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Geocycle North America has received the delivery of a Untha XR waste shredder at its plant in Dorchester, South Carolina.

According to a study by Future Market Insights, the increasing focus on sustainable and cost-effective formats is contributing to the build-up of the polypropylene packaging film market through 2019.

Consumer Watchdog today urged Governor Newsom to crack down on the state’s recycling regulator CalRecycle and to take urgent steps that save the state’s bottle deposit program in the long and short term.

This years’s keynote speech at ICBR will be delivered by Ghislain Lescuyer, CEO of the battery manufacturer Saft. will report on the renewable energy market and the role of electrical energy storage. Prior to his presentation we had the opportunity to talk to Mr Lescuyer and ask him a few questions.

Consumer Watchdog said the closure of the largest operator of bottle redemption centers in the state, rePlanet, today requires the Governor to prioritize recycling reform in the coming months. rePlanet closed its last 284 centers today, leaving consumers with few places to receive bottle and can deposit refunds.

A new advanced waste sorting facility, equipped with four ZenRobotics Heavy Picker robot arms, is now operational at Zanker Recycling in San Jose, California, US.

At the beginning of 2019, a new processing plant with 6,000 m² of factory space was put into operation at company Hubert Eing Kunststoffverwertung GmbH at their site in Gescher.

According to the company, the increased waste processing and extrusion capability of its 100% recycled polymer grades is the first phase of continuing investment in the plant development.

According to the federation, the tool helps to calculate the amount of residual waste in 2035 – at which time the Circular Economy targets have to be achieved.

According to the company, the achieved organic grow is in line with the company’s expections. The 2019 objectives were confirmed.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 159.0 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2019, a 4.6% increase compared to June 2018.