonquin Park in...

Keep Calm It’s RFP Season!

Asking the Right Questions During RFP Planning

It’s RFP season! Well in reality, every season is RFP season! RFPs are a...

CIF Explores Curbside Contamination Reduction in Barrie

CIF in cooperation with the City of Barrie and its contractor, Waste Connections, recently funded a quantitative study to determine...

Two Stream Collection as a Solution to Troublesome Fiber Markets

Photo source: City of Barrie Historically, the ratio of collection to processing costs has wavered between 60:40 to 70:30 of...

The Region of York and Its Local Municipalities Complete their Waste System Full Cost Accounting Study (CIF Project #975)

Ask any program manager about their operating budget and they can speak to it with confidence but ask them what...

Sault Ste. Marie and GFL Celebrate 5 Successful Years with Split-Body Cart Recycling

Source: saultstemarie.ca Sault Ste. Marie along with its contractor, Green for Life Environmental (GFL) are celebrating 5 years of successful...

Biobased Plastics and Blue Box Recycling

"Bio-based" or "degradable" plastics were developed as a solution to environmental concerns with conventional plastics: to help reduce litter and...

Decision-Making Guide: How to Prepare for Transition

The transition to full producer responsibility (FPR) will see the role of municipalities change dramatically. CIF Project 1017, conducted...

CIF Pilot Project Confirms Expanded Polystyrene Recycling Possible but Challenging

The CIF recently funded a pilot project to evaluate densification and marketing of curbside collected Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) in the...

Using RFID Waste Collection Data to Find & Target Poor Multi-Residential Performers

Peel’s Regional Council issued a resolution to achieve a diversion target of 75% by 2034. Recognizing Multi-residential (MR) sector recycling...

Development of an Alternative Glass Market: Bio-Soil from Recycled Glass

The marketplace for municipal grade mixed broken glass is relatively thin and, at the same time, quality specifications from end...

It’s not one or the other…experience shows P&E & operational re-enforcements must go hand in hand

Promotion & Education (P&E) is the messaging to residents that builds awareness of the Blue Box program, motivates them to...

CIF Looks at the Pros and Cons of Black Plastic in Residential Recycling

Have we become diametrically opposed to Henry Ford’s “you can have any colour as long as it’s black” proclamation?  When...

Collection Policy Insights

Many Ontario Blue Box recycling programs have implemented policies aimed at improving material quality and participation levels. "Bag Limit," "Pay...

Market Trends for Post-Consumer Plastics

The following is a synopsis of two reports written by LOM Enterprises Inc. for the CIF describing market trends between...

Cost Accounting Models Used for Program and Transition Planning

During this period of policy and program change and the uncertainty that it generates, it’s important for municipalities to consider...

BRA Addresses Paper Quality Issues to Protect End Markets

Photo credit: Bluewater Recycling Association In late 2016 the Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA) received funding from the CIF to undertake a...

Armour Township Stays Proactive Amidst Changing Conditions

Photo source: Township of Armour Armour Township is making capital investments in its blue box program. Despite uncertainty around the amended...

MR Contamination Minimization Campaigns: What Works & What Doesn’t?

Contamination of recyclables is a costly issue for Blue Box recycling programs province-wide. In communities like the Region of Peel,...

A Bidder’s Perspective on Municipal Collection and Processing RFPs

Rick Clow, General Manager, Quinte Waste Solutions In an attempt to aid all municipalities in crafting their RFPs, and hopefully improving...

Niagara Prepares for the New World

So, what are you doing to prepare for the proposed amendment to the Blue Box Program Plan (a-BBPP)? The Regional...

Help! We’re on Fire!

Although over 280 fire incidents were reported at facilities in a the period referenced in the Fire Rover...

CIF Publishes Year One Report of Provincial Waste Composition Studies

The CIF has committed to building a provincially representative dataset of generation, capture, and residue rates for...

Practical Resources to Improve Your Program’s Multi-Residential Recycling

“What are other municipalities doing?” It’s a question that pops up often in the minds of those working the frontlines...

Southgate Does More with Less

Photo source: Southgate Township Imagine a rural municipality with an automated cart collection system, bi-weekly garbage and recycling pickup, a robust...

Municipalities Invest in Collection Programs through CIF Program

Most of our stakeholders will know the CIF provides Municipalities and First Nations with the opportunity to purchase blue boxes,...

