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NORSK HYDRO INVESTS IN E-MOBILITY
RECYCLING
Norsk Hydro is installing an automotive extrusion
press at its Szekesfehervar recycling facility in
Hungary. The first output is planned for 2025, to be
sourced from a site under construction.
Hydro says its Szekesfehervar plant is the biggest
extrusion hub of its kind in Europe, handling 60 000
tonnes of material per year. The facility creates auto-
motive parts for original equipment manufacturers,
including crash management systems, structural body
parts and battery housings.
Given the rise of e-mobility, Hydro is confident recy-
clers will have an important role to play in securing the
necessary production feedstock. It says the new press
will be a copy of the existing P60/12-inch press line,
upgraded to the ‘most advanced and efficient technol-
ogies’ on the market to minimise the carbon footprint
of the process.
This news follows the announcement that Hydro is
building a EUR 88 million aluminium recycling plant
next to the site in Szekesfehervar. The new site will
have an even greater processing capacity of 90 000
tonnes per year and is expected to start production at
the start of 2024. The plant will create 80 new jobs.

SANDERSON TO TAKE OVER FROM ELLIN AT RA
The UK’s Recycling Association has appointed former magazine editor Paul
Sanderson as its new chief executive, replacing Simon Ellin who retires in
March.
Ellin was previously ceo of both the RA and its subsidiary Independent Waste
Paper Producers (IWPP) but commercial director Chris Burton now steps up to
become the new md of IWPP. Sanderson will oversee the RA and the United
Kingdom Security Shredding Association.
RA president Craig Curtis says: ‘I’m delighted that Chris and Paul will be taking
on these roles under a new structure. Both have worked closely together over
many years and have a fantastic relationship. I’m very confident that the RAS
and IWPP will continue to go from strength-to-strength under this new leader-
ship.’
Sanderson adds: ‘Simon will be missed for all the hard work, enthusiasm and
skill he has shown as chief executive and I’ll miss him personally. But Chris and I
will work together so that the RA and IWPP build on Simon’s leadership and
everything that has been achieved so far.’

BIDEN BACKS BATTERY RECYCLING
AND REUSE

The US Department
of Energy (DoE) has
announced funding
of nearly US$ 74
million (EUR 71.4
million) for 10 proj-
ects to boost the

domestic recycling and reuse of electric vehicle
(EV) batteries.
According to the DoE the cash ‘will help accelerate
battery production in America, mitigate battery
supply chain disruptions and create good-paying
jobs.’ The move supports President Biden’s goal to
have electric vehicles make up half of all vehicles
sales in America by 2030.
‘Recycling advanced batteries presents an enor-
mous opportunity for America to support the cre-
ation of a secure and resilient domestic battery
supply chain to reach our clean energy and trans-
portation future,’ says US Secretary of Energy
Jennifer M. Granholm.
‘The historic investments of President Biden’s
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are making it possible
for cross-sector collaboration that will fuel
America’s technological breakthroughs and elimi-
nate our overreliance on other nations to meet our
clean energy goals.’

AUTO RECYCLERS CHEERED BY US TARIFF RELIEF
American recyclers
have welcomed an
extension of the pol-
icy that exempts
shredder wear parts
from a 25% tariff on
certain Chinese
products imported
into the US.
At the end of 2022,
the United States
Trade Representative
(USTR) announced a
nine-month extension
for certain exclusions
in the China Section
301 policy, including
the tariff for shredder
wear parts.
In July 2018, the
Trump administration
imposed the tariff
but, after appeals
from the Institute of
Scrap Recycling
Industries, an exemp-
tion was granted in
April 2019. In 2020

the government allowed companies and organisations to request continua-
tion of the exemption for a further year, which was granted.
‘Extending the Section 301 tariff exclusion on auto shredder wear parts will
positively impact more than 200 US auto shredders,’ says ISRI president
Robin Wiener.
‘The exclusion will allow these businesses to continue to provide a renew-
able source of high-quality materials for the everyday items and essential
infrastructure people depend on.’

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