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UNSTOPPABLE
India is well on the way to developing into a
global recycling hub, industry leaders at the
International Material Recycling Conference in
Jaipur agreed.
PedalPoint
KZ’s new global
sourcing strategy
• Country report India: Scrap scene meets in Jaipur – Sanjay Mehta interview – Capacity ramp-up underway • Plastics: Investment wave despite headwinds • Trader: TSR’s Jose-Martin Neumann
• Markets under the spell of Trump
• Spotlight on lamp recycling
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IN THIS ISSUE
SECTIONS
Editorial 3
This issue 5
Trends & Updates 10/50
Message from Mumbai 55
In the lab 73
Beck’s 75
Suppliers Guide 76
Events 78
Next issue 79
Market reports
Ferrous 58
Nickel & Stainless 62
Non-Ferrous 64
Paper 68
Textiles 71
Plastics 72
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SHIPPING CONCERNS
New regulations for the global ship-
ment of e-waste will make procedures
more complex, according to experts
at the International Electronics
Recycling Congress.
FUTURE PROOF
Twan Hesselmans of Dutch family
business Broeckx Plastics is setting up
an advanced pre-sorting line.
And also…
The Big Picture 6
Mexican recycler on US tariffs 27
Cover story | PedalPoint/Korea Zinc 28
Plastics recycler Alpla 36
Medical waste 40
Lamp recycling 44
Bauma trade show preview 46
Trader | Jose-Martin Neumann 56
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS
SGM Magnetics 74
FIBRE-TO-FIBRE
US textiles recycler Peter Majeranowski
(Circ) shares his ambitious journey.
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