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Schulz’s Recycling
US scrap metal recycler Schulz’s Recycling has opened a new site at Wausau in
Wisconsin which will serve as a retail business feeder yard for its nearby full-
service operation. Schulz’s owner Jeff Isroff says of the 23 000-square-foot
facility: ‘We are the only recycler in the city and felt that we could benefi t from
having a retail scrap operation in Wausau.’ www.schulzsrecycling.com
Consumer Electronics Association
The Consumer Electronics Association, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
and InnoCentive have joined forces to launch this year’s CRT Challenge – the
industry competition which sets out to identify innovative and fi nancially viable
methods of recycling cathode ray tube (CRT) glass. Proposals for the CRT Challenge
must be submitted by June 30 this year and will be judged according to eco-
nomic and environmental benefi ts. The winning idea will win US$ 10 000 as well
as help in commercialising the recycling concept. www.innocentive.com
NASCAR/Liberty Tire Recycling
Two US automotive players have teamed up, with the NASCAR auto sports
association selecting Liberty Tire Recycling as the offi cial tyre recycler for the
organisation’s month-long, industry-wide Race to Green initiative designed to
reduce the carbon footprint of the nation’s sports sector. According to the race
car brand, such collaborations have enabled the programme to recycle roughly
120 000 Goodyear tyres each year across its top three national series.
www.nascar.com and www.libertytire.com
Onlinewastexchange.com
A global online B2B trading platform known as Onlinewastexchange.com has
been launched by a company located at Isernhagen in Germany which spe-
cialises in the exchange of non-hazardous waste and recyclable materials. The
new and free trading platform does not directly buy or sell materials but presents
‘a cost- and time-effective alternative to traditional brokers’.
www.onlinewastexchange.com
Sigmatex
Sigmatex, a UK company that develops and manufactures carbon fi bre textiles
for composite applications, has announced the launch of novel production process
based on ‘high-speed weaving principles’, named sigmaST. Through the utilisation
of a new production process, sigmaST offers ‘exceptionally high-quality, near-zero
crimp spread tow fabrics’ without the drawback of low output rates often associ-
ated with current tape woven products. www.sigmatex.com
Sainsbury’s/Ball &Young
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is helping supporters of the annual Comic Relief
charity event to transform the campaign’s plastic red noses into carpet underlay.
The polyurethane foam noses were bought on a massive scale at Sainsbury’s
locations across the country and are now on their way to the Northamptonshire
factory of leading UK carpet underlay manufacturer Ball & Young where they will
be recycled into its award-winning Cloud 9 range. www.underlay.com
Subway
The Subway restaurant chain has added to its sustainability credentials by intro-
ducing catering trays containing 95% recycled PET derived from post-consumer
soda and water bottles. The trays are being introduced in almost 29 000 outlets
throughout the USA and Canada, the brand says. The move will prevent around
1.8 million lb (816 million kg) of plastic materials from entering the waste stream
annually, the company estimates. www.subway.com
Following passionate industry objec-
tions, the European Parliament has thrown
out the proposal to impose a ship recycling
levy on commercial vessels calling at ports
in Europe, Bloomberg has reported.
The EU assembly in Strasbourg rejected
the much-discussed recommendation to
insert the tax into draft EU legislation
meant to limit the risks of health and
environmental damage posed by the
dismantling of vessels. The proposal,
suggested by the EU environment com-
mittee earlier this year, was knocked
back by 299 votes to 292. Instead, the
European Parliament has called for its
regulators to propose an ‘incentive-
based system’ to encourage safe ship
recycling by the end of 2015.
EU governments have yet to give their
opinion on the Commission proposal.
Any differences between governments
and the EU Parliament would have to be
smoothed over in negotiations before a
fi nal agreement.
As reported previously, the European
Community Shipowners’ Associations
(ECSA), the International Chamber of
Shipping and the Asian Shipowners’
Forum are among those organisations
to have voiced their opposition to the
proposed tax. The ECSA’s secretary gen-
eral Alfons Guinier described it as a
‘grave offence to the EU’s trading part-
ners, not just major ship recycling
nations such as China and India, but to
major shipping nations such as Japan
and Singapore’.
Besides, the levy as well as the sug-
gested sanctions against non-compliant
shipowners outside the EU would have
been ‘seriously damaging’ to the Hong
Kong Convention, claimed ICS secretary
general Peter Hinchliffe. He also argued
that the move would have ‘undermined
years of hard work’ by governments as
well as by shipowners and ship recyclers
to develop a binding and workable
global solution. www.ecsa.eu
European Parliament
votes ‘no’ to shipping levy
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