Cash boost for digital trading platform
What is claimed to be Europe’s largest digital procurement platform for recycled plastics has secured a seven-figure funding round. Investors…
Limited hope for brighter stainless steel trade
The year has begun on a better footing for the stainless steel sector in Europe with mills expected to increase…
Major US recyclers join forces
Rumpke Waste & Recycling is partnering with major chemical recycler Eastman to recover PET from non-food packaging in the United...
Scrap sorting tech expert commits to UK AI tie-up
Netherlands recycling solutions provider major Bollegraaf Group is investing in UK AI start-up Greyparrot. The partnership is looking to retrofit materials...
Bumper harvest expected from car bumpers
MBA Polymers UK is recycling car bumpers directly rather than using the typical ELV shredding process in a bid to...
No-label sprite trialled in UK
Coca-Cola has launched a trial in the UK selling two of its popular drinks bottles without labels. Until the end...
More ships scrapped on Asian beaches in 2023
NGO Shipbreaking Platform says 325 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were taken apart on beaches in Bangladesh, India or...
Heavy fine after worker killed by loading shovel
A UK recycling company has been fined more than £2 million (EUR 2.3 million) following the death of a worker....
China’s non-ferrous scrap output grows
Latest figures for the global production of major recycled non-ferrous metals indicate China totalled 17.6 million tonnes in 2023. According...
Turkish ferrous scrap prices expected to remain firm
Market sources expect a solid first quarter although the crisis in the Red Sea has affected the movement of containerised...
Gloomy start to New Year for non-ferrous scrap
After a year in which base metals were the second-worst performing commodity, headwinds around the world continue to dog global...
