|
Back to Recycling News Index |
Exchange Index
INSTRUCTIONS:
- News and information articles are submitted daily to the Exchange by
companies, independant writers, associations and traditional print publications.
- We currently accept industry related : news, features, editorials, product announcements, press releases,
how-to articles, interviews, conference reviews, etc.
- To add an article to this category of the Exchange,
choose: Add Listing
- To view the full details of any article, enter your email address in the form
beside the article of interest to you, and click GO. If the article is free to read, it will then be presented to you on the following
web page.
Recycling News
|
|
MORE LISTINGS :
Available (1282)
|
AVAILABLE
Listings:
(76 - 100) of 1282
|
|
|
Principal & VP of Client Solutions |
|
|
March 09, 2009.
Kodiak Island Borough Solid Waste Collection Services RFP Announcement ... more
|
|
|
Mexican TV ‘take back’ program |
|
|
March 04, 2009.
Recently a new ‘Mexican take back’ program has been introduced by Retroworks de Mexico, an electronics scrap recycling company which is a ‘maquila’ of American Retroworks Inc. in Vermont, USA. The organisation, run by a women’s corporation in Mexico, is offering a kind of ‘needle exchange’ program for used CRTs. Working TVs from the USA are being sold to make TV recycling less expensive, and junk ones are accepted from Mexico - not just for free, but with a coupon for US$ 10 off of a ‘new’ TV. ... more
|
|
|
India’s e-waste growing at 10% per annum |
|
|
February 26, 2009.
India | New research has revealed that India is emerging as one of the world’s major electronic waste generators. It was found that e-waste is growing at a rate of 10% per annum in India and that the total is likely to reach 434 000 tonnes this year. ... more
|
|
|
Greenpeace pleased by Philips move |
|
|
February 25, 2009.
Netherlands | Electronics producer Philips has confirmed its intention to include the cost of recycling its products in its retail prices in three countries that do not yet mandate recycling of waste electronic equipment. The move has been welcomed by environmental campaign group Greenpeace International which had criticised Philips’ past opposition to legislation obliging manufacturers to bear the costs of recycling their products. ... more
|
|
|
UK considers car scrapping scheme |
|
|
February 26, 2009.
United Kingdom | The UK government is studying the possibility of implementing a car scrapping scheme to boost new car sales - but prospects ‘don’t look too good at the moment’, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Despite interest in the idea, the government is not entirely convinced this would provide a stimulus for demand. ... more
|
|
|
BIR Non Ferrous World Mirror February 2009 |
|
|
February 25, 2009.
The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.
‘I suppose we could look at this as a well-balanced industry right now - nobody needs what no-one has available!’ This observation reflects the situation which has developed in some parts of the world, notably in North America : in effect, locating scrap to buy and subsequently finding a consumer who is prepared to purchase it at a decent margin are proving equally challenging. ... more
|
|
|
US recycling firm opens Memphis facility |
|
|
February 24, 2009.
Scrap metal recycler River City Metal Recycling has opened a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Memphis, its ninth location overall.
River City Metal Recycling pays cash for most household, commercial and industrial metals, such as aluminum, brass, cast iron, copper, insulated wire, lead, steel, stainless steel, tool steel, transformers and electric motors.
... more
|
|
|
China’s steel industry under heavy pressure |
|
|
February 24, 2009.
China | A recovery in China’s steel market is not yet in sight as declining exports and excessive production capacity are continuing to haunt the industry, according to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA). ... more
|
|
|
US police raid six Omnisource scrap yards |
|
|
February 23, 2009.
United States | Police and federal agents have raided the largest metal recycling business in the US city of Indianapolis following allegations it knowingly purchased stolen goods. The raid on six Omnisource scrap yards in the US state of Indiana, during which records and property were seized, represented the culmination of a year-long investigation. ... more
|
|
|
New Managing Director for BMRA |
|
|
February 23, 2009.
The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) announced that Ian Hetherington, former Chief Executive of Skills for Logistics, will take over as director general in April 2009.
According to the BMRA, Mr Hetherington has more than 15 years’ experience of working with businesses and representing their needs to UK and EU government. In his previous role as chief executive of Skills for Logistics, he was responsible for the sector skills council for businesses involved in planning, moving, and handling goods - an industry worth £74 billion to the economy, employing approximately over 2 million people. ... more
|
|
|
Sandvik buys Austrian tungsten supplier |
|
|
February 19, 2009.
Sweden | Sandvik has reached an agreement to acquire Wolfram Bergbau- und Hütten-GmbH Nfg. KG (WBH), an Austrian producer and supplier of tungsten products. The acquisition is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2009, after approval by relevant anti-trust authorities. ... more
|
|
|
Growing ship breaking activities threaten steel prices in India |
|
|
February 18, 2009.
