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At the ICBR 2017, Professor Vera Susanne Rotter will provide a summary of the various materials that play a role in a circular economy and also take a more in-depth look at battery recycling in this context.

At a seminar on 13 September 2017 in Brussels, the WEEE Forum and EucoLight, two European trade associations that speak for e-waste producer responsibility organisations, will facilitate a high-level debate around the compliance of online retail platforms with EU e-waste (WEEE) legislation and ways to address free-riding behaviour among online sellers.

MSS, Inc., the optical sorter division of CP Group, introduces MetalMiner, the next generation of induction-based true all-metal detectors.

Laura Burke, head of Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took up her position as Chair of the EEA Management Board today, succeeding Elisabeth Freytag-Rigler at the end of her three-year term.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today released a letter sent to China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection commenting on draft changes to its technical standards for imported scrap.

In the UK, it is local authorities who operate a range of different systems that are in place to collect recyclable materials from households. However, depending on where you live in the UK, the recycling habits of your neighbours will change drastically, and the amount that we recycle appears to be inconsistent when evaluating the UK as a whole.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced that ScrapTheftAlert.com is now available on the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP). LEEP’s over 60,000 registered users in law enforcement, intelligence groups, and criminal justice now have access to the alert system, which assists in the fight against materials theft.

ISRI released its comments to the WTO in response to China’s notification of its intent to revise its Identification Standards for Solid Wastes General Rules.

During its summer 2017 Board and Governance Meetings, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), elected three new directors to its board. The new Directors-At-Large, serving two-year terms ending in 2019, are David Borsuk of Sadoff Iron & Metal Company, Adam Dumes of Cohen Recycling, and Colin Kelly of Schnitzer Steel Industries.

World crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 143.2 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2017, a 6.3% increase compared to July 2016.

The collection and recycling of waste PVC in the UK reached a new high of 120,392 tonnes in 2016, according to latest figures from Recovinyl, the PVC industry’s recycling scheme.