Michael Brunn

The new Waste-Free Ontario Act sets an ambitious goal of a circular economy that sends zero waste to landfill.

The BIR Paper Division will be organising a diversified meeting at its upcoming plenary session on Monday, 16 October 2017 at 15.00 at the Taj Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi.

The market of recycled plastic from agriculture in Europe has been developing steadily over the past years and today it has reached a collection rate of around 60%. However, these positive developments can be disrupted if the European Parliament's draft report on regulating the CE marking of fertilising products is to be implemented.

Lisbon, September 28, 2017: What are the latest trends in the battery industry, which impact will increasing electric mobility have and what new developments are shaping the battery recycling sector? These questions and many more were answered at this year's International Congress for Battery Recycling ICBR 2017.

Expert panel of guest speakers give insight into the present and future challenges of the global non-ferrous metals business from an Indian perspective.

FEAD President Jean-Marc Boursier delivered a speech at the European Commission Reinventing Plastics, Closing the Circle Conference.

On Sunday, 15 October at 10.30, the plenary session of the BIR Ferrous Division will feature a keynote presentation by Ms Becky E. Hites from Steel-Insights LLC (USA).

In the light of the current debates and consultations on the upcoming EU Strategy on Plastics and the revision of the EU waste legislation, European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association for the bioplastics industry in Europe, echoes the call for greater investments in the implementation of separate recycling streams, made by the association of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) earlier this week.

UK-based weighing scales manufacturer, Marsden Group, has launched a new white paper aimed at supporting waste management businesses in meeting weighing legislation.

Tomra Sorting Recycling has announced the launch of a sensor-based sorting machine based on laser technology. Autosort Laser enables the separation of glass, ceramics, stones, metals and plastics from household and commercial waste.