| Ascan Geaser, the largest environmental services company in Cantabria and specialists in providing services for municipalities, have purchased a fleet of thirty four new waste collection vehicles from Geesinknorba, Spain.

| A new publication provides essential guidance to all actors in the supply chain through simple ecodesign rules for paper products, without limiting innovation and the introduction of new techniques.

| According to Metal Packaging Europe, in 2013 more than 3 million tonnes of steel packaging and aluminium beverage cans were recycled.

| ZenRobotics and ML Environmental have agreed on the delivery of waste sorting robots to the USA. Also, the companies have signed an exclusive partnership for the distribution of ZenRobotics Recycler in the USA.

| The compliance and waste management system announced today that it will offer its waste management service for production and post-consumer waste to Japanese companies and commercial owners.

| If an ambitious announcement is made, it is bound to raise high expectations. Now the EU Commission will have to live with the fact that it was unable to fulfil these expectations with its new circular economy package. Nevertheless, the package is not a total failure, quite the contrary.

| World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 128 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2016, a -7.1% decrease compared to January 2015.

| PV cycle has announced a new record in silicon based PV module recycling, achieving a 96% recycling rate in real-world performance.

| The company reported that sales fell in 2015 by 9 percent and that it continues its search for an investor.

| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) voices European steel recyclers’ position against Market Economy Status for China (MES).

| Veolia and ZenRobotics, have agreed on a delivery of a ZenRobotics Recycler waste sorting system. The delivery of the waste sorting robots will take place in spring 2016 and the robots will be the first of their kind in France.

| SIDOR, Fortum Klaipėda (Fortum Group) and Eren Holding have joined the European Waste-to-Energy operators‘ community.

| Novelis has reported a net income of $6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016. Excluding tax-effected special items, the company reported net income of $32 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $54 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2015.

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

| CECED, DIGITALEUROPE, EERA and the WEEE Forum call on the European Commission to prepare an Implementing Regulation in accordance with the provisions laid down in article 8.5 of the Directive, that would oblige Member States to require mandatory compliance to the EN 50625 Series for all WEEE treatment facilities in the EU.