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On 10 April the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a hearing on the EU Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy in Brussels.

Metso has received an order to supply its first Metso Lindemann EtaRip pre-shredder in North America.

Vilniaus kogeneracinė jėgainė and Kauno kogeneracinė jėgainė have become the newest members of CEWEP. Both plants are currently under construction and should start operation in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The Swedish municipality of Jönköping has approved the sale of the existing wet fermentation facility (JEBIO1) to the Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) and its local partner and enabler JES & Partners AB.

N series, Shredder Drive Assistant, cast-steel hammers – Metso once again defends its role as a global leader in recycling technology for metals processing at IFAT 2018 in Munich.

RECOUP, will be challenging the delegates at their Plastics Recycling Conference on 27th September 2018, to answer the question of whether the industry is making the most of the opportunities available while the spot light remains on plastics.

Tomra Sorting Recycling wants to spotlight its sensor-based sorting technologies at IFAT 2018. The overarching theme of TOMRA’s exhibition stand will be ‘One planet, one recycling solution’.

A new report ‘Building Pressure’ analysing 13 of the world’s largest publicly-listed cement companies reveals that they need to more than double their emissions reductions if they are to limit global warming to below two degrees, as agreed in the Paris Climate Deal.

As the world’s largest steel producer, China is never too far from the thoughts of the steel scrap recycling industry. In a press release dated March 6 2018, BIR pointed to last year’s 64.2% leap in the Chinese steel industry’s scrap use to 147.9 million tonnes, prompting a dramatic increase in the proportion of steel scrap used in the country’s steel production to 17.8%.

At IFAT, the Eggersmann Group wants to solutions in the field of mechanical and biological waste processing as well as mobile and stationary product innovations in the area of shredding, screening, separating, turning and bag opening on some 750 m³ of exhibition space.

The Max-AI Visual Identification System and Total Intelligence Platform will be on display at the upcoming WasteExpo and IFAT shows.