New Learnings about Effective P&E Distribution to Boost MR Recycling!

Distributing P&E in person to multi-residential tenants requires a lot of resources and may not be feasible for all buildings...

Exporting Recyclables Overseas: Essential Information for Ontario Recyclers

In a blog this spring, we provided information for programs that transport recyclables to markets in the U.S. With this...

Commodity Market Trends

China is the largest importer of recovered materials in the world, accounting for approximately 27% of global scrap imports.  In...

Reducing Costs by Integrating Residents into Your Blue Box Service Delivery Model

Go into any big box store today and you’ll be sure to find a self-serve check out aisle. Customers are...

Use the Change of Seasons to Promote Program Changes

It's been proven that people tend to be more open to changing routine behaviours during times of transition. In that...

Niagara Fibre Optical Sorting Success Story

With the help of CIF funding, a $2.56 million FOSS, including two TiTech optical sort units rated at a combined...

The Challenges of Gable-Top and Aseptic Container Recycling

Leading the Pack

Sherry Arcaro, Vice-President – Consulting Services and Commodity Sales, Recyclable Materials Marketing (REMM), sherry@remm.ca, 705-768-5877 Photo Source: Carton...

Brant County RFP Success Story

The County of Brant is located in Southwestern Ontario about 30km west of Hamilton and is predominantly a rural municipality...

‘Tis the Season: Assisting Seasonal Residents with Recycling

Municipalities with high seasonal resident populations typically service this population with depot collection at landfill or transfer site locations.  Cottagers...

Managing Residue in Multi-residential Buildings: Lessons learned from Peel Region

In a recent project, Peel Region focused a comprehensive P&E campaign on the problem of incorrect set outs in multi-residential...

Transporting Commodities – The Road to Success

Did you know that approximately 11.6 million trucks moved freight across the border between Canada and United States in 2016...

Slashing Hauling Costs: The CIF’s New “Compactors” Section Goes Live

Compaction of recyclables prior to shipping to the MRF is a proven best practice. Achieved by front/rear load bins, stationary...

Compaction Cuts Depot Costs in Grey Highlands New FEL Bin Collection System (CIF 629.8)

The beautiful Beaver River in Grey Highlands Grey Highlands is a predominantly rural community (882.4 km2) located in southwestern Ontario...

Employee Training: How Does Your Program Benefit?

Here are five reasons to sign up for a training course today! 1. To remain efficient & effective The goal of all...

CIF Continues to Assist Municipalities with Solutions to Recover Problematic Materials

Municipalities continue to struggle with the challenge of processing mixed broken glass at their MRF.  Recent CIF waste composition studies...

Does Multi-municipal Collaboration Improve Your Negotiating Position?

In 2016 the City of Timmins implemented changes to its Blue Box recycling program, based on the findings of a...

Deposit Return in the Blue Box – Depot Intervention

Quinte Waste Solutions (QWS) operates a drop off depot for blue box materials at their MRF and separates deposit return As...

Message received, understood, and action taken!

Day in and day out we’re all required to communicate to try to encourage those around us to take action...

Critical Path Tracking Adds Value to Oxford County’s Program Relaunch

Oxford County recently harmonized blue box and garbage curbside programs in seven of their lower tier municipalities targeting improved service...

City of London Communicates Effectively on YouTube

Promotion & Education (P&E) is important because, done well, it can secure public support and help ensure the success of...

P&E: Are we getting through to residents? How can we find out?

CIF Staff interviewed communications expert Barbara McConnell as well as some of our municipal colleagues who are actively engaged in...

Clear Bags for Garbage Increase Waste Diversion at Town of Kearney

Mandatory clear bags is often associated with enforcing recycling bylaws and that's too bad because the biggest benefit in a...

Maximizing Revenues at the City of Hamilton

Aluminum bale prepared for market After completing an efficiency and effectiveness audit on its container line in 2014, the City...

Procurement in the Shadow of EPR: New CIF Resources to Streamline Your Work

Procurement and contracting is difficult and time-consuming at any time, and especially as we await implementation of EPR in Ontario. For...

Recycling for the Seasons and Being Better Prepared

Ask any recycling truck driver what their favourite season is and odds are they will say either spring or fall. ...