India | The rising ship breaking activities at the India’s biggest ship breaking yard, Alang might cause a fall in the steel prices as hundreds of tonnes of scrap steel would add up to the steel supplies in India. ... more
|
|
|
US electronics recycler files for Chapter 11 |
|
|
February 18, 2009.
United States | The next victim of the downturn in the recycling market is US specialist in e-scrap recycling and asset recovery WeRecycle! Inc. The company based in Meriden, Connecticut has filed a petition to restructure under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. ... more
|
|
|
European Waste Directors tackle the downturn of recycling markets |
|
|
February 16, 2009.
On Monday 16 February European Waste Directors met in Prague to resolve the impacts of the economic crisis on the recycling markets in EU States. Representatives of the EU Member States agreed on the necessity to enforce suitable measures to support and safeguard the recycling markets. ... more
|
|
|
Sims Metal Management acquires UK metals recycler |
|
|
February 17, 2009.
United Kingdom | The UK arm of worldwide recycling conglomerate Sims Metal Management, has acquired Birmingham, UK based metals recycler All Metal Recovery Limited. Founded in 1986, AMR was one of the fastest growing independent metals recyclers in the UK, employing over 60 people. ... more
|
|
|
Nyrstar announces new CEO |
|
|
February 17, 2009.
The board of metals processor and producer Nyrstar NV has confirmed the departure of Nyrstar's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Fowler. Paul has decided to leave the company for personal reasons.
Current Nyrstar non-executive Director, Roland Junck, will succeed Paul in the role effective immediately. ... more
|
|
|
Scholz takes additional stake in Australia’s CMA |
|
|
February 16, 2009.
Metal recycling group CMA Corporation from Australia says that German scrap metal recycler and trader Scholz has agreed to invest Aus$48,990,000 in the Company through a private Placement.
The Essingen-based Scholz has agreed to acquire 230 million shares at 21.3 cents per share, representing a premium of 63.8% to the closing share price on 12 February 2009 / 67.9% to the 5 day volume weighted average price (VWAP) on 12 February 2009. ... more
|
|
|
Fuji Ecocycle to build major recycling plant in Japan |
|
|
February 12, 2009.
Japan | In order to boost its capacity for recycling household appliances, Japanese electronics manufacturer Fujitsu General is to open a new facility in the city of Hamamatsu in April next year. ... more
|
|
|
Aleris’ US operations file for Chapter 11 |
|
|
February 13, 2009.
United States | Aleris International, the global leader in aluminium rolled products, extrusions and recycling, has announced that that it and its US subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganisation under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. It attributed the decision to financial constraints relating to deteriorating demand, earnings and liquidity caused by the steep decline in global economic conditions. ... more
|
|
|
Berlin rejects extension of car scrapping scheme |
|
|
February 13, 2009.
Germany | The German government has turned down demands from the automotive industry to extend beyond this year a controversial Euro 2500 premium payable to drivers who scrap their old cars and buy new or one-year-old vehicles. ... more
|
|
|
E-scrap processing plant for Romania |
|
|
February 11, 2009.
Romania | A new e-scrap recycling venture named GreenWEEE has opened its doors in Bazau, Romania. Described as the first WEEE recycling facility of its kind in south-eastern Europe, the plant has the capacity to process 50 000 tonnes of e-scrap each year covering ten types of electrical and electronic equipment. ... more
|
|
|
Dell expands US electronics collection scheme |
|
|
February 11, 2009.
United States | Dell, the leading personal computer seller in the USA, is expanding a free computer recycling programme to six more US states. With the addition of Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont, the Reconnect scheme is now available in 18 US states with more than 1100 staffed collection points, according to Mike Watson, Senior Manager of Dell Global Recycling Services.
... more
|
|
|
UFH RE-cycling opens new fridge plant |
|
|
February 11, 2009.
Austria / Germany | A recently-founded joint venture involving Austria’s UFH Holding and Germany’s Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH has unveiled a brand new refrigerator recycling facility. Known as UFH RE-cycling GmbH, the operation based in Kematen, Austria, covers an area of 15 000 m2 and can process approximately 300 000 units a year. ... more
|
|
|
New European platform for PET bottle recycling |
|
|
February 11, 2009.
Belgium | Several European plastics organisations have joined in launching the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP), a Brussels-based initiative that will aim to offer a service to the packaging industry by assessing new PET bottle formats entering the European plastics recycling stream. This front-end evaluation process is expected to assist the move towards a more sustainable PET recycling industry in Europe. ... more
|
|
|
Scholz to invest millions in ASR plant |
|
|
February 09, 2009.
Germany | Essingen-based Scholz Recycling AG & Co. KG, one of Germany’s largest metal recycling companies, has announced the investment of almost Euro 30 million over two years in the treatment of auto shredder residue (ASR). ... more
|
|
|
|
|
