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Rising oil prices have led to increased interest in the
recycling of plastics. Firms processing plastic granu-
late are scouring the world for the best and cheapest
sources of such materials. The success of greenhouse
farming in southern Spain has made available for
recycling enormous quantities of end-of-life agricul-
tural plastic.
You may think it unusual to describe a major US
scrap company as a group of niche boutiques but, in
essence, that is exactly what AMG Resources
Corporation is. Well, boutiques may be a stretch, but
most of the company’s business segments are a bit
unique, related to each other and generally dominant
in their realm.
Global Marketing Systems (GMS) functions at the
heart of a recycling trade in which guidelines and leg-
islation are either very young or still under construc-
tion. The US-based company is one of the largest
players in the field of trading vessels with India.
‘Majority of the owners care more about the price,
than the environmental issues, so we have to do it,’
says founder Anil Sharma.
Demands for an enhanced producer
responsibility system and on-going adap-
tation of the Directive on Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) by EU
member states provided the two main areas
of discussion at the 2008 International
Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) in
Salzburg, Austria. The congress was marked
by a call for greater enforcement of regulations,
increased collection rates and prevention of ille-
gal shipments of e-waste. Harmonisation and sim-
plification of regulations were seen as top priori-
ties to enhance the safe treatment of discarded
electronics.
In this issue
AMG Resources’ philosophy of growth 38
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E-waste
regulations:
calls for stronger
enforcement
I N T H I S I S S U E
He got involved in the recycling and shredder indus-
try almost by accident. He would rather own a scrap
yard than sell shredders. He prefers the Democrats
over the Republicans, and Barack Obama over
Hillary Clinton. He loves running marathons and
drinking a good glass of wine, and has even managed
to combine the two. Meet Jim Schwartz, a man who
helped to shape the world shredder industry.
Jim Schwartz – connoisseur of wines and shredders 46
GMS aims for responsible vessel trading with India 54
Estimated to be growing at an annual rate of between
10 and 30%, the global remanufacturing industry is
claimed to save enough raw materials each year to
fill 155 000 railroad cars. This article investigates
why remanufacturing has been dubbed the ultimate
form of recycling.
Remanufacturing – a second life for products 58
Bumper plastics crop harvested for recycling 62
Viewpoint 3
Events Calendar 6
News 8
Product News 23
Magazine Round Up 26
E-scrap directive revision 37
Supplier: Marathon’s Nexgen 48
Italians’ role in the US scrap industry 52
Plastics recycling statistics 66
Powder impression moulding 68
Textile recycling in Senegal 70
World steel growth 79
In the next issue 94
Markets Analysis
Ferrous scrap 72
Stainless steel scrap 80
Non-fer rous scrap 84
Recovered paper 88
Textiles 91
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