Sabine Hatzfeld
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Tomra Sorting introduces its new Laser Object Detection (LOD) system that, when used in combination with Autosort and Finder, boosts the circuit's sorting capabilities, allowing waste and scrap recycling operations to reach extraordinary final product purity levels.

In an attempt to respond to recyclers' quest for information about the presence of materials and components in electronic waste that require separate treatment, producers and producer responsibility organisations have teamed up to create "Information for Recyclers - I4R".
Zerocycle has launched a new web-based dashboard that visually displays a city's neighborhood-specific recycling metrics.
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 139.4 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2018, a 0.8% increase compared to January 2017.

Increasing maintenance costs and strict health and safety regulations faced by companies in the recycling and waste industry has resulted in a greater demand for more transportable separation equipment, which offers on-site flexibility and reduces risk hazards.

For the upcoming IARC 2018, Joseph M. Holsten gave an overview of the dismantling market and present his personal market assessment. Before the conference Joseph M. Holsten states how he views the European market and what the future challenges for the dismantling market will be.

Full year 2017 sales came to €450.3 million, up 18% compared to 2016. Sales during the fourth quarter of 2017 came to €112.7 million, a decrease of 4% on the fourth quarter of 2016.
News that China would ban certain scrap imports shook the recycling industry last summer, yet U.S. global scrap exports increased overall in 2017 according to a new analysis from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI).

The Construction and Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA) chose to honor the first recycling robot operator in North America for his extraordinary contributions.

South Carolina-based RePower South (RPS) has begun construction of the Berkeley County Recycling and Recovery Facility, which will be the most advanced Mixed Waste Processing facility on the East Coast.