THE NEXT BIG IDEA IN RECYCLING Out of nearly 50 proposals submitted, we are pleased to announce that nine finalists have been selected to compete in the 2013 Recycling Innovators Forum! For a sneak peek of these nine innovative ideas, follow the links on the left. The Recycling Innovators Forum seeks to recognize and reward [...]

THE RECYCLING CHALLENGE As Stewardship Ontario EVP, Lyle Clarke, explains, “The challenge with plastics is to efficiently recover and realize value from the many different types that consumers put out for recycling.” Sorting plastics for different recycling streams takes time and costs money. Plastics recycling technologies that can handle a range of materials, including bags, [...]

Success stories from names like Enerkem, GreenMantra, Recover Canada and Aspera Recycling Canada’s waste diversion success stories are coming together for a one-day event that will pull back the curtain on the country’s biggest industry trend. The Waste 2 Product & Energy Cleantech Conference is set for the BMO Institute for Learning in Toronto on [...]

Reduce, reuse, recycle—it’s a phrase that we’re taught from early childhood. According to Statistics Canada, people are increasingly taking the lesson to heart, with residential recycling rates (the percentage of generated waste that is diverted to recycling programs) increasing from 19 to 27% between 2000 and 2004. By weight, organics are the highest recycled material, [...]

GreenMantra Technologies has developed an innovative system to convert plastics into industrial waxes, lubricants and fuels. Just this past year they worked with Vancouver, British Columbia to transform difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into asphalt mix. This informative and comprehensive technical presentation from Vice President of Operations, Brandon Moffatt, will highlight the technology itself, the range of [...]

A local “company of the future” is getting a leg up thanks to a $750,000 investment from the federal government. GreenMantra Technologies will receive up to that amount through FedDev Ontario’s investing in business innovation initiative to complete final commercialization testing of technology that produces industrial waxes from recycled products. “Our process provides a beneficial [...]

According to The City of Vancouver, which is conducting trials of a warm mix asphalt that includes a wax made from GreenMantra Technologies, wax makes up about one per cent of the asphalt by weight. “When you put it in, it makes the asphalt more fluid and workable,” Peter Judd, the city’s general manager of [...]

A new paving method in Vancouver uses wax produced by GreenMantra Technologies in the warm mix asphalt. GreenMantra Technologies uses proprietary process to convert plastics into different type of waxes. See the full news on Global News – Recycled road – Noon News Hour – Videos | Global BC

Plastic waste such as bags and water bottles that are difficult to recycle have found a new life in the asphalt mix used to pave streets in Vancouver. The city has worked with GreenMantra of Toronto to develop the granular, wax like material that’s added to asphalt. The material allows the asphalt to flow smoothly [...]

Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of the MaRS Discovery District, was recently on TVO explaining the purpose of MaRS. She explained that the purpose of MaRS is to foster and promote Canadian innovations by providing an environment where science, technology and social entrepreneurs work side by side. She then goes on to talk about GreenMantra, a MaRS [...]