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The conditional loan offer for the Recylex Group’s German subsidiaries made by a banking pool covers the full funding package sought and amounts to €67 million.
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This trend in grocery shopping, which is very popular in Europe, is not as well known in North America.
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The Island of Mallorca has a modern, integrated waste management system. The initial contract signed by the Consell of Mallorca or the Government of Mallorca was signed in 1992 and awarded to Tirme SA.
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UK’s recycling reward scheme Greenredeem has found that encouraging rewards-based behaviour change schemes is the only way to increase recycling rates in the country following Brexit.
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US-based Aqua Metals Inc. is reinventing lead recycling with its new AquaRefining technology.
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Redoma Recycling AB has expanded its product range with a cost-efficient Electrostatic Separation System (ESS), available at present in six different sizes depending on capacity requirement.
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The CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology has invented a novel high-rate Anaerobic Gas-lift Reactor (AGR) that helps convert solid waste into biogas and bio-manure with better efficiency.
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Falling prices for scrap materials prompt closure of recycling centers in California
Mike Oldfield, an official at California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), said that over 300 of the 2,100 recycling centers in the state have been closed in the last year and a half owing to falling prices for scrap materials. rePLanet, the state’s biggest private operator, closed 191 centers in past January alone.
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ZenRobotics Ltd has agreed on delivering ZenRobotics Recycler waste-sorting systems to Australia and Sweden. The robotic waste sorting systems will be the first of their kinds in the respective markets.
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The Canadian Plastics Industry Association has said in a report that plastic packaging recycling in Canada increased 3% year on year in 2014. The report has been created by Moore Recycling Associates Inc.
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Local and national charities are being cheated out of income by ambitious criminal who have started leaving fake clothes banks in towns and cities.
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The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association has asked the country’s Perak state government to reconsider its decision on banning the use of plastic bags and polystyrene containers. The MPMA has urged the government to educate the public on waste management and anti-littering instead of banning plastics.
