Posts from Martijn Reintjes

12-10-2023

RI TALKS! with Alejandro Jaramillo

The future looks bright for Mexico’s recycling industry, says Alejandro Jaramillo of non-ferrous scrap recycler Glorem SC. ‘My country is…

12-10-2023

Business Plastics recycling

‘Act now to save European plastics recycling plants’

Low demand and high imports endanger Europe’s plastics recycling industry, sector leaders are warning. They say that unless urgent measures…

09-10-2023

Business Ferrous metal recycling

Caroline Craenhals (BST): ‘My father’s legacy will continue to shine’

Patrick Craenhals, president of one of Europe’s leading metal scrap recycling companies, has died at the age of 72. Third…

05-10-2023

Business VIDEO

RI TALKS! with Thomas Junker

Scrap battery fires, economic slowdown, shortage of skilled workers: Germany’s steel recycling industry has been facing major challenges, says Thomas…

03-10-2023

Business Editors’ Top Picks

Best practice in Romania… and beyond

A EUR 200 million investment in innovation and capacity expansion has been putting plastics, e-scrap, battery and glass recycler GreenGroup…

02-10-2023

Business VIDEO

RI TALKS! with US recycler John Sacco

John Sacco of California-based recycling firm Sierra is on a personal mission to change what he calls ‘the narrative of…

29-09-2023

Column

Radio reminders of Romania’s past

For the September/October issue of Recycling International my colleague Judith Wanjala and I visited GreenGroup, a fast-growing recycling company in…

25-09-2023

Battery recycling Business

Spotlight on Dutch recycling tech at French trade show

The Dutch embassy in France and its regional economic representation, NBSO Lyon, will represent the Netherlands at the Pollutec trade…

11-09-2023

Business Non-Ferrous metals recycling

Robots are taking over at renamed Dutch metal recycler – who’s next?

Dutch Myne Circular Metals, formerly known as Reukema, has launched what it claims to be the world’s first digital recycling…

07-09-2023

Plastics recycling Technology news

New line helps plastic recycler to minimise contamination

A UK plastic recycler has installed a solution to separate ferrous and non-ferrous metal from plastic flake. The Metal Separation…

31-08-2023

Business

Changing of the guard for Germany’s shredder hammer icon

After more than 35 years leading Stahlwerke Bochum (SWB), Bruno Mayer is retiring and handing over sole management of the…