Posts from Robin Latchem

09-12-2022

Business

Renewcell-Lenzing deal heralds circular fibre production

Swedish textile-to-textile recycling pioneer Renewcell has struck a deal to supply up to 100 000 tonnes of its patented dissolving…

08-12-2022

Business

Innovators sought for Global Recycling Day

Global Recycling Day in 2023 will focus on the theme of innovation when the organisers choose next year’s ‘Recycling Heroes’….

08-12-2022

Plastics

Amcor signs up for ExxonMobil recycled polyethylene

American-Australian global packaging giant Amcor has announced a five-year deal with ExxonMobil to purchase ‘circular’ polyethylene material in support of…

07-12-2022

Business

Act now or miss recycling targets, Irish are warned

Ireland is in danger of not hitting future EU waste targets with municipal recycling, plastic packaging and e-waste under spotlight,…

07-12-2022

Business Paper

Recycling partners target paper cups

The Cup Collective, a programme established by recycler Stora Enso and packaging provider Huhtamaki to capture the value of used…

06-12-2022

Business

Freight rates continue to decline

Xeneta’s index for shipping freight, XSI, has recorded significant falls for the third month in a row, with the November…

05-12-2022

Business

China and India report steel output growth

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) in October was 147.3 million…

02-12-2022

Business Plastics

EuRIC responds to EU packaging plans

European recyclers are urging an accelerated phasing out of non-recyclable packaging if the EU is to achieve its circular economy…

25-11-2022

Ferrous Metals Latest Articles

All change after healthy 2021

Steel production cuts, decline in Turkey, war in Ukraine and a switch to billet ‘has consequences for global scrap sellers’….

24-11-2022

Business

United industry celebrated by BMRA

Solidarity among international recycling organisations has been underlined by those attending the recent annual dinner of the British Metals Recycling…

23-11-2022

No real respite from falling prices

This report in the previous issue wondered if the gloom across the industry, as indicated by prices for recovered fibre,…