| The irish AMCS group has acquired the dutch software producer GMT from investment company Nedvest.

| The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore recently called for a tender to study the life-cycle assessment of food packaging wherein disposables used in takeaway food and for dining-in accounted for more than one-tenth of all plastic, paper and cardboard waste produced in 2015, in the country.

| The 17th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2017 organized by ICM AG will be held from March 22 – 24, 2017 in the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany.

| The East African Community (EAC) member nations have agreed to form a Regional E-waste Management Committee to tackle growing e-waste in the region. The Regional E-waste Management Committee will comprise of six nations- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan.

| The companies' revenue for the fiscal year 2016 was 26.3 per cent below 2015. EBIT was minus 215,5 AUD.

| This year's exhibition takes place in Birmingham from 13th to 15th of September.

| A new report titled ‘Virtuous Circle’ suggests that businesses and governments can work in tandem to attain sustainability goals by adopting circular economy approach to waste management which will benefit the society at large and also create employment opportunities.

| A new report titled “Observing Trends from VC Investment Activities to Material Recycling Fields” from Lux Research states that material recycling innovations received a total funding of $668 million from 2011 through Q1-FY2016, for “circular economy” technologies, capturing 69% share that accounted for 65% of the total 155 deals.

| Manufacturers are becoming increasingly concerned about the rising costs of product manufacturing – particularly those associated with the end-of-life disposal of these products. A statement by Hermann Erdman, CEO of REDISA (Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa).

| E science news reports that a team of researchers have discovered a process of extracting cobalt and lithium from waste batteries using natural occuring fungi

| According to Fox News, scientists are developing an edible form of packaging to help cut both food and plastics waste.

| According to preliminary ICSG data, the refined copper market for May 2016 showed an apparent production deficit of around 65,000 metric tonnes (t) mainly due to strong Chinese apparent refined copper demand.

| Japan’s Meiwa Co.,Ltd. reportedly intends to build an organic waste processing facility in Meru County, Kenya, and is said to be in talks with the local government regarding the construction. The company specialises in biomass carbonisation technology wherein organic waste is converted into charcoal.

| World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 133.7 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2016, 1.4% up on July 2015.

| Composites play an important role in today’s industry and the volumes are increasing, but as with many materials, the question of proper waste management remains. Composites UK has examined the current state of composites recycling.