Eco-design initiative for HDPE bottles
Belgium – EuPR, the Brussels-based organisation whose members process more than 3 million tonnes of collected plastics per year, has…
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Italian decree ‘seriously affects’ scrap shipments
Belgium/Italy – The BIR world recycling organisation has made an official approach to the European Commission and to Italy’s Environment…
Call for greater plastics co-ordination in Scotland
United Kingdom – A recent report from Zero Waste Scotland, which provides an in-depth analysis of the Scottish plastics recycling…
Portugal prepares to close ELV loophole
Portugal – The Portuguese government has announced it is taking measures to close a legislative loophole that allowed over 30%…
Biffa helps Tarmac reach 50% recycling
United Kingdom – UK-based waste management and recycling specialist Biffa has secured a deal with Tarmac, the country’s leading road…
Fujairah gears up for large-scale aircraft recycling
United Arab Emirates – Up to 30 aircraft have been abandoned at Fujairah International Airport (FJR) in the United Arab…
BIR Paper World Mirror April 2012
Global – The following article is based on the latest Paper World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling organisation…
’Gloom’ as China’s non-ferrous trade slumps
China – Figures from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA) show that the country’s non-ferrous imports and exports were…
Rehrig steps forward by expanding reverse operations
United States – US reusable packaging and recycling player Rehrig Pacific Logistics has brought on stream a new reverse logistics…
Swedish professorship targets ‘overlooked’ metals
Sweden – A Swedish research team, set up by Stena Metall and Chalmers University of Technology in 2007, has achieved…
Alang yard sets new ship dismantling record
India – In the fiscal period of 2011-12, Asia’s largest shipbreaking yard – at Alang in India – recorded its…
