A billion-unit computer recycling challenge
Global – Recycling capacity will need to deal with more than 1 billion discarded computers by the year 2020, according…
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First precious metals recycling plant for Quebec
Canada – NovX21, a Canadian company specialising in developing technology for the recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from catalytic…
Experts predict a wave of aircraft for recycling
United States – ‘The aviation industry is facing an aircraft retirement tsunami,’ according to Richard Brown, principal at aerospace supply…
Battery Giant extends its recycling footprint
United States – Detroit-based retail store Battery Giant has signed agreements with franchisees to open stores in three new US…
95% ELV recycling target ‘within reach’ for Belgium
Belgium – Some 94% of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) were recycled in Belgium last year – hailed by national association Febelauto…
Re-launch for paper cup recycling in the UK
United Kingdom – The UK’s Closed Loop Environmental Solutions and Simply Waste Solutions have joined forces on cup recycling. Since…
Dubai to build recycling plant for World Expo 2020
United Arab Emirates – A plant for the recovery of recyclables from solid waste will be built in Dubai, reports…
UK struggling to meet EU recycling goal
United Kingdom – Recycling experts have warned that the UK’s recycling rates will fall for the first time in over…
‘Shocking facts’ from recycling authority Ranjit Baxi
United Kingdom – Recovered fibre expert Ranjit Baxi of UK-based J&H Sales International, a stalwart and past president of the…
End of line for Mexico’s in-prison recycling project
Mexico – Plastic bottle recycler Tecnopenales operated successfully for five years within the walls of a jail in western Mexico,…
UK waste giant to open plastics recycling facility
United States – UK waste management group Viridor is to open a US$ 20 million plastics recycling plant at Rochester…
