EU aluminium can recycling at record level
Europe – The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans among EU member states increased by 2.4 percentage points to…
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Bicycles’ second life in ‘artistic’ refuse bins
United States – The Steel Yard, a non-profit industrial arts organisation based in the US state of Rhode Island, is…
ELV ruling with ‘far-reaching implications’
Austria – The Austrian Supreme Administrative Court has clarified that end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) can be generally classified as hazardous waste….
China to raise ship-scrapping subsidy by 50%
China – China is to increase cash subsidies for scrapping discarded vessels by 50% in order to help cut overcapacity…
Majority of e-waste produced by emerging economies
Global – The volume of electronic waste within China and other emerging economies now exceeds that of the Western World,…
New baler supplier arrives on market
Italy – GPS Processing Solutions is the name of a new machinery supply company specialising in balers, including shear balers….
Happy Holidays!
Global – The Recycling International team wishes you Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2014
Tapping Europe’s ‘considerable’ plastics deposits
France – Suez Environnement has signed an agreement with research firm Carbios to find new ways of recycling Europe’s plastic…
Japanese car recyclers fear export increase
Asia – Japanese car recyclers are concerned that an increase in exports of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) will result in a…
Sims opens standard-setting MRF in New York
United States – Sims Metal Management and its Sims Municipal Recycling division have officially opened the Sunset Park Material Recovery…
Big lift for Kenya’s e-cycling
Kenya – East Africa Compliant Recycling is getting ready to kick off sustainable e-cycling in Nairobi, Kenya. IT equipment leader…
