Waste management company WCRS Ltd has welcomed the Government's latest proposals to crackdown further on the Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) who profit from waste crime.

Now that the last deadline to register existing chemical substances with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has passed, the EU chemical industry is looking to the EU and member states to make sure REACH becomes a competitive advantage for the European industry.

Faced with China's import ban on plastics scrap, processing operations have been moving to South East Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. However, these nations are also sharpening their focus on environmental controls, according to Dr Steve Wong of Fukutomi Co. Ltd and the China Scrap Plastics Association.

According to Messe München, more than 141,000 expert visitors from more than 160 countries came to this year's trade show, compared to 136,885 visitors two years ago.

BIR has received information that the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment has officially replied to the General Office of the General Administration of Customs, confirming that the import of high-grade PET as ordinary goods is allowed and in accordance with general trade regulation.

According to Global Market Insights, the waste heat to power market size will surpass USD 30 Billion by 2025.Resurgent economic growth along with rapid industrialization across key nations will drive the global market growth.

The global environmental watchdog organization Basel Action Network (BAN) today released the findings of a two-year study in 10 EU countries that followed 314 old computers, printers, and monitors in which GPS Trackers had been secretly installed.

The volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK has shown a modest increase with 175,252 tonnes reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2018, according to Carpet Recycling UK.

UPM's and Yara's joint nutrient recycling project has been completed. The Finnish Ministry of the Environment granted funding to this project under the Raki 2 nutrient recycling programme to investigate the possibility of developing a functional and cost-efficient recycled fertiliser for industrial-scale production.

From January till September 2018, EuPC conducted its 2nd European survey on the use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in Europe's plastics converting industry.