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Waste management firm GFL to buy competitor Terrapure for $927-million
GFL trucks at the Solid Waste Transfer Station in Toronto. August 18, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
canada
Supreme Court ruling narrows the duty of good faith in contracts
August 2, 2007. Vancouver, BC. A line-up of cars waiting to drop off garbage Thursday afternoon at Wastech in North Vancouver, a company that runs the transfer stations, which is being overwhelmed by all the garbage coming from Vancouver and is getting 50% more traffic than usual. Photo: Laura Leyshon/Globe & Mail
opinion
Ban single-use plastic? Right problem, wrong solution
DOMENIC DI MONDO
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Why investor interest in sustainable investments continues to rise
Grass growing in the shape of an arrow graph, inside a transparent piggy bank, symbolising the care, dedication and investment needed for progress, success and profit in business.
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GFL Environmental expands U.S. operations with $1.13-billion deal
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Fifteen stocks that fluctuate less than the market
For Number Cruncher column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
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Amid uncertain market, GFL shares sink on first day of trading
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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GFL Environmental shares drop in U.S. market debut
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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GFL prices IPO below target range
FILE PHOTO: A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Ontario moves to have private industry run, pay cost of battery recycling
Materials that will be recycled, fill a storage area at a materials recycling facility in London, Ont., on March 18 2019.
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GFL pushes ahead with plans to launch one of Canada’s largest ever IPOs
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Waste-management giant GFL close to relaunching IPO, hopes to raise $3-billion
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
canada
Canada to release list of proposed banned plastic products in months, minister says
A man grabs empty plastic bottles at a recycling center in Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico, on December 10, 2019. - Located on a mountainous area and surrounded by forests, corn crops and pastures, the inhabitants of Cheran took security in their hands against threats from organized crime groups. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)
inside the market
Invest in trash? This stock lets you do just that - but it doesn’t come cheap
A screen displays share prices on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 3, 2019.
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Six infrastructure stocks for investors’ portfolios
CEO John Brace, in his statement accompanying the numbers, said Northland Power is “well-positioned for continued growth … while maintaining the dividend payments and delivering results our shareholders can depend on.”
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Why GFL’s IPO failed: Debt concerns, and private backers playing hardball
A truck from Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, which is planning an IPO, makes its rounds through a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 5, 2019. Picture taken November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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GFL Environmental to scrap IPO plans after investors balk at price
GFL head Patrick Dovigi at a waste transfer station in Etobicoke
rob magazine
Trash talking: How Patrick Dovigi built Green For Life into a waste empire
CEO of GFL Patrick Dovigi, June 2019
british columbia
Top B.C. court quashes Victoria’s ban on single-use plastic bags
A woman carries a plastic bag at a market in Montreal on June 13, 2019. British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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GFL acquiring recycling processor Canada Fibers
An employee of GFL waste collection picks up recycling and compost in the neighbourhood of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in Toronto.
politics
Ottawa-area recycling company closes operations, citing lack of waster buyer
Recycling material moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at the Waste Management Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Maryland, June 28, 2018. For months, this major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to get rid of huge amounts of paper and plastic it would normally sell to China. Beijing is no longer buying, claiming the recycled materials are "contaminated." / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
streetwise
GFL lines up investment banks for IPO, seeks to raise up to $1.98-billion
An employee of GFL waste collection picks up recycling and compost in the neighbourhood of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in Toronto.
world
Malaysia to send plastic waste back to foreign countries including Canada
Malaysia to send plastic waste back to foreign countries including Canada
world
UN clinches deal to stop plastic waste ending up in the sea
UN clinches deal to stop plastic waste ending up in the sea
number cruncher
Two strategies, one portfolio: 10 U.S. momentum, 10 U.S. dividend-growth stocks
We are looking for a blended portfolio of U.S.-listed momentum and income stocks.
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Danny Ardellini, former GFL executive, launches new waste-management company
From left are Martin Goldfarb, Danny Ardellini, Paul Coffey and Alon Ossip. Ardellini is CEO of the company is a former NHL player and private investors in the waste management company.
streetwise
Toronto’s GFL creates waste management giant with $3.65-billion leveraged buyout
GFL chief executive Patrick Dovigi at a waste transfer station in Etobicoke