Posts from Martijn Reintjes

Every second, 1000 aluminium beverage cans are recycled

The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 0.7% to a...

The recycling industry in the UK must focus more on quality to capitalise on its strengths as a region for...

A research project named ‘Automotive Battery Recycling 2020’ launched by the German Fraunhofer Institute and funded by the EU is...

The 18th International Electronics Recycling Congress, to be held on 16-18 January 2019 in Salzburg, Austria will bring together over...

The UK government has announced a review into serious and organised crime in the waste sector in England. It has been...

2018 is ‘a very challenging year’ for the scrap industry, said BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division President David Chiao of the...

Even though some 100 separate studies have declared as safe the use of crumb rubber in playgrounds and sports pitches,...

China’s ‘unprecedented’ move to stop plastics scrap imports has ‘surprised the whole world’, according to Dr Steve Wong of Fukutomi...

By the end of 2018, the number of shredders in China will have soared to around 200 from only 70...

Paper recycling operations using the correct equipment have the capability to achieve the quality standard laid down by the Chinese...

The world recycling organisation’s latest convention & exhibition, held late May in Barcelona, Spain, was attended by more than 1100...