02-11-2021 Business Tyre recyclers call for end-of-waste criteria for rubber stream End-of-waste (EoW) criteria for rubber recovered from end-of-life tyres (ELT) is being urged as a crucial step to boost tyre...
28-10-2021 Non-Ferrous metals recycling Angry recyclers claim free scrap metal trade is in danger Recyclers across Europe are standing up to lawmakers in Brussels over the proposed banning or restricting of metal scrap exports....
28-10-2021 Business Growing clamour against EU waste shipment strategy European national federations and companies from across the recycling industry are warning EU leaders of the dangers of including non-hazardous...
26-10-2021 Business Ogel taking Lego-inspired recycled plastics solution across borders UK start-up Ogel has acquired almost £250 000 (EUR 300 000) in funding to develop its innovative building system using...
25-10-2021 Business Cash boost for US aluminium facility Novelis is to invest US$ 130 million (EUR 112 million) to upgrade its US operations to meet growing customer demand...
22-10-2021 Business Steel demand picks up after Covid – except in China The World Steel Association (worldsteel) believes that demand for steel this year will grow by 4.5%, a significant rise on...
18-10-2021 Non-Ferrous metals recycling £50m cash injection for UK EAF steel plant The UK’s ferrous market has been boosted by the news that Liberty Steel UK (LSUK) is injecting £50 million (EUR...
14-10-2021 Business Death toll mounts at Bangladeshi ship-breaking yards Campaigners against the breaking of ships in unsophisticated and often illegal yards in Bangladesh say they have recorded the worst...
14-10-2021 Business Focus more on end-of-waste criteria, Commission told Recyclers have urged the European Commission to accelerate the development of end-of-waste (EoW) criteria for secondary material streams as it...
12-10-2021 Plastics recycling EUR 7.5 million project boosts Romania’s PET recycling Packaging recycler Alpla is continuing its global expansion by setting up a bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania. PET...
08-10-2021 Interview Achieving global sustainability starts in Africa ‘Only about 1% of the world’s recycled metals comes from the African continent,’ says Raymond Onovwigun, ceo of Romco Metals....