Assigning Program Costs by Material Can be a Challenging Endeavour

Last fall, the CIF posted an article entitled “Understanding How Program Costs and Recovery Have Changed Over Time” authored...

Public Spaces and Signage tools

The public space recycling and signage resource features a lot of great information. Signage matters in more than...

Will a Compactor Cut Your Costs? Crunch the Numbers…

The Township of Algonquin Highlands installed compactors at its Dorset Drop-off Transfer Site to manage material from its two stream...

Marketing Oversized Plastic Containers from London’s MRF

The London MRF opened in August 2011 with several features that have contributed to its effective and efficient operation. From...

Best Practices…That’s a Wrap for Ottawa’s Multi-Res Promotion & Education

Convincing residents in multi-residential (MR) buildings to recycle is a challenge, getting them to recycle right can be even harder,...

Should you be planning for a MRF Performance Audit in 2017?

A MRF study might be the best money you spend all year. But what exactly is a MRF performance audit? In...

New Depot Compactor Guide Now Available

Is a compactor right for you? With shipping costs consuming much of a small depot program’s recycling budget, operators need to consider...

Measure Twice and Cut Once: A Tried and True Philosophy

Source: Northumberland County Project Report #515.11 Ever increasing volumes of containers, such as PET, are imposing greater and greater challenges to...

Blue Box and Diversion Costs Now Eligible Under Development Charges

Under recent changes to the Development Charges Act, development-related waste management capital costs for Blue Box and other diversion programs...

Tender Time

Many programs are coming out of a long term contract cycle and may not have had to draft an RFP...

Accurate Stop Counts Lead to Better Customer Service & Contract Management

Managers of municipal curbside collection programs often have a hard time gathering accurate information about collection routes and services provided...

Activity Based Costing Pays Off

City of Timmins Transfer Station Source: City of Timmins Timmins has the largest municipal Blue Box program in the Northeastern...

What’s in your MRF Material

You have heard it before: Blue Box program operators need to know exactly what is in their Material Recycling Facility...

Knock Off the Roll Offs

Are you a community with recycling roll offs? Want to save some operating dollars? Consider knocking off your old, un-compacted,...

Collecting Film Plastics Through Return to Retail is a Viable Option

An estimated 10 billion pounds of plastic film enter North America annually and residents want to recycle it. CIF consulted...

Fishing Expeditions are Great…But Not For RFPs

You’ve probably heard the adage: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man...

Two’s Company, But Three … Makes for More Efficient Recycling!

The City of Kenora is located in Northwestern Ontario and is remote from other major Ontario cities. Kenora does not...

Automated Cart Collection: What We Have Learned?

Peel Region transitioned from Blue Box collection to an automated cart-based collection system in January 2016. Cart-based service offers residents...

Niagara Continues to Show Leadership in Addressing Problematic Materials

Like many municipalities, Niagara faced a challenge in managing its mixed broken glass (MBG). Historically, the Region used its manually sorted...

Resources for More than 150 Blue Box Depots Across Ontario

Depot operations used to seem pretty easy: set out a few roll off bins, add a bit of signage and...

Residue Management: Is Technology the Solution?

Residue rates in Ontario have more than doubled over the past 15 years from 4% to a provincial average of...

Managing Residue in Multi-res Buildings: What’s the Best Solution?

For most programs, collecting quality recyclables from multi-residential (MR) buildings is still a big hill to climb, despite efforts to...

EPR & RFP, Tender & Contract Support

Yankee baseball legend Yogi Berra said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Unfortunately, we are now forced to...

Lessons in Taking Advice – and Running with It!

Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) use a lot of electricity. The City of London (the City) owns and contracts out the...

Success in Establishing New Contracts in a Time of Change

Bill 151, the Waste Free Ontario Act raises questions for communities that need to establish new or extend existing contracts....

Red Lake’s Recycling Transport Upgrades

Getting recyclable materials to market without breaking the bank is a common challenge faced by remote municipalities in Northern Ontario....

Cleaner bales for increased revenues; It just makes sense

In the face of a continually evolving mix of consumer packaging, MRF operators must make strategic investments to maximize profitability...

Lessons in vigilance and ingenuity: optimizing performance at the York Region MRF

Modern MRFs require constant investments in order to take advantage of new technologies, deal with the changing waste stream and...