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The Recycling Partnership today announced the appointment of a new chairwoman and two new members to its Executive Committee, as well as new committee chairs for its board governance, communications, and public affairs committees for 2019.

The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention concluding last week, without approving in full the Technical Guidelines on the Transboundary Movement of e-Waste.

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has announced that the Chumash Casino Resort has become the first casino in the world to earn TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification from Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), an organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally.

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention today agreed to include mixed, unrecyclable and contaminated plastic waste exports into the control regime that requires the consent of importing countries before waste exports can proceed.

The Basel Convention Conference of Parties have adopted amendments to the Convention that will impair the trade of recyclable plastics.

Global shredding brand UNTHA has shipped its first waste shredder to Ecuador, as worldwide waste management firm Geocycle prepares to deliver new co-processing solutions for clients in the South American country.

2019 got off to a successful start for light and compact equipment manufacturer the Wacker Neuson Group, with revenue rising 17.3 percent to 
EUR 434.6 million (Q1/18: EUR 370.5 million).

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, the battery materials recycling market will surpass USD 40 billion by 2025.

With a total recycling capacity of 1.7 million tonnes, rigid, post-consumer and post-industrial polyolefins, in particular HDPE and PP, are in the group of the most recycled streams in Europe.

DEMETO, the chemical recycling project for PET, has announced Kolon and Remondis as new members of its Industrial Advisory Board.

A recent market study published provides a holistic analysis of various trends, drivers, and restraints of the reusable water bottles market.