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European plastics industry: increased recycling rates |
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October 21, 2008.
The European plastics industry – comprising PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO – has published its 18th report on trends in production, demand and recovery of plastics called the “Compelling Facts about Plastics 2007”.
In 2007, 9 countries (representing 29% of the population in EU27+NO/CH) recovered more than 80% of their used plastics. ... more
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Survey: Electronics industry recycles |
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October 21, 2008.
Global | Nearly 70% of the world’s major electronics companies are actively recycling electronic products and components, according to the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) environmental sustainability report.
CEA, which unites about 2200 electronics companies, asked 20 of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies -including Cisco, Dell and HP- about sustainability practices, from the internal processes of the company to manufactured end products. According to CEA, these top 20 companies make about half of the consumer electronics units in the global marketplace.
At least half the companies CEA interviewed were diverting 80% or more of their unusable materials from landfills and some diverted as much as 98%. They found more creative uses such as recycling the materials or selling them to partners who used them as feedstock in their own businesses. If all 20 of these companies sent no more than 2% of their waste to landfills, nearly two million tons of material wo ... more
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ThyssenKrupp adds titanium melting capacity |
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October 20, 2008.
The German titanium producer ThyssenKrupp Titanium has started operation of an electron beam furnace in Essen. The new unit – said to be Europe’s most advanced titanium melting facility – was officially inaugurated by Jürgen Fechter, Chairman of ThyssenKrupp Stainless and Markus Holz Chairman of ThyssenKrupp Titanium -which is a subsidiary- among other officials. ... more
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Tube City opens office in Vietnam |
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October 16, 2008.
US service provider to steel mills and foundries throughout the world Tube City IMS, has opened its first representative trading office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. David Aronson, President - Raw Materials and Optimisation Group, says Vietnam is an increasingly important market in the Asia-Pacific region. ... more
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Sims suspends purchasing plans in Australia |
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October 15, 2008.
Sliding commodity prices and insecurity about the strength of the world economy are hitting home for local scrap metal merchants in Australia, with the world's biggest recycler Sims temporarily suspending purchases of non-ferrous metals.
Sims Group, based in Sydney, has told its local suppliers it will not buy the material while prices are so low to avoid on-selling at a loss. Jeremy Sutcliffe, Chairman of Sims' Australian and European metals operations, said the company's decision to stop buying non-ferrous metal was a short-term response to the price meltdowns. ... more
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Plastic-munching bugs upcycle PET into PHA |
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October 15, 2008.
Newly discovered bacterial alchemists could help save billions of plastic bottles from landfill. The Pseudomonas strains can convert the low-grade PET plastic used in drinks bottles into a more valuable and biodegradable plastic called PHA. PHA is already used in medical applications, from artery-supporting tubes called stents to wound dressings. ... more
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South Africa/Iran levy scrap export taxes |
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October 14, 2008.
South Africa and Iran have both announced scrap export tariffs within the last few weeks. The former is introducing a tax on overseas shipments of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap to shore up supplies for its domestic industry while the Iranian government has approved a 30% tax on exports of scrap. ... more
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EMR blasts market rumours |
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October 09, 2008.
Leading recycler European Metal Recycling (EMR) of the UK has put out a statement to refute what it describes as ‘unfounded rumours’ about the company. ... more
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IMO backs ship recycling draft |
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October 14, 2008.
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved the text of a draft ship recycling convention for adoption at a conference in 2009. ... more
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Waste Management ends bid for Republic |
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October 13, 2008.
The USA’s leading refuse haulier Waste Management Inc. (WMI) has withdrawn its US$ 6.73 billion bid to acquire rival Republic Services, saying the move would not be prudent given current financial market turmoil. ... more
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Spain’s FCC acquires UK recycler |
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October 13, 2008.
Through its UK subsidiary Waste Recycling Group (WRG), Spain’s Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) has acquired Cumbria-based CAW Ltd, a collection and recycling company with annual revenues of around £5 million (US$ 8.6 million). ... more
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ELG snaps up Shearer Mormet |
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October 13, 2008.
Stainless steel recycler Shearer Mormet Ltd of Glasgow in Scotland has been acquired by ELG Haniel Metals Ltd, the UK arm of the Germany-based ELG Haniel Group. ... more
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US definition of solid waste revised to promote recycling |
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October 09, 2008.
