26-07-2011 Plastics New specifications to streamline plastics buying and selling United States – The US recycling body Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) released new specifications to modernise, standardise and…
13-07-2011 Paper UPM unveils major MRF United Kingdom – Finland-based paper processor UPM has officially launched its £17 million (US$ 27.2 million) material recycling facility (MRF)…
13-07-2011 Plastics Europe sees rising PET collections – but challenges too EU – European post-sorting PET collection volumes climbed to 1.45 million tonnes in 2010 – an increase of 6.5% when…
12-07-2011 Rubber ETRMA: almost all European tyres are recycled EU – The positive trend in Europe’s management of used tyres continued in 2010 with a recovery rate of 96%,…
11-07-2011 Ferrous Metals Chinese government underwrites 18 recycling projects China – China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that 18 recycling projects, including recycling bins, sorting and processing centres and…
06-07-2011 E-scrap Capital injection for French mobile phone collector France – Now in its second year, Mister Recycle – a French venture to collect, reuse and recycle mobile phones…
05-07-2011 Business Major facility for Bulgarian household refuse Bulgaria – A domestic refuse recycling plant costing around Euro 25.5 million has been formally opened in Bulgaria by the…
23-06-2011 Business Metso secures Holzmag technology Germany / Switzerland – Leading recycling equipment manufacturer Metso and Swiss counterpart Holzmag GmbH have signed a contract under which…
14-06-2011 Business South-west China’s largest recycling centre China – Timed to coincide with World Environment Day on June 5, south-west China’s largest recycling base has been unveiled…
31-05-2011 E-scrap Panasonic establishes first recycling facility in Chinese market China/Japan – A consortium of prominent companies in the Far East are to establish an advanced electronics recycling firm based…
27-05-2011 Plastics First Estonian low-grade plastics recycling centre unveiled Estonia – The first facility for recycling low-grade plastics waste in Estonia has opened in Järva County thanks to a…
