Michael Brunn
Chefredakteur
New rubber bitumen plant for recycling tire waste completed
The rubber bitumen plant at MOL's Zala Site, representing an investment of around USD 10 million has been completed.
A time for the scrap industry to channel its "passion and positivity"
At the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division's eForum in June this year, much of the debate had surrounded China's proposed "recycled material" reclassification system covering brass, copper and cast aluminium alloy imports.
First certified "EU equivalent" ship breaking facility in Africa
As demand for compliant ship breaking facilities increases, updates to legislation will open several opportunities for compliant facilities outside of the European Union.
"Business as usual" still a distant prospect for many textiles recyclers
"The risks right now are much higher than the opportunities," stated BIR Textiles Division President Martin Böschen of Switzerland-based TEXAID * Textilverwertungs AG in delivering his latest market summary to a divisional webinar on October 15.
New research: Home working trend could lead to increase in e-waste
New research released by technology lifecycle management provider 3stepIT has revealed that the global pandemic has rapidly accelerated the digital transformation of businesses across Europe.
Glimmers of brighter future amid "perfect storm" for plastics recyclers
Not for the first time, regulations took centre-stage in discussions hosted by the BIR Plastics Committee. Its webinar on October 14 featured an in-depth review of the implications of Basel Convention amendments entering force at the start of 2021.
PlasticsEurope supports a global framework for plastics
Global issues require global solutions. This is why PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade association representing plastics manufacturers, supports a global framework for plastics aiming at reducing plastic waste in any environment.
Brits are spending 54 Hours a YEAR trying to recycle
It has been three years since Sir David Attenborough generated a global surge of interest in plastic pollution and recycling following the powerful series Blue Planet II, which highlighted the serious harm humans are putting marine ecosystems through - referred to now as the 'Attenborough effect'.
China's scrap generation to remain on steep growth curve
In the year 2000, China was consuming around 100 million tonnes of steel per year but this figure has since soared to between 800 and 900 million tonnes.
FEAD reacts to EU chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
The European Commission has adopted the new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, as a first step towards a "zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free environment" in the context of the EU Green Deal.