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49 In the laboratory
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Markets Analysis
36 Ferrous scrap
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46 Recovered paper
And also…
21 Beijing students live the
recycling lesson
31 The Scavenger: getting more
out of shredder fractions
35 Water-resistant paper with
built-in recyclability
Nick Francis – a people
person and recycling
devotee
22
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Mike Biddle wins
‘environmental Nobel
Prize’
26
SEDA celebrates 20 years
of ELV technology
Inspiring innovations
unveiled at Pollutec
Attracting more than 62 000 visitors and some 2300
exhibitors from 105 countries, the 2012 edition of
Pollutec – which was held in the French city of Lyon
– was once again hailed as a great success. Recycling
International provides a summary of some of the
latest innovations that were on show.
This year marks a milestone for Austrian
technology expert SEDA, which celebrates the
20th anniversary of its renowned de-pollution
system for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs).
Last year, recovered paper specialist Nick Francis
completed 50 years in a recycling industry he had
entered by chance rather than by design. Here, he
shares some of his views and most treasured
recollections with Recycling International.
Almost 20 years to the day after plastics recycler
MBA Polymers started life in California, its
President Mike Biddle picked up two prestigious
international prizes in quick succession: the
Gothenburg Award and GoingGreen’s ‘Silicon
Valley company of the year award’.
The container theft conundrum / 16
At the BIR world recycling organisation’s Spring
Convention in Rome last year, a representative
from the UAE’s Ala Metals LLC international
scrap trading company addressed the
International Trade Council meeting devoted
to scrap theft and fraud, stunning many in the
auditorium with a video showing exactly how
a container can be opened without breaking
the shipping line seal. In this article, the Ala
Group offers an even more detailed insight
into its experiences with compromised
containers and explains why it has decided
to stop supplying to South China.
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