News archive
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FEAD welcomes the publication of the waste-to-energy Communication by the European Commission and its integration within the legislative context of the Circular Economy Package and the Energy Union.
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Qatar’s Modern Recycling Factory (MRF), based in Mesaieed Industrial City, is now operational. The $41.3m (QAR150.06m) facility was financed and endorsed more than two years ago by Al Khalij Commercial Bank in support of Qatar’s green-technology business sector.
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As part of their £15m expansion plan, Associated Waste Management (AWM), are opening a new 200,000 sq ft Materials Recovery Facility on Valley Farm Road (VFR) in Stourton, Leeds. The official opening will take place at 1pm on 14th February.
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The Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan (PIRAP) aims to establish a range of joined-up actions across the plastics value chain aimed at boosting plastic packaging recycling.
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The Andritz AG supervisory board has appointed Mark von Laer as new Chief Financial Officer.
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Waste management machinery designer and manufacturer Whitham Mills has been appointed by two local authorities in North Wales, to provide new balers for operation in the council’s material recovery facilities (MRF).
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The European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament want to join forces to push the EU towards more ambitious waste management directives and a boosted circular economy action plan.
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Based on LIBS, Oxford Instrument’s handheld analyser has been mainly designed
for the rapid identification of a wide range of alloys in manufacturing plants within multiple industries and the scrap metal processing/recycling markets. -
ESWET welcomes the publication of the Communication on waste-to-energy, but criticizes some of the commission’s arguments.
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By 2020, China wants to use 150 million tonnes of waste steel and 18 million tonnes of waste non-ferrous metals annually, according to a plan included in the guideline.
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Converters share both the report’s intention and ambition to enhance circularity of their products and ensure the waste hierarchy is fully respected by involving all relevant stakeholders.
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Resource Management Group (RMG), a San Diego-based materials management and recycling services provider, recently opened a new material recovery facility (MRF).