United States | A final rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in the United States, streamlines regulation of hazardous secondary materials when they are recycled by reclamation. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the regulation maintains strong protection of human health and the environment by limiting the streamlined requirements to specific, legitimate recycling activities.
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Mitsubishi to reclaim plastics with 99% purity |
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October 09, 2008.
Electronics producer Mitsubishi Electric has achieved a technological breakthrough aimed at boosting the use of recycled plastics, the Japanese manufacturer claims. The company developed a technology to sort three kinds of plastics –polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)- from mixed plastics from household appliances with purity levels of more than 99%. ... more
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Visy opens MRF in New Zealand |
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October 08, 2008.
Prominent Australian recycling company Visy has opened one of the southern hemisphere’s most advanced recycling operations - a A$ 21.9 million materials recovery facility (MRF) in New Zealand. Located in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga, the MRF will serve the city councils of both Auckland and Manukau which represent some 773 000 people, or almost 20% of the country’s total population. ... more
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Recognition for Umicore’s battery recycling |
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October 08, 2008.
Umicore has been nominated as one of Europe’s ten most innovative clean-tech companies at the Dow Jones Clean Tech Summit in Frankfurt, Germany. The nomination covered the Belgian company’s technology for recycling end-of-life rechargeable batteries. ... more
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BIR World Mirror Stainless Steel September |
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October 08, 2008.
The following article is based on the latest Stainless Steel & Special Alloys World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.
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NA boosts copper recycling at Lünen |
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October 07, 2008.
Copper scrap processor Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (NA) is to invest a further Euro 62.5 million in the expansion of the Kayser Recycling System (KRS) at its facility in Lünen, Germany.
Under the so-called KRS-Plus project umbrella, investments will include a second furnace, allowing the KRS to be switched from batch processing to continuous smelting. Some Euro 17 million of the total will be spent on waste gas purification plant and other environmental protection measures, according to NA.
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Karl W. Schmidt teams up with BRT |
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October 07, 2008.
Recycling machinery specialist Karl W. Schmidt & Associates, Inc. (KWS) of Colorado, USA, has entered a co-operative arrangement with BRT GmbH of Tecklenburg in Germany. The agreement will allow KWS to offer more innovative screening, bag-opening, perforating and metering equipment to be integrated into its systems for the processing of single-stream, construction and demolition waste, wood waste and refuse-derived fuel materials. ... more
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Call for EU-wide car scrapping incentives |
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October 07, 2008.
With the global financial crisis damaging their sales, car manufacturers have asked the EU to approve Euro 40 billion in low-interest loans to help them develop fuel-efficient vehicles. Law-makers should also provide incentives for consumers to scrap cars that are more than eight years old in order to accelerate purchases, says the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) whose 15-strong membership includes Volkswagen AG, General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Motor Co. ... more
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Japanese steel duo to recycle iron dust |
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September 31, 2008.
Japanese steelmaking giants Nippon Steel Corp. and Kobe Steel Ltd are setting up a joint venture to recycle steel dust and iron ore powder generated at their mills. The Nittetsu Shinko Metal Refine Co. joint venture is 70%-owned by Nippon Steel with Kobe Steel taking a 30% share. ... more
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Sims continues takeover blitz |
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October 07, 2008.
Australia-based metals recycling giant Sims Group has acquired major US electronics component scrap recycler Global Investment Recovery Inc. (GIR). ... more
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Sappi to buy M-real mills |
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October 06, 2008.
Sappi Ltd of South Africa, which claims to be the world’s largest producer of glossy paper, has signed an agreement to buy four paper mills from Finland’s M-real for Euro 750 million. ... more
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IISI delays steel outlook |
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October 06, 2008.
The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has delayed publication of its annual global steel production outlook owing to changes in the world economy that will require economic forecasts to be updated. ... more
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Allowance boost for US recyclers |
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September 31, 2008.
United States | The US recycling industry is to benefit from a new law which offers a 50% accelerated depreciation allowance in the first year for purchases of eligible recycling equipment. The law was signed last week by US President Bush as part of the country’s financial rescue package. ... more
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