Art shines from e-scrap partnership
UK sculptor Katie Surridge has won £15 000 (EUR 17 500) to design creative sculptures using metals recovered from discarded…
US rules on Mexican rebar dumping claims
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has ruled that rebar imports from Mexico in 2019 and 2020 were dumped on…
Huge growth in plastic production predicted
The amount of plastic waste produced globally is set to nearly triple by 2060, according to a new OECD report...
US investor eyes major UK scrap company
One of the UK’s biggest waste managers, Biffa, has indicated it could be taken over and would recommend a deal...
Steel Dynamics looks to Mexican strategy
Steel Dynamics has agreed a deal to take over the Mexican recycler Roca, which operates a ferrous and non-ferrous scrap...
Snapshot: steel production 2021
The share of steel produced globally from electric furnaces grew significantly in 2021 according to data from the World Steel...
‘I’m feeling huge support from the scrap scene’
While the Ukrainian conflict has had profound impact on trade including scrap metal and steel, one participant of the BIR...
Barcelona hosts global recyclers’ reunion
The first fully physical convention of the Bureau of International Recycling for more than two years has attracted more than...
Veolia-Suez merger challenged by UK regulator
The competition regulator in the UK has made a provisional ruling that the proposed merger of Veolia and Suez would...
Sabic trumpets repolymerisation of PET into resin
Chemical giant Sabic has unveiled a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin made from ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. The company says...
Growing shift to paper in food packaging anticipated
Industry experts believe the share of fibre-based packaging will grow over the next two decades because of new technologies and...
