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Global Recycling Day, taking place on 18th March 2020, has already inspired 24 (and counting) organisations and communities across the globe to organise events and initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of recycling and the ways we can turn ‘waste’ into a valuable resource.

Updates from The UK Plastics Pact annual report show progress in the fight against single-use plastic, but how can others follow in their footsteps? Andrea Falco provides comment on how businesses can continue the good work.

At this year’s Propak East Africa in Nairobi from 17 to 19 March, visitors to the shared trade fair stand can find out how the recycling company Mr. Green Africa combines social responsibility with the highest specification technology and cost effectiveness.

The most important aspect of the two-day IARC 2020 conference is vehicle recycling, but this year’s keynote speakers will also be taking a look beyond the current horizon.

Valmet will supply a waste-fired steam boiler to Lidköping Energi AB in Lidköping, Sweden.

An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and producing a range of high-performance bio-based materials and products.

As of March 01, Rafael Suchan will become Chief Executive Officer of Scholz Recycling as well as of the Chinese holding company Chiho Environmental Group.

For its new drive, Lindner Recycling tech won the Global CemFuels Award in the category ‘Alternative Fuels Innovation of the Year’ at the 14th Global CemFuels Conference.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 154.4 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2020, a 2.1% increase compared to January 2019.

With Global Recycling Day 2020 approaching (18 March), there are just two weeks left to nominate the world’s unsung #RecyclingHeroes.