Metso Outotec to divest its Metal Recycling business
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to divest its Metal Recycling business line to an affiliate of Mimir, an investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to divest its Metal Recycling business line to an affiliate of Mimir, an investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

According to the manufacturer, the compact material handlers SMHW48G5 and SMHC48G5 have the most powerful engines in their class.
A Comprehensive Study for the Copper, Lead, Zinc and Nickel Industries - this research project report presents the results from a study commissioned on behalf of the International Copper, Nickel and Lead-Zinc Study Groups by a team of experts coordinated by RMIT University, Melbourne.

OMV and Borealis are exploring synergies in order to establish a circular economy.

MMEC Mannesmann and Black Bear, the Dutch Tire-to-Carbon-Black-Upcycling-Company today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the rollout of Black Bear's technology to produce recovered Carbon Black from end-of-life tires.
The Circular Economy Accelerator wants to bring together forward-thinking companies to proactively pursue policy solutions to catalyze the circular economy for good.

The increasing number of fraud cases of bogus bills being unearthed by Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department within 2 years of introduction of the tax reform regime in India, indicate that it could only be the tip of the iceberg.

According to Tomra, the data from Tomra Insight can transform sorting from an operational process into a strategic management tool for fact-based decision-making at every step of the value and production chain.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has announced the hiring of Holly Arthur as Senior Vice President.

The residual waste presses by Strautmann are predestined for completely overcrowded waste bins and roll containers.

Just one week to go until the second annual Global Recycling Day, taking place on Monday 18th March 2019, and the world is getting ready to celebrate recycling.
Dow is helping to create jobs and reduce plastic pollution in South Africa through their social initiative, Project Butterfly.
Out of 3.308.300 tonnes of PET bottles placed in the European market in 2017, 58.2% - in total 1.923.100 tonnes (+2.9 % compared to 2016) - were collected. This conclusion comes from the Annual Survey on the European PET Recycle Industry, conducted by ICIS and commissioned by Petcore Europe.

Most plastic beverage kegs in the UK are not recycled and often end up in landfill. To overcome this problem, First Mile have teamed up with KeyKeg and OneCircle to create a circular programme which recycles plastic kegs, turning them into new, useable plastic kegs.

Chemical company Sabic and british chemical plastics recycler Plastic energy intend to build a first commercial plant in the Netherlands to refine and upgrade a valuable feedstock, known as Tacoil, a patented Plastic Energy product, which will be produced from the recycling of low quality, mixed plastic waste otherwise destined for incineration or landfill .

Born 70 years ago on the port of Lorient in Brittany, the company that delivers to the four corners of the world its presses and hydraulic shears for the recycling of metals, household and industrial waste, blew Thursday, October 25 its 70 candles in his Caudan workshops.
Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and Zero Waste Europe call on the EU to facilitate the beverage industry's transition to circularity by developing a legal framework for setting up new efficient DRS for beverage packaging.
A new report titled "Observing Trends from VC Investment Activities to Material Recycling Fields" from Lux Research states that material recycling innovations received a total funding of $668 million from 2011 through Q1-FY2016, for "circular economy" technologies, capturing 69% share that accounted for 65% of the total 155 deals.
A study by the New York City Department of Sanitation and the city's Business Integrity Commission has highlighted benefits of establishing commercial waste collection zones. The study said that setting up such zones for private waste collection firms would reduce truck traffic and greenhouse gas emissions associated with waste collection. The study said that the zones could reduce truck traffic by 49-68% and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 42-64%.
The European Commission is considering a deal for the steel sector in exchange for granting China the coveted Market Economy Status (MES). According to European Aluminium, this approach ignores the enormous Chinese overcapacities in industries like aluminium and creates unfair distortions on the EU market.