The International Copper Study Group released preliminary data for July 2017 world copper supply and demand in its October 2017 Copper Bulletin. The Bulletin is available for sale.

In the first nine months of 2017, Jungheinrich continued to grow consistently: key performance figures increased year-on-year, signalling another successful financial year. This development was primarily driven by high demand in Europe, Jungheinrich's core market.

The process is called Blend Re:wind and generates three circular outgoing product streams.

BIR has been informed that China has officially notified the WTO of its intent to adopt the GB 16487 Environmental Protection Control standards for a certain number of wastes.

In 2016, the European Union recycled 47 percent of all beverage cartons placed on the market, or some 430.000 tonnes, according to the latest industry figures gathered by ACE, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment.

FEAD President Jean-Marc Boursier delivered a speech at the European Commission Reinventing Plastics, Closing the Circle Conference.

In the UK, it is local authorities who operate a range of different systems that are in place to collect recyclable materials from households. However, depending on where you live in the UK, the recycling habits of your neighbours will change drastically, and the amount that we recycle appears to be inconsistent when evaluating the UK as a whole.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced that ScrapTheftAlert.com is now available on the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP). LEEP's over 60,000 registered users in law enforcement, intelligence groups, and criminal justice now have access to the alert system, which assists in the fight against materials theft.

With the shredder series Micromat HP Lindner-Recyclingtech has added efficient machines to their range of universal shredders for processing plastics and other waste.

The move to a circular economy, one in which materials are kept in the value chain for as long as it makes economic and environmental sense, is expected to take a step forward this autumn as the Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and Mining Wastes (ProSUM) project unveils the first Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform.