EU paper recycling beats target in exceeding 70%
Europe – Europe’s paper recycling rate climbed to 70.4% last year, the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) has revealed in…
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ELV recycling: Toyota puts consumers in driving seat
UK – Car giant Toyota is offering consumers an end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling service. The on-line Rewarding Recycling platform enables…
Solvay targets growth in rare earth recycling
France – International chemicals group Solvay is set to open two rare earth recycling facilities in France following an investment…
Plastic recycling targets ‘out of touch’
China/Europe – Given China’s recently-announced bans on plastic waste imports, ‘unrealistic’ recycling targets in Europe ‘will fail even sooner than…
Yale advocates international recycling policy
United States – Researchers at Yale University in the USA have underlined the need to organise recycling policy on an…
EPA issues electronics recycling challenge
United States – The Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge has been created to ‘make protective electronics refurbishing and recycling practices…
Aluminium can recycling has app appeal
United States – Leading primary aluminium producer Alcoa has launched a new Facebook app to educate users about aluminium recycling….
Johnson expands battery recycling presence
United States – US-based global technology and industrial leader Johnson Controls has opened a new automotive battery recycling centre in…
Recycling takes to the roads in the USA
United States – According to US company Idaho Sand & Gravel, well over 73 million tons of asphalt was reused…
Netherlands ahead of the game in asphalt recycling
The Netherlands – Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Minister of Economic Relations, Agriculture and Innovation, attended the launch of an asphalt…
‘Milestone’ in US can recycling
United States – The US recycling rate for post-consumer aluminium cans jumped seven percentage points last year, according to the…
