26-01-2018 Paper and cardboard recycling Smurfit Kappa unveils new recovered paper plant in Spain Spain – Smurfit Kappa has opened a new recycling plant in the southern Spanish city of Malaga which is expected...
26-01-2018 Business What’s new in sensor-based sorting? Germany – Sensor-based sorting technologies have come a long way in recent years. And yet, stricter quality demands regarding recyclables...
19-01-2018 Electronics recycling Urban Mine Platform maps multi-billion recyclables potential in Europe Global – Around 18 million tonnes of valuable resources are thrown away in the EU each year – stored in...
18-01-2018 Plastics recycling Sharp decline in US plastics scrap exports to China Asia – America’s plastics scrap exports to mainland China dwindled towards the end of last year in the face of...
18-01-2018 Plastics recycling Food retailer Iceland: time to put the freeze on plastics ‘scourge’ United Kingdom – Iceland, the frozen food specialist with 900 stores in the UK, has made a commitment to become...
15-01-2018 Business ALBA to tackle Shanghai’s growing scrap vehicle fleet China – Recycling major ALBA Group has continued to expand its activities in Asia by becoming 51% majority owner of...
12-01-2018 Ferrous metal recycling Merger to strengthen two family-run US scrap businesses United States – Kramer Metals, Inc. has merged its non-ferrous operations with G. Harris International to form new company Spectrum...
11-01-2018 Plastics recycling Australian entrepreneurs are making waves with ocean plastics-eating bin Australia – 11 900 plastic bottles. That’s how many the Seabin can ‘catch’ per year. ‘If we have waste bins...
09-01-2018 Electronics recycling Big step forward in Big Apple’s e-cycling United States – More than 260 000 tons of discarded electronics has been collected for recycling thanks to the New...
08-01-2018 Plastics recycling UK government urged to introduce deposits on beverage containers United Kingdom – The Environmental Audit Committee has called for the introduction of a UK-wide deposit return scheme for PET...
05-01-2018 Business Major take-over to boost CMC’s global melt capacity Brazil – Commercial Metals Co. has signed an agreement to acquire several US rebar steel mill and fabrication assets from...