5recyclinginternational.com | November/December | 2020
VENKY ON A MISSION
Electronics recycler Venkatesha
Murthy has seen his business shrink by
30% during the pandemic. But this
does not stop him from continuing
with ambitious plans for India, the
USA and beyond.
PLASTICS SPECIAL 2020
Recycling International spotlights the key
trends, figures and frontrunners in the wide
world of plastics.
PROFILE
Susie Burrage is the fourth generation
in the UK-based family firm Recycled
Products and proud president of the
British Metals Recycling Association.
Recycling
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
recycl inginternational.com | November/December 2020
UNTHA’s
high peaks
• Venkatesha Murthy – At home in e-scrap
hotspots Bangalore, Singapore and Phoenix • Slight optimism in challenged markets
• Susie Burrage: ‘We tended to do the office jobs’
PLUS: PLASTICS SPECIAL 2020
MGG Polymers aims high – Invasion of bottle-to-bottle solutions – Finding a new China – Gabrielle Walker: inspiring big brands to do what’s best for all
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IN THIS ISSUE
SECTIONS
Editorial: 3
Trends & Updates: 10/58
In the Lab: 32
Beck’s: 79
Buyer’s Guide: 80
Events: 82
Next issue: 83
Plastics Special
Cover MGG Polymers: 33
Industry & market snapshot: 34
Column Kirstin Linnenkoper: 37
Finding a new China: 38
Second life for ocean plastics: 40
Bottle-to-bottle solutions: 42
Q&A Gabrielle Walker: 44
Chemical processing: 48
Column Henk Alssema: 49
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E-scrap plastics: 50
Carbon fibre recycling: 52
Plastics in fashion: 54
Chinese investment: 56
Market reports
Ferrous: 62
Nickel & Stainless: 66
Non-Ferrous: 68
Paper: 72
Plastics: 75
Textiles: 76
Tech Experts
Steinert: 4/46
Andritz: 21
Panizzolo: 30
Untha Shredding: 26
BIR’S ONLINE GATHERING
A ‘brutal’ year within the most severe
economic crisis since the 1930s sets
the scene for the world recycling
organisation’s second series of webi-
nars.
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