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Dow unveils new stand-up pouch powered by RecycleReady technology to meet consumer demand
| Based on its new Recycleready Technology, The Dow Chemical Company has rolled out a new stand-up pouch made with Retain polymer modifiers in order to meet consumer demand for recyclability. The new packaging product ensures recyclability of polyethylene-based barrier packaging as part of existing grocery store drop-off recycling programs.
Researchers investigate use of metal-organic frameworks in nuclear waste recycling
| Researchers are investigating a new material that could be used to trap certain gases such as Xenon and Krypton released during nuclear reprocessing. Conventional methods of removing these radioactive gasses operate at extremely low, high energy temperatures.
Oman waste management body Be’ah undertakes aggressive waste management plan
| The Oman Environmental Services Holding Company S.A.O.C (Be’ah) is undertaking an aggressive waste management plan in the country. Officials from Be'ah said that Oman's waste management investments could total about OMR 423.47 million.
Circular economy needs boost in demand
| European federations Euric and Fead are calling on the EU commission to focus more on the demand side in their circular economy package.
Global e-waste management market expected to hit $9.5 billion by 2022
| A report by US-based Stratistics Market Research Consulting has said that the global e-waste management market is expected to reach $9.5 billion by 2022, grow at a CAGR of 21.4%. The market was valued at $2.4 billion in 2015.
Startup Extracthive aims to ease metal sourcing constraints with new recycling processes
| Extracthive, a spin-off from France-based CEA Marcoule labs, aims to leverage the CEA's expertise in hydrometallurgical processes to design and industrialize new metal extracting and recycling processes, ultimately easing metal sourcing constraints.
Alba wants to continue succesful development
| Alba SE, publicly quoted subsidiary of Alba Group, was back in profit in 2015 and expects to sustain the positive trend in the current financial year.
Clouds and questions marks over Indian and Chinese scrap imports
| India’s decision to ban plastic scrap imports had left the market “in limbo” and was likely to result in substantial job losses, not least among those of the country’s recycling units which relied on supplies from overseas, according to BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Surendra Patawari Borad of Gemini Corp.
New technique developed to recycle indium from waste LCD screens
| Researchers have developed a technique to recover indium, an important raw material with limited supply, from liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. The method could contribute to a resource-efficient, circular economy.
India to generate 5.2 million tonnes of e-waste by 2020
| According to a recent ASSOCHAM-cKinetics study, India's electronic waste (e-waste) generated per year is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%, rising from 1.8 million metric tonnes at present to 5.2 million by 2020.
BIR launching World Council of Recycling Associations
| BIR is spearheading the formation of a new body “to take forward the message of facilitating free and fair trade of recyclables with minimum regulatory controls”, it was announced at the body’s Annual General Assembly in Berlin on May 31.
UAE to reduce industrial waste export
| The UAE Ministry of Economy is discussing possible ways to reduce its export of industrial aluminium, leather and paper waste, so that it may provide raw materials for its own industry.
NCER report forecasts e-waste challenges
| The US National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) and Sustainability Consortium have released a report on electronic and electrical management and future challenges in waste management in the US, as commissioned by the Closed Loop Fund.
China’s textile recycling project gets support
| Zhejiang Lvyu Environment Protection and Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials, two companies in China's Zhejiang province, have pledged support to Paojiang New District to build the largest textile waste recycling base in the country.
