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A study of fridge and freezer recycling activity in
Germany has thrown up some worrying findings – not
least the indication that little more than a third of
the ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) con-
tained in discarded refrigeration equipment is meet-
ing an environmentally-acceptable end.
This year’s Recycling Metals Inter –
natio n al Forum in Guangzhou served
to underline that, in China, the future is
likely to belong to large, professionally-
run businesses with strong domestic
government relations. At the same time,
the country’s authorities are continuing to
target operators who fail to comply with
legal requirements: this year, for example,
there was a crackdown on tax evasion which
prompted a huge drop in scrap metal imports
and a temporary shortage of raw materials.
Cao Dayou, Department Chief of Chinese
Customs, said the authorities would continue
to weed out non-compliant scrap importers,
which he described as ‘the sour dead fish’ that
‘make the whole basket of fish go bad’.
In this issue
Viewpoint 3
Events Calendar 6
News
Product news 23
Magazine Round Up 24
Index of articles published in 2007 62
In the next issue 66
Markets Analysis
Ferrous scrap 44
Stainless steel scrap 50
Non-fer rous scrap 54
Recovered paper 58
Textiles 61
Fridge recycling stats leave experts cold 33
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The unveiling of a new facility will enable attach-
ment specialist Genesis Europe to expand production
and assembly activities. An established supplier of
attachments to the scrap processing and demolition
industries, the company is also looking to boost its
presence in the ship recycling market.
Genesis Europe: new hall opens up new possibilities 40
There is potential under the EU Waste Framework
Directive for individual metal streams to be regarded
as products rather than as waste. Thus, in a few
years from now, single-metal streams could be
labelled as ‘products’ whereas mixed streams are
likely to continue to be seen as waste.
WEEE and RoHS: China develops its own approach 38
China looks to
weed out the
‘sour dead fish’
Over the last 30-plus years, Spanish machinery man-
ufacturer Imabe Iberica has developed a solid repu-
tation within not only the recycling industry but also
several other material processing sectors. At the
same time, the company has gradually widened its
geographical presence. Now, the company confirms,
it is eyeing up the possibility of launching its product
range in the US market.
Imabe Iberica: eyeing new markets 34
Handling of metals could change – by definition 37
The first-ever joint German-Chinese environmental
symposium was held recently in Osnabrück,
Germany. It emerged that Chinese regulations cov-
ering waste electrical and electronic equipment and
restrictions on the use of hazardous substances are
based to a significant extent on international experi-
ence in these fields.
Combine an ideological used textiles collector and a
micro technology engineer specialising in research
into ultra-fine cement and the result is an innovative
use for discarded textiles – as a building material. The
patented TexCem process, which has been developed
by Finland’s Pauli Rantanen and Aino Heikkinen,
provides an environmental solution to the demand
for more economical building materials.
TexCem – a solid future for recycled textiles? 43
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