Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

02-04-2020

Supply of recycled fibre ‘crucial’ during pandemic

The proper collection and recycling of used paper is even more important during a health crisis, insists Pro Carton, the…

26-03-2020

CORONA VIRUS Non-Ferrous Metals

Recycled Olympic flame tour scrapped

Today should have seen the start of the relay of the Olympic Games torch. But, having been the biggest world…

26-03-2020

Batteries Research

Extracting lead from batteries to harvest solar energy

Lead-acid batteries are everywhere – powering cars, aircraft, navigation systems and emergency lighting. Researchers from China’s Xidian University have found…

24-03-2020

Plastics Research

Scientists propose the best path to a circular plastics industry

‘Current efforts to resolve the plastics crisis are ineffective and misleading,’ warns the European Academies of Science (EASAC), which is…

24-03-2020

CORONA VIRUS Plastics

Pandemic shakes the suddenly atypical plastics sector

‘Concerns over the long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak on key European recycling markets sharply escalated this week following the…

23-03-2020

Batteries Non-Ferrous Metals

Li-Cycle ready to tap into ‘robust’ battery metals niche

Canadian battery recycler Li-Cycle Corp. reports it recently completed its first shipment of commercially recycled lithium-ion battery material. The shipped…

23-03-2020

Batteries E-scrap

Forecast: big leap forward for lithium-ion battery recyclers

In today’s world, battery-driven products, big and small, seem hard to do without. Recyclers have seen the volume of used…

23-03-2020

Business CORONA VIRUS

Read all about it: coronacrisis discounts available now!

It’s safe to say that information is key during the coronavirus. Both in terms of practical health advice and survival…

20-03-2020

Business E-scrap

PV modules outlook: sun pierces the clouds

An Italian task force has seized 60 tonnes of waste solar panels at a recycling plant in Sicily, claiming the…

19-03-2020

Business Ferrous Metals

Detained Scottish rigs ‘on route to Indian breakers’

Oil rigs operated by Diamond Offshore have been scrapped at the widely criticised shipbreaking yards in Alang, India. A new…

18-03-2020

CORONA VIRUS

Coronavirus sinks its teeth into the big economies

COVID-19 is sweeping nations around the world, blighting the health and wellbeing of millions of citizens. Recycling International has been…