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20 EU WEEE Directive revision
will be a business generator
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Jim Puckett is the founder of the Basel Action Network,
an organisation focused on confronting the global
environmental injustice and economic ineffi ciency
of trading in toxic wastes, products and technologies.
His work has brought him into close and increasingly
fruitful contact with parts of the recycling industry,
notably the e-scrap sector.
Jim Puckett: toxic trade watchdog
In a world facing a scarcity of natural resources,
there are a few solutions for generating potentially
unlimited quantities of ‘green’ electricity, such as
using the power of the wind, water and the sun.
Indeed, the solar energy industry is the fastest-
growing energy-providing sector. In this article,
Recycling International takes a look into the future
and the recycling of photovoltaic panels.
32 Sunny future for solar panel
recycling
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Italy-based Guidetti Srl has earned a reputation for
developing recycling machinery that is particularly
suited to the needs of medium- to smaller-scale
operators or to those companies
interested in processing only limited
quantities of recyclable materials.
In this article, Recycling International
explains more about the company’s
history and about its product
portfolio.
Equipment from Guidetti:
compact and crisis-proof
Certainly from a European perspective, one of the most
interesting topics during the 8th International
Electronics Recycling Congress was the proposed
revision of the EU’s WEEE Directive. Timo Mäkelä of
the European Commission sees the revision as a route
towards improving business opportunities.
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For 20 years, Belgium-based Gemini
Corporation has been trading commodities
– notably secondary plastics – to India
and a host of other countries.
The company’s success is based on
adding value for its customers,
strict quality controls and
commitment to the
industry, according
to Chairman of the
Board Surendra
Borad.
Plastic trader Gemini Corp. –
commitment, quality and trust
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