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Cambridge spinoff recycles laminate containers |
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May 29, 2009.
A UK-based company has developed a recycling technique to extract high-quality metals, oils and gases from plastic and aluminium laminate containers. Enval LLC a spinoff company from Cambridge University has raised Series A funding to help it advance to an industrial level service. ... more
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European PVC industry prepares for challenging future |
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May 28, 2009.
PVC recyclers in Europe claim they are making great progress in its recycling programme, as well as actively encouraging the reduction of hazardous additives, going well beyond legal requirements. According to industry body Vinyl 2010, the sustainability targets are not only an example of self-regulation, but are in line with European Union policy on reducing emissions and lowering energy consumption in the production process. ... more
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China and EU to work together on recycling |
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May 28, 2009.
Cooperation between the recycling industries in China and the European Union (EU) should be enhanced, officials attending the 5th China-EU Round Table meeting agreed Monday.
Wang Gang, Chairman of the China Economic and Social Council, said developing a recycling industry is one of China's key strategies in its economic and social advancement. To do that, China will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the international community. ... more
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Global aluminium output expected to fall |
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May 27, 2009.
China is the world's No. 1 producer of aluminium, accounting for one-third of both world production and world consumption of primary aluminium, according to a report by UK minerals and metals research firm Roskill Information Services. ... more
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Nokia extends mobile phone recycling scheme to the UAE |
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May 25, 2009.
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has extended its recycling scheme to the UAE to give old phones a purpose. Recycling boxes will be available across the UAE for people to drop their old and unwanted phones into and collect a voucher to download music from Nokia in return. ... more
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Creative Recycling inks deal with MRM Recycling |
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May 19, 2009.
United States | US e-waste recycling company Creative Recycling Systems (CRS), an industry leader in the processing of end-of-life electronics has been selected as a recycler for Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM). A joint venture between Panasonic, Toshiba and Sharp, MRM is working to bring manufacturers and recyclers together. The new partnership ensures that electronic products from various manufacturers and consumers are diverted from the waste stream and recycled in an environmentally responsible manner at CRS processing facilities in Morrisville, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida. ... more
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US electronics recycling climbs 7% |
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May 18, 2009.
United States | The recycling of electronics is growing at a healthy rate in the USA, according to latest information from the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER).
The organisation publishes a per capita collection index (PCCI) measuring the volumes of used electronic equipment collected in six programmes across the country. And the data now available for last year show a PCCI value 7% higher than that of the previous year. ... more
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Recycle Direct in partnership with German manufacturer |
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May 18, 2009.
UK equipment manufacturer Recycle Direct celebrates ten years in the recycling industry by joining forces with German safety system manufacturer U-Tech gmbh.
Concerns about accident rates within the recycling industry prompted the UK company to search for a product that would automatically shut down machinery should any person come into close proximity with any dangerous situation. ... more
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OmniSource cuts more than 200 jobs |
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May 12, 2009.
United States | A review of company procedures has led to the cutting of 209 jobs at US scrap metal processor OmniSource. Since some work is now being done more efficiently and some steps have been eliminated, ‘it is not our intention to replace these positions after demand for scrap metal rebounds’, the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Millett has told a local newspaper. ... more
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CMA signs agreement with Worthington |
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May 14, 2009.
Australia / United States | Australian metal recycling group CMA Corporation has entered into a long-term strategic business relationship with US-based steel group Worthington Industries - a global company that processes steel for use in the automotive, construction, hardware and aerospace industries.
Under the terms of the agreement, Worthington will provide CMA Recycling with approximately 4000 tonnes of ferrous scrap each month for recycling at its Meretec recycling facility in East Chicago. The Meretec de-zincing process safely removes and captures the zinc coating from galvanised scrap and produces a clean black scrap - or so-called Meretec Meltstock - which CMA delivers to foundries. ... more
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Samsung added to GEEP client list |
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May 14, 2009.
Canada | Leading North American e-waste processor Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (GEEP) has been selected by Samsung Electronics Canada as a partner to provide recycling and collection services for the Samsung Recycling Direct programme. The Japanese brand has taken a leading role in providing free recycling services for all Samsung products in Canada. Through its branded e-collex sites, GEEP will provide collection services across Canada and end-of-life recycling through one of its two Canadian processing facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, and Barrie, Ontario. ... more
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Europe’s first major solar panel recycling project takes off |
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May 15, 2009.
Association of solar panel recyclers PV CYCLE is partnering with the Provincial Domain of Chevetogne in France, and electricity installator Nizet to showcase the first major dismantling of end-of-life solar panels in Europe. Chevetogne is one of the first 16 photovoltaic (PV) pilot plants initiated and supported by the European Commission in 1983. It has now been the first major site to be dismantled and will hence serve as a learning experience on the way towards having the PV CYCLE recycling scheme in place across Europe by 2015.
‘The solar modules installed here have supplied clean, renewable energy for the past 26 years. ... more
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Best practice update for aircraft recyclers |
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May 15, 2009.
