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PROOF OF RESILIENCE
Aluminium recycler Evgenia Gordeeva
fled the shelling in her Ukrainian
hometown and now works for EMR in
the UK.
ISRI2023
A record 6 600 professionals gather in Nashville
for the US Institute of Scrap Recycling
Industries’ Convention & Expo.
MICHAEL BRAUNGART
‘My biggest enemies are people run-
ning sustainability departments,’ says
the ‘Cradle-to-Cradle’ author.
recycl inginternational.com | May/June 2023
Long live Lindemann
The art of
making machines
ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE
RI TURNS 25
• Looking back: Birth of your magazine• Interviews: Michael Braungart, Evgenia Gordeeva, Surendra Patawari• Recycling’s fresh faces: Rebekka Lorentzen, Sean Daoud, Stefan Vibaek, Sioned Thomas• Shining a light on tomorrow’s technology• We’re celebrating, too: Alter Trading, Copex, Kuusakoski, Lefort, ZB• Columns: Manfred Beck, Emmanuel Katrakis, Dhawal Shah, Ella Stengler, Robin Wiener
PLUS
• ISRI2023: Global scrap scene meets in ‘Music City’• Tom Bird: The man on the cutting edge
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IN THIS ISSUE
SECTIONS
Editorial: 3
Trends & Updates: 10 / 82
In the Lab: 101
Beck’s: 103
Buyers’ Guide: 104
Events: 106
Next Issue: 107
Market reports
Ferrous 86
Nickel & Stainless 90
Non-Ferrous 92
Paper 96
Textiles 99
Plastics 100
RI at 25
Looking back 28
16
36
50
72
Smart heads 40
Guest columns 49, 54, 67, 76
We’re celebrating, too 60
Interview Surendra Patawari 68
And also…
The Big Picture 6
Interview: Tom Bird 8
E-scrap Greece 24
Recycling Technik trade show report 78
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS
Austin AI 26
BlakerTech 47
Steinert 55, 77
Lindemann (Cover story) 56
MTB 64
Igneo Technologies 98
Panizzolo 102
FRESH FACES
‘I was a good bicycle seller and that
experience helps me in my current
sales position,’ says Stefan Vibaek, new
kid on the block at Denmark’s HJ
Hansen Recycling Group.
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