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No trust in british recycling activities
| Viridor has launched a recycling index that gives a comprehensive overview of public attitudes to recycling.
Battery recyclers are facing new challenges
| The recycling of lithium-ion batteries was one of the main points of focus at the International Battery Recycling Congress, held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Veolia signs billion Euro contract in the UK
| The company will provide waste-to-energy services in Herfordshire County for the next 30 years.
Shredding the core
| Smurfit Kappa in Euskirchen relies on a PHH core shredder from Höcker Polytechnik to reduce the volume of cores from heavy paper reels.
Separating film from fiber
| Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has announced its plastic identification and removal system, utilizing NRTs Fiberpure optical sorter with the option of a Nihot pneumatic extraction system.
Brand behind the brands captures the spirit of winemaking
| A company specialising in turning wine industry waste into value add products is helping to drive Australia’s booming craft spirits sector.
India needs serious action plan to manage waste
| India is one the careless nations which does not seem take waste management seriously. It is rightly termed as a country underdevelopment despite having potential to make the system work by adopting advanced useful methods.
NEA to study life-cycle assessment of takeaway food packaging
| The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore recently called for a tender to study the life-cycle assessment of food packaging wherein disposables used in takeaway food and for dining-in accounted for more than one-tenth of all plastic, paper and cardboard waste produced in 2015, in the country.
East African Community member nations agree to form Regional E-waste Management Committee
| The East African Community (EAC) member nations have agreed to form a Regional E-waste Management Committee to tackle growing e-waste in the region. The Regional E-waste Management Committee will comprise of six nations- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan.
Joint work between businesses, governments can attain sustainability goals by adopting circular economy approach
| A new report titled ‘Virtuous Circle’ suggests that businesses and governments can work in tandem to attain sustainability goals by adopting circular economy approach to waste management which will benefit the society at large and also create employment opportunities.
Making Extended Producer Responsibility sustainable
| Manufacturers are becoming increasingly concerned about the rising costs of product manufacturing – particularly those associated with the end-of-life disposal of these products. A statement by Hermann Erdman, CEO of REDISA (Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa).
More markets needed for future potential
| Composites play an important role in today’s industry and the volumes are increasing, but as with many materials, the question of proper waste management remains. Composites UK has examined the current state of composites recycling.
The ferrous market is still waiting for an upturn
| The ferrous metals industry seems to have hit rock bottom – this is something most experts agree on. But there is still no coherent tendency as to where the markets are heading. The current BIR report provides an overview of the different regions.
Mineworx’s new organic, recyclable HM X-leach formula expedites extraction process of precious metals from...
| Extracting precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, or palladium, from electronic waste has never been an easy procedure; moreover, the process becomes more dangerous with the inclusion of solutions that primarily contain cyanide which eventually affects the environment.
