Coupled with its X-TRACT, Tomra Sorting will launch its LIBS technology, at ALUMINIUM 2016, in Düsseldorf, Germany, between 29 November and 01 December, 2016.

In addition to the economic and environmental benefits covered, new this year is expanded information on the global portion of the industry, including increased data on trends and markets.

There are millions of unused and obsolete handphones with Malaysians that are posing a real threat to the environment. Several Malaysians just throw e-waste such as mobile phones and discarded tablets into the dustbins, and they end up in landfills where the minerals and materials inside can leak out.

According to preliminary International Copper Study Group (ICSG) data, the refined copper market for March 2016 (excluding the adjustment for changes in China's bonded stocks) showed an apparent production deficit of around 40,000 metric tonnes (t). When making seasonal adjustments for world refined production and usage, March showed a similar production deficit.

The Oman Environmental Services Holding Company S.A.O.C (Be'ah) is undertaking an aggressive waste management plan in the country. Officials from Be'ah said that Oman's waste management investments could total about OMR 423.47 million.

The BIR world recycling organisation and the European Recycling Industries' Confederation have both campaigned for the development of more modern, paperless control procedures for transboundary waste movements.

With paper recycling companies remaining under extreme economic and regulatory pressure, "there is no room for a further deterioration", the BIR Paper Divison meeting in Berlin was warned by its President, Reinhold Schmidt of Recycling Karla Schmidt.

The US National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) and Sustainability Consortium have released a report on electronic and electrical management and future challenges in waste management in the US, as commissioned by the Closed Loop Fund.

A report by the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management (ACR+) points out the advantages of PAYT in terms of waste reduction and recycling.

From 30 May through 3 June 2016, Austropressen will present itself to international trade experts from 180 countries as a company that offers efficient and effective solutions with distinct innovating thinking and highest quality standards.

The new Terex Cedarapids CRH1313R delivers big production and has the versatility to handle rock crushing, concrete recycling, and asphalt recycling.

The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) released preliminary data for December 2015 world copper supply and demand in its March 2016 Copper Bulletin.

China Briefing has published an overview of China's recycling market. According to the article, Beijing must reform and regulate the country's recycling industry, which operates chiefly informally with limited government oversight.

Countries that implement stringent environmental policies do not lose export competitiveness when compared against countries with more moderate regulations, according to a new OECD study that examines trade in manufactured goods between advanced and emerging economies.

Impactpaperec is a European project to further increase the separate collection of paper for recycling and promote appropriate schemes to avoid landfilling and incineration.

The ZRR from Zenrobotics is now fully trainable, which means that operators can themselves train the robot to sort just about anything. The new feature enables customers to quickly react to changes in the waste. For the first time customers have full control of what is sorted.

Although reuse is second in the waste hierarchy, in many cases manufacturers still rely on disposable products. One of the reasons given time and again is cost. In their study „The economics of reuse systems - a study into what makes a financially viable reusable packaging system", Zero Waste Europe and Searious Business aim to show that reusable systems are not only good for the environment, but also for the economy.

The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report laying out concrete practices, market shifts and legislation that it proposes international policymakers implement to pursue an 80 per cent reduction in global plastic pollution by 2040.

Black mass production is a key step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries. The Black Mass contains high amounts of key metals used to produce cathode active materials (CAM): lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. These metals can be chemically recovered and used to produce new CAM, enabling circularity and reducing the carbon footprint compared to using only primary raw materials.

This shift is visible across several flagship initiatives: from the Green Deal to the Clean Industrial Deal and, most recently, the Commission's Steel and Metals Action Plan.