EDITOR ON THE ROAD Recovery and Recycling Campus, home to their Urban Polymers plastics processing operations and their singlestream Arrow Road MRF – one of the largest, most technologically advanced residential materials recovery facilities in North America. Finally, the tour took the group out to Veolia North America’s lamp recycling facility in Pickering where they capture all mercury from
lamps and use a cutting-edge Balcan MP8000 lamp recycling machine capable of processing 5,000 four-foot fluorescent lamps hourly. CWRC educational seminars this year focused on a wide range of topics, from food waste management innovations to the current changes in Ontario’s EPR infrastructure. On Tuesday, the luncheon keynote speaker, Frank Denton,
Top: On the CWRC tour at Quantum Lifecycle Partners’ e-waste processing facility, with Clayton Miller. Above: a 100 percent electric-powered collection vehicle on the CWRE show floor at the Boivin Evolution booth.
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CEO of Ontario’s Resource Recovery & Productivity Authority (RPRA) spoke to hundreds of attendees about the success so far and challenges to come with respect to Ontario’s current transition to EPR-based waste diversion programs for everything from tires to Blue Box curbside residential materials. On the CWRE 2019 show floor, besides over 200 equipment, technology and service providers, and additional educational sessions provided tips for waste and recycling pros on everything from effective social media strategies to managing all the new regulations governing the burgeoning cannabis waste management industry. Waste & Recycling Expo 2019 was also a very significant one for those of us that have been in the industry for many years. This year’s event was the last for show organizer Arnie Gess, who is moving on to other opportunities after over 30 years in the waste and recycling industry. Arnie Gess and Recycling Product News have shared a two-decades-long relationship and he can be counted as one of our oldest clients, a collaborator and a great friend. Arnie Gess will be missed in our industry (if he does not return to it in some capacity) and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours, whatever they may be. RPN