Market
Urban mining: The new way to riches?
| Waste businesses vie for electronic goods to release a small fortune in precious metals
BIR convention: Expectations for ferrous markets
| One of the world’s most prominent economic forecasters is the central speaker of the divisional plenary meeting during the upcoming World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Berlin (29 May – 1 June 2016).
Reiling Relies on Sesotec’s K9 Separation Technology
| The specialist in glass recycling uses the new K9 sorter for the colour sorting of cullet starting from a grain size of three millimetre.
Think tank for automobile recycling
| On March 18, the International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2016 in Berlin, Germany, came to an end. More than 220 representatives of the global automotive recycling sector had come together to discuss current political conditions and the latest trends in recycling technology.
Recyclers urge for circular economy
| The circular economy’s time is now, not tomorrow. This was the key message of Euric’s first Annual Conference.
World steel production lower in February
| World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 120 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2016, a -3.3% decrease compared to February 2015.
New platform for take-back of e-waste
| Take-e-way, the German take-back system for electrical and electronic equipment take-e-way presents the online platform www.take-e-back.com for the take-back of waste devices by distributors according to the amended Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG/WEEE) to its customers.
Less landfilling in municipal waste treatment
| Eurostat has published the final figures for municipal waste collection and treatment in the EU in 2014.
Copper: Preliminary Data for December 2015
| The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) released preliminary data for December 2015 world copper supply and demand in its March 2016 Copper Bulletin.
Towards Zero Plastics to the Oceans
| All kinds of questions regarding marine litter were on the agenda of PolyTalk 2016, a two day conference organised by PlasticsEurope in Brussels on 16-17 March.
Plastics recycling resists low oil prices
| The demand for recycled plastics has not been negatively affected due to low oil prices.
Steinert with new CEO
| CEO Marcus Heinrich will leave the company with effect from 30th April 2016. According to the company, "the future visions for the company of the Managing Director Marcus Heinrich, and those of the shareholders, went in different directions."
Prospects for China’s Recycling Industry
| China Briefing has published an overview of China's recycling market. According to the article, Beijing must reform and regulate the country’s recycling industry, which operates chiefly informally with limited government oversight.
Copper is expected to grow slowly
| The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) met in Portugal in March to discuss key issues affecting the global copper market.
