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Japan’s ELVs increasingly bound for overseas markets

Asia – Japanese recyclers have been forced to respond to a growing number of hybrid and electric cars at a…

Salmon fishing… for rare earths in Japan

Asia – It’s not rare to encounter a recycling breakthrough that is based on a rather peculiar method. The latest…

Nigeria looks to Japan for car recycling boost

Nigeria – Nigeria’s federal government has called on its Japanese counterpart to help in recycling the huge number of end-of-life…

Japan’s scrap imports slide in May

Japan – Japan’s scrap imports fell sharply during May, according to figures released by the country’s Ministry of Finance. Totalling…

Concerns over Japan’s plutonium recycling move

Asia – Japan intends to launch a nuclear recycling programme that would produce new stockpiles of plutonium and create a…

Japanese giant claims stake in metal recycler Scholz

Germany – Toyota Tsusho, which forms part of Japan’s Toyota Group, is taking a substantial share in German ferrous and…

Japanese car recyclers fear export increase

Asia – Japanese car recyclers are concerned that an increase in exports of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) will result in a…

ZB Group to join EU trade mission to Japan

Spain – Spanish shredder manufacturer ZB Group has been selected by the EU Gateway Programme to participate in an environment-…

Toyota takes home Japanese recycling prize

Japan – Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation received Japan’€™s 2013 Prime Minister’s Prize at last week’€™s 3Rs (Reduce,…

Battery ‘hoarding’ trend among Japan’s consumers

Japan – Japan is expecting an annual volume of 650 000 tons of waste batteries to be collected by municipalities…

I:Collect to start garment recycling in Japan

Japan – Swiss used clothing recycler I:Collect AG is to start up a Japanese subsidiary that will encourage shoppers to…