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Bettery
US battery recycling player Bettery has installed its fi rst rechargeable battery
Swap Stations at Whole Foods Market stores in the states of Washington and
Oregon. The new kiosks provide local residents with a drop-off site and an
opportunity to exchange their depleted single-use alkaline AA and AAA batter-
ies for new ones from Bettery. Eventually, the company wants to reduce the
environmental impact of the 2.5 billion batteries thrown away annually across
the entire country. www.betteryinc.com
Rumber Materials
US recycled products manufacturer Rumber Materials has picked up a 2012
Evergreen Award from the country’s General Services Administration (GSA). This
recognition in the sports and recreation category celebrates Rumber’s support
for the federal government’s environmental initiatives through the manufacture
of composite building materials from recycled lumber. www.rumber.com
Recycling.com
London-based online trading platform Recycling.com has begun to host live trades.
‘Current live trades have a value of over US$ 500 000 and there is also a large
ferrous auction planned for the next few weeks, which will on its own be worth
around US$ 1 million,’ the company states. Though its initial focus has been on
Europe and Asia, it also intends to target North America. www.recycling.com
Buyers of all Ferrous,
Non-Ferrous Metals &
End of Life I.T. Equipment
Tel: +44 141 440 0424
Fax: +44 141 440 0874
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.jradam.co.uk
Riverside Berth, King George V Dock
Renfrew Road, Glasgow, G51 4SD
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‘China will put more efforts toward
green development, recycled develop-
ment and low-carbon development,’ the
country’s new president Xi Jinping told
delegates at the Boao Forum for Asia
Annual Conference 2013 last week. He
added that China ‘needs to balance
industrial development with green, sus-
tainable development’.
The statement was made alongside
China’s ‘Operation Green Fence’ mount-
ed against low-quality imports. To date,
this crackdown by the Chinese govern-
ment has led to roughly 70% of all
incoming containers being subjected to
careful inspection.
According to Dr Simon Ellin, chief exec-
utive of the UK’s Recycling Association,
the Chinese requirement that incoming
recovered fi bre should contain less than
1.5% out-throws is ‘not unreasonable
and is attainable’. He has told letsrecy-
cle.com that, at present, the UK supplies
around 10% of China’s recovered paper
imports, adding: ‘For the UK to continue
the sustainable growth of our recycling
industry, we need to ensure that we
work to the highest possible standards
to protect our position as a leading
exporter to China.’
Over the years, the recycling industry has
‘proved to be very adept at adapting to
changes in the industry’, states Dr Ellin.
He expects all Recycling Association
members to ‘comfortably meet the qual-
ity requirements of all markets’ but also
asserts: ‘If there are operators out there
who are not focusing their attention on
quality, they are in for a rude awakening.’
www.therecyclingassociation.com
China’s import demands
‘not unreasonable’
The US scrap recycling industry
invested more than US$ 14 billion in
equipment between 2006 and 2011, a
new report from the Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries (ISRI) has revealed.
The study was initiated in order to arrive
at ‘a credible quantification’ of how
much scrap processing, handling and
related equipment is deployed in the
country’s scrap sector.
According to the Washington-based
body, investment made per unit averaged
US$ 200 000. Overall expenditure on
equipment increased by 20%, or US$ 1.8
billion, between 2008 and 2011, partly
due to the ‘accelerated depreciation’
credit that was put into law. ‘The fi nan-
cial windfall to the industry was a direct
result of the RISE Act associated with the
stimulus package developed in 2008,’
notes ISRI. As a result of the credit, com-
panies invested in new and/or higher-
value equipment – thus ‘by-passing loan
considerations in tight credit markets’.
Meanwhile, ISRI says that approximate-
ly 15% of total scrap equipment reve-
nues for US manufacturers is generally
derived from export sales. It also esti-
mates that scrap recycling players will
invest some US$ 15 billion in equipment
over the next fi ve years.
The study was conducted by interna-
tional business research fi rm Strategic
Analysis Inc. (SAI). www.isri.org
Increased US spending
on recycling equipment
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