| The Wacker Neuson Group started the year strong with revenue for the first quarter of 2018 increasing by more than 9 percent to EUR 371 million (Q1/17: EUR 339 million). All regions and business segments reported a rise in revenue.

| In its second year, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) exhibition and conference attracted many more visitors, exhibitors and speakers from across Europe and beyond.

| In March 2018, Meldgaard has opened their newest Ash Recycling and Heavy Metal processing plant in Kolding (Denmark) which provides ‘State of the Art Cutting Edge Solutions to handle ever growing International requirements.

| The 8-ACRE compound with 60,000 sq. ft. building will provide six new plastic recycling jobs.

| The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns that the EU budget proposal does not go far enough to bring down carbon emissions, reverse biodiversity loss or mainstream sustainability.

| Alderney’s States Works Department has contracted Somerset-based recycling machinery specialist Middleton Engineering, to supply and install a new closed-end, semi-automatic baler at its Glacis recycling centre to bale a full range of waste streams prior to shipment off island for processing.

| The third EucoLight Conference at Sassenheim, the Netherlands, gathered 70 delegates from the community of producers’ responsibility organisations for lighting.

| The winners of the first Plastics Recycling Awards Europe were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, held at the RAI Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

| World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 148.3 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2018, a 4.0% increase compared to March 2017.

| Local authorities need to agree a uniform approach to waste collection and agree the end of co-mingled recycling if ambitious new EU targets are to be met. That’s the view of international sorting system specialist, Stadler Engineering, after the European Parliament voted in favour of revised of recycling targets for EU countries.

| At the IFAT Sesotec wants to present the Flake Purifier+ multi-sensor sorting system that now as standard is equipped with a 3.2mm nozzle and valve grid, allows a higher throughput capacity, and is easy to operate with the "SesoDesk" operating software.

| FEAD members welcome the publication of the draft own-initiative report on a European strategy for plastics in a circular economy by rapporteur MEP Mark Demesmaeker as a step forward for designing a new vision for plastics as part of the transition to a circular economy.

| The new technology enhances the previous capability of Tomra’s Autosort machine to separate multi-layer trays.

| The company has announced ZenRobotics Fast Picker for light material as the latest addition to the line of intelligent waste sorting robots.

| Apple has announced “Daisy”, a new robot to disassemble iPhones.