Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

21-01-2020

The end of plastic waste? China is cleaning out its closet

China produces more than 60 million tonnes of plastic waste every year but the government is hoping to reduce the…

20-01-2020

US scrap processing company Levitated Metals plans to start operations at a heavy media flotation plant near Houston, Texas in…

17-01-2020

The UK has set up a new taskforce to tackle serious and organised waste crime. The Joint Unit for Waste…

16-01-2020

‘Battery costs are falling by half every five years as the scale of manufacturing increases,’ Berenberg bank analyst Asad Farid…

16-01-2020

Business Plastics

Australia consumes 3.4 million tonnes of plastic each year, of which only 9% is recycled. This low rate inspired technology…

14-01-2020

The global plastics industry will be worth upwards of US$ 650 billion this year, according to analysts at Grand View…

14-01-2020

Import restrictions on plastic scrap in South East Asia has encouraged greater recycling capacity in the EU but prevailing prices…

10-01-2020

Nearly 80 million vehicles were sold worldwide last year, according to market analysts. This is a slight dip compared to…

07-01-2020

Business Technology

The market for the robotic sorting of waste is expected to grow by nearly 16.5% growth every year until 2024,…

24-12-2019

E-scrap

‘Approximately 350 000 mobile phones are disposed of in the US every day — that is worth US$ 200 million…

23-12-2019

Business

The holiday season is at the door. Recycling International wishes all readers a merry Christmas and a very happy New…