Andy Golding: ‘In my heart, I am still a promoter’
Incoming chair of the US Recycled Materials Association (ReMA), Andy Golding, is chief strategy officer at metal recycler Kripke Enterprises….
Countdown to IFAT 2026: X-series sets new standard for scrap shears
As demand grows for ever-stronger material handlers, scrap shear manufacturers do their best to keep pace. At the IFAT trade…
MENA region: huge opportunity for recycling
The World Bank is sounding the alarm bells on rapidly growing waste volumes across the Middle East and North Africa....
Indonesia urged to send ‘illegal’ e-waste back to the US
Environmental groups are calling on the Indonesian government to send more than 900 seized containers with electronic waste back to...
War in the Middle East: ‘This is hugely affecting the market’
Explosions, closed sea ports, suspended scrap shipments, and the shutdown of the Straits of Hormuz have been causing widespread fear...
Man, 82, dies in car at Munich scrapyard
German police are investigating how an elderly man died inside a car at a Munich scrapyard. According to media reports,...
Local recycling at stake, warns South Africa’s Petco
The global landscape for packaging and plastics is shifting faster than at any point in the past two decades, moving...
Plastics crisis: One million tonnes of recycling capacity lost
2025 witnessed the largest annual reduction of installed capacity in the history of Europe’s plastics recycling industry. Last year, the...
Tyre recyclers: ‘UK export verification system is failing’
The Tyre Recovery Association has warned that the UK’s new enhanced verification system for waste tyre exports is failing. According...
Nordic metal recyclers: ‘Stronger voice needed’
With the launch of a Nordic working group, the metal recyclers’ association of Sweden, Svenska Järn, and the German metal...
EPR body ‘urgently seeks’ recycling capacity for big bags
Valipac, the Belgian extended producer responsibility (EPR) organisation for industrial packaging, is warning of a capacity problem in recycling two...