France | The France-based Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) has updated its best management practice guide which it describes as ‘the industry standard’ for the disassembly of aircraft engines and frames. The document collates best practice recommendations for the management of parts removed from aircraft during the disassembly process. ... more
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UK yard to process nuclear scrap |
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May 11, 2009.
United Kingdom | A £6 million (US$ 9 million) recycling plant at Lillyhall, Workington, in north-west England has become the UK’s first new nuclear-licensed site for 20 years, according to Swedish operator Studsvik. ... more
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KME takes 30% stake in Sigimet |
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May 08, 2009.
Italy | KME Group SpA of Italy, one of Europe’s leading copper producers, is set to secure its second stake this year in a metals trader as part of its diversification into the scrap metals business. KME has agreed to buy 30% of Italian ferrous and non-ferrous metals trader Sigimet SpA for Euro 1.8 million (US$ 2.41 million) with an option to purchase another 21% within three years.
Luciano Parolai, Chairman of the KME Recycle holding company set up to oversee the new scrap business, says more acquisitions can be expected this year. ‘We do not plan to make other acquistions in Italy,’ he has told the Reuters news agency. ‘At the same time, we are in talks with companies in other European countries with a goal to create a network of European companies which do the same recycling business.’ ... more
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‘Ethical’ ship recycling initiative |
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May 06, 2009.
Singapore | Italy-based Siba Ships and Seaarland Shipping Management of the Netherlands are the inaugural investors in the US$ 300 million Green Recycling Initiative (GRI) which aims to integrate ‘the needs of ship owners to recycle ships in a more environmentally-friendly manner and the needs of steel producers to be able to produce ethically-sourced steel’.
Run by Pearl Minerals and Metals Ltd of Australia, the GRI is a Singapore-based company specifically formed to buy and recycle ships and to trade steel scrap on a global basis. It will seek up to 150 investors from the ship-owning and steelmaking industries, and establish a fund to buy around 120 bulk carriers during 2009 and 2010. These will be recycled at established, environmentally-friendly yards until the GRI opens its own recycling facility. ... more
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Hospital waste recycling scandal in China |
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May 08, 2009.
China | Several hospitals in central China have been involved in the illegal recycling of clinical waste, according to a China National Radio report. It is claimed that the waste was being ground into powder and used to manufacture disposable products such as plastic cups and spoons. ... more
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IMO members to adopt new ship recycling convention |
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May 11, 2009.
China | The International Maritime Organization (IMO) began a diplomatic conference in Hong Kong on Monday to discuss the draft text of a new international convention on ship recycling.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos said the draft International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships was expected to be adopted by member states and regions of the IMO at the end of the five-day conference. ... more
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WRAP undertakes polypropylene recycling test |
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April 21, 2009.
United Kingdom | UK-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has initiated a study to test the process of recycling polypropylene for use in food grade packaging and evaluate its commercial viability. WRAP has commissioned Axion Consulting, in partnership with Greenstar WES, Fraunhofer IVV and Pira Consulting for carrying out the project. The project aims to use recycled PP in food grade packaging which has not been possible until now; however, the same plastic is regularly recycled into industry plastics application (such as buckets and pallets). The scoping study will end in late August 2009.
As polypropylene makes up a significant ... more
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China top ship breaker joins hands with Shaoguan Steel |
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April 22, 2009.
The largest ship-breaking company of China, Xinhui Shuangshui Ship-Breaking & Steel Co Ltd has signed a strategic cooperation agreement fellow Chinese steelmaker with Shaoguan Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd indicating that they began their mutualism. ... more
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Car scrapping scheme for the United Kingdom |
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April 23, 2009.
UK chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling unveiled a list of new measures on Wednesday (22 April) as part of the government's budget designed to simultaneously claw back taxes and boost the economy. One of the budget's headline features is a new £2,000 (€2,227) car-scrapping scheme available to citizens who trade in cars over 10 years old and purchase new ones. ... more
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Glass recycling in UK exceeds expectations |
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April 23, 2009.
Figures from the National Packaging Waste Database showed that the UK recycled 1,613,000 tonnes of packaging glass - an increase of around 150,000 tonnes in twelve months. The result of this success is that the UK has successfully met the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive of 60%. ... more
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European PVC recycling reaching new heights |
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April 22, 2009.
EU | A recent report made by the European PVC industry today confirms that the PVC industry’s
sustainable development initiative is definitely on track to achieve its Voluntary Commitment 10-year targets.
The audited results show that 194,950 tonnes of PVC were recycled in 2008, a year-on-year 30% increase on the levels for post-consumer PVC recycling. The replacement of lead-based stabilisers surpassed 50%, two years ahead of its 2010 commitment. ... more
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US makers of plastic bags to use 40% recycled content |
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April 21, 2009.
The US American Chemistry Council has announced to dramatically increase recycling of plastic bags. The move was applauded by Walgreen Co., the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, and numerous US retailers and retail associations. ... more
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AbitibiBowater files for bankruptcy |
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April 16, 2009.
Being unable to refinance its debts, North American newsprint paper producer and recycler AbitibiBowater is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and Canada, succumbing to a constricted credit market and a steep drop in demand for newsprint, its primary product. ... more
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