04-02-2015 Business 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…
16-01-2015 Business 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…
23-12-2014 Ferrous metal recycling 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…
03-07-2014 Business 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…
25-04-2014 Business 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…
23-04-2014 Business 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…
20-12-2013 Non-Ferrous metals recycling 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…
16-12-2013 Business 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-…
05-11-2013 Business 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,…
17-09-2013 Ferrous metal recycling ICM conference 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…
23-08-2013 Textiles recycling 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…