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61November 2012 Market champions The report also notes that engineering plastics managed to record an impressive growth rate of 8%…

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54 November 2012 Dissolution approach to recovering NiMH battery metals The recycling of batteries is an important issue in a…

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55November 2012 Hydro-metallurgical treatment The efficiency of hydro-metallurgical treatment of NiMH batteries can be improved by utilising selective dissolution and…

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56 November 2012 ‘Plastic recycling is hot,’ declared the Pres-ident of the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) Ton Emans, thus announcing…

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If you aren’t reading Scrap—the official magazine of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)—you’re missing out on a competitive…

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45November 2012 Optimism dimmed beneath ‘black clouds’ Summarising the market back-ground, Mr Borad of Belgium- based Gemini Corporation told the…

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46 November 2012 Collection of mobile phones and other small electronic devices Collection is the first step towards recycling –…

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47November 2012 Collection of mobile phones and other small electronic devices cerium, europium and gadolinium (phos- phors in LEDs) •…

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49November 2012 E – s c r a p Globally, sales of mobile phones and smartphones reached 1.55 bil- lion…