World crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 141.0 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2017, a 3.2% increase compared to June 2016.

At today's Annual General Meeting of Recylex SA, shareholders approved the appointment of Diana Kisro-Warnecke as a director for a term of 3 years.

Veolia and EIT RawMaterials team up to launch the next joint U-START (startup programme) circular campaign.

Over 10 million euros is the turnover amount achieved with confirmed deals during and immediately after the Chinaplas in May.

Despite a disappointing Council position, a number of EU governments still support higher targets for waste management and prevention, a meeting between EU environment ministers revealed yesterday.

The European Stell Association (Eurofer) claims that the agreement only goes part of the way.

ESWET welcomes the adoption of the EU Strategy for Plastics, a proposal that through its multiple applications will improve the life of citizens. However, despite the efforts made by the European Commission in order to boost and improve recycling, the Strategy fails to take into consideration the option of energy recovery.

The SaphyGATE G portal monitors combine easy operation and maintenance with robustness and compliance with the strictest international standards.

At a time when the politicians and media are looking for industry led voluntary interventions to encourage the consumer to deal with their plastics packaging responsibly; opportunities for positive, effective and consistent consumer communications are being lost.

Aluminium beverage cans already close to the future EU Circular Economy recycling targets.