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Recycling charity Recoup is once more supporting the plastics recycling industry via their support of the UK Best Recycled Plastic Product Award 2018.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 151.4 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2018, a 5.8% increase compared to June 2017.

Led by Western Europe, increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items such as drinking straws is driving growing demand for biodegradable plastics, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.

The Recylex Group has released its financial information for the first half year of 2018 and for the second quarter of 2018. Consolidated sales for the six-month period to June 30th 2018 totaled €194.6 million, down 11% on the first six months of 2017.

Ferrarelle is a Italian company bottling mineral waters. It is one of the first companies in Europe involved in the beverage sector, that have decided to close the loop in PET bottles treatment by internally handling the whole process.

According to Future Market Insights, the Excessive amounts of waste generated from food processing will be rampant in the food waste management market, creating more opportunities for key players.

The reader survey of RECYCLING magazine will run until July 29.

Proposal to impose concentration level for certain flame retardants could make responsible recycling of WEEE impossible.

Tomra Sorting Recycling will show how X-Tract and LIBS technologies can help increase the worldwide supply of aluminium at the same time as enhancing sustainability.

In light of the upcoming votes on the Plastics Strategy and the Single-Use Plastics Products and the implementation of the Circular Economy Package, a coalition of 34 organisations and companies call for EU action on recycled content mandates for plastics to close the Circular Economy loop.