Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

12-07-2018

Business

‘Robust’ glass recycling market has bright future

Glass recycling is a robust niche market that will be worth more than US$ 4.4 billion (EUR 3.75 billion) by…

10-07-2018

Disappointing freight rates are likely to tempt shipowners to scrap a ‘record number’ of big oil tankers this year, the…

10-07-2018

A group of three Dutch scrap metal dealers has been arrested following a police investigation into the dumping of 25…

09-07-2018

Solar panel recycling is experiencing a new push in Europe now waste management specialist Veolia has opened what it claims…

06-07-2018

Japan has built up a large plutonium stockpile, sparking international debate as to what will happen with the high-risk material….

06-07-2018

Electronics created by Dell are getting an unexpected new afterlife application. The consumer products brand is transforming various components from…

06-07-2018

Business Paper

Leading packaging producer Smurfit Kappa Group has completed the acquisition of Reparenco, a paper and recycling business in the Netherlands,…

05-07-2018

‘This chair is made from recycled mobile phone cases and toasters,’ king Willem Alexander of the Netherlands was told during…

04-07-2018

Business Plastics

The Maldives has opened the doors to its first plastics recycling facility, which was built by non-profit group Parley for…

04-07-2018

US start-up BioCellection has developed a chemical process to recycle contaminated plastic film. The material is shredded but doesn’t have…

04-07-2018

Non-Ferrous Metals

Worldwide refined copper production is estimated to have increased by 3% in the first quarter of 2018, according to new…