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Dutch recycler
opens US office

Netherlands-based paper and
plastics trader Cellpap has opened
an office in Bellingham, Washing-
ton, USA.

The company has run an office in
Vancouver, Canada, since 2005. In
addition to its North American pres-
ence, Cellpap has offices in the
Netherlands and China; it also has
an AQSIQ licence for direct ship-
ments to China. Cellpap’s target ar-
eas include the Middle East, South
East Asia and Europe.

www.cellpap.nl

Separate plastic
bottle collections

Later this year, almost all Dutch
municipalities will begin separate
collections of all types of plastic bot-
tles. Dutch organisation Nedvang, in
collaboration with the municipali-
ties and two waste management
companies, is organising the collec-
tions within the framework of the
Dutch packaging directive.

According to Nedvang, separate

collection of plastic bottles results in
a closed loop for plastics, thus bring-
ing raw materials into the cycle for
subsequent use in the manufacture
of new bottles, fleece shirts and ten-
nis balls. The organisation expects
to meet the recycling targets of the
Dutch packaging directive for paper
and plastics.

Nedvang – an acronym meaning
‘Netherlands from waste to raw ma-
terial’ – was founded by producers
and importers of glass, paper, plas-
tics and metal packaging to meet
Dutch recycling targets. The organi-
sation currently represents around
two thirds of the packaging volume
in the Netherlands.

Poland
increases used
car imports

Three years after its accession to
the EU, Poland’s imports of used
cars have been accelerating rapidly.
In the first quarter of this year, fel-
low EU member states dispatched
some 213 830 used cars to Poland –
some 74.2% more than in the same
period of 2006. A total of 81 808 used

cars were imported in March this
year, an increase of 26.7% over the
previous month and of 68.7% over
the figure for March 2006.

In 2006, some 767 843 used cars
were brought to Poland and regis-
tered, of which 455 387 were vehi-
cles that had been in use for more
than 10 years. Only 18 111 of the to-
tal constituted almost new cars that
were no more than two years old.
The total number of registrations –
including both new and older cars –
amounted to 990 413 last year, an
increase of 10% over 2005.

Fortnightly
collections
boost recycling

A report from the Local Govern-
ment Association (LGA) in England
concludes that alternate weekly col-
lections (AWC) are having a positive
effect on recycling rates.

The analysis shows that local au-
thorities with such collection sys-
tems in place have a recycling rate
more than 30% higher than those
who do not. It goes on to say that, on
average, 30% of household refuse is
recycled or composted by councils
running AWC schemes compared to
23% by councils not operating
AWCs. Ten of the councils with the
highest recycling rates in England
are reported to have implemented
AWCs; furthermore, eight of the 10
councils with the most improved
rates have also adopted collections
every other week.

The LGA adds that, if this recy-
cling rate were to be replicated
across the country, the public would
save around £22 million every year
in landfill taxes while some 1.2 mil-
lion tonnes would be diverted from
landfills.

Potential in
recycling auto-
motive foams

The United States Council for
Automotive Research (USCAR) is
evaluating a process that could po-
tentially divert 250 000 tonnes of
post-consumer shredder residue
foams from landfills each year.

USCAR’s Vehicle Registration
Partnership (VRP) – comprising re-
searchers from DaimlerChrysler
AG, Ford Motor Co. and General
Motors Corp. – is evaluating a glycol-
ysis process that converts post-con-
sumer shredder residue foam into
usable automotive foams. The
method has been developed by Troy
Polymers Inc., one of several private
firms working to develop shredder
residue recycling solutions. The
process uses elevated temperatures
to ‘melt’ the foams into a new polyol
which is free of residual contami-
nants and which can be used to
make new polyurethane foam.

Currently, more than 84% by
weight of materials contained within
the average vehicle in the USA is re-
cycled. The glycolysis process ad-
dresses part of the unrecycled portion
of end-of-life vehicles, it is pointed out.

Interseroh and
ProTrade sign
agreement

Interseroh AG of Cologne, Ger-
many, has signed a strategic alliance
with ProTrade Steel Co. Ltd of Hud-
son, Ohio, USA, thereby giving the
former access to the US steel scrap
market.

A mag a zine for the recy cling indus try is pub lished in
many coun tries. Although these pub li ca tions main ly
cover news of the domes tic mar kets, many of them also
sig nal inter na tion al trends. Recycling International
rounds-up items from these mag a zines which are of
inter est to the inter na tion al recy cling indus try.

The mag a zines we co-oper ate with in pub lish ing
extracts from their edi to ri al pages are:
• Scrap (USA)
• Recycling Today (USA)
• Recycling mag a zin (Germany)
• Magazine Recycling Benelux (The Netherlands/Belgium)
• Recy cling & Waste World (UK)
• Recykling Poland

R O U N D U P

Magazine Round Up

www.mrb-uit gev ers.nl www.recy cling wasteworld.co.uk

www.recy cling to day.com

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