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The US Food and Drug Administration has determined that Total’s secondary recycling process at its Antwerp Belgium site for the production of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Circular Compounds is effective in reducing contaminants from Post-Consumer Recycled HDPE (PCR-HDPE) material to an extent which allows for its use in food packaging.

A fifth-generation LFC-V Liquid Food Composter that converts solid food waste into drain-safe wastewater through bio-digestion will debut at WasteExpo 2018.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), today recognized industry leader Sam Proler of Proler Steel with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), organiser of NPE2018: The Plastics Show, have announced a 100-percent waste diversion goal for this year’s NPE, which will welcome more than 65,000 plastics professionals to the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Fla. from May 7-11.

Henkel has begun selling its Megaperls washing powder in the resulting flexible package — called a “quadro seal bag” — that consists of an OPP/PE laminate.

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) hasreleased its April 2018 Short Range Outlook (SRO). worldsteel forecasts global steel demand will reach 1,616.1 Mt in 2018, an increase of 1.8% over 2017. In 2019, it is forecast that global steel demand will grow by 0.7% to reach 1,626.7 Mt.

This critical issue was addressed at the Kasseler Abfall- und Ressourcenforum 2018. The event hosted a meeting of representatives from the national composters associations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, the four countries with the most extensive and best-established separate organic waste collection systems in Europe.

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.