Michael Brunn
Editor-in-Chief
New managing director for Viridor
Phil Piddington succeeds CEO Ian McAuly, who leaves the company to pursue other opportunities.
Brand behind the brands captures the spirit of winemaking
A company specialising in turning wine industry waste into value add products is helping to drive Australia's booming craft spirits sector.
Around 186,000 Russians sign Greenpeace's petition to introduce separate waste collection, recycling till date
Russia has more than 41,000 square kilometers landfills area which is equal to the size of Switzerland, says Greenpeace. The non-governmental environmental organization recently ranked some of the country's regions based on their waste programs wherein cities of Vladivostok, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, and Novosibirsk stood out as leaders in separate waste collection and recycling.
India needs serious action plan to manage waste
India is one the careless nations which does not seem take waste management seriously. It is rightly termed as a country underdevelopment despite having potential to make the system work by adopting advanced useful methods.
Acquisition for software producers
The irish AMCS group has acquired the dutch software producer GMT from investment company Nedvest.
NEA to study life-cycle assessment of takeaway food packaging
The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore recently called for a tender to study the life-cycle assessment of food packaging wherein disposables used in takeaway food and for dining-in accounted for more than one-tenth of all plastic, paper and cardboard waste produced in 2015, in the country.
IARC Call for papers
The 17th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2017 organized by ICM AG will be held from March 22 - 24, 2017 in the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany.
East African Community member nations agree to form Regional E-waste Management Committee
The East African Community (EAC) member nations have agreed to form a Regional E-waste Management Committee to tackle growing e-waste in the region. The Regional E-waste Management Committee will comprise of six nations- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan.
Sims Metal Management with huge loss
The companies' revenue for the fiscal year 2016 was 26.3 per cent below 2015. EBIT was minus 215,5 AUD.
RWM shows transformative resource management solutions
This year's exhibition takes place in Birmingham from 13th to 15th of September.