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BIR expresses serious concerns over news on China’s intention to implement an import ban on a number of scrap materials, including certain types of scrap plastics, mixed paper, slags and drosses, waste wool, ash, cotton and yarn.

Waste management machinery designer and manufacturer Whitham Mills has appointed a new Northern Sales Manager to help manage its growing domestic business.

A new study released today by the Reloop Platform and Zero Waste Europe, and produced by Rezero, demonstrates that existing economic instruments can bring Europe to the next stage of the Circular Economy.

The 9th EMC proved once more that this biannual event, which was founded in 2001, has established itself as an expert conference of international significance. More than 430 participants from over 30 nations came to Leipzig.

Today, the Supervisory Board of Wacker Neuson SE has named the successor to Mr. Cem Peksaglam (CEO), whose contract expires in August 2017. Mr. Martin Lehner, CTO and current Deputy CEO, has been appointed to the position.

At today’s Annual General Meeting of Recylex SA, shareholders approved the appointment of Diana Kisro-Warnecke as a director for a term of 3 years.

McCarthy Marland Limited, the waste and recycling company, has purchased two new Doosan DX140LCR-5 Stage IV 15 tonne reduced tail swing crawler excavators and a new Doosan DL250-5 Stage IV wheel loader for the company’s Material Recycling Facility (MRF) in the St Philips area of Bristol in South West England.

With a ban on landfill for combustible materials in place for the past 10 years and 200km to travel to the nearest disposal site, high costs and ecological considerations meant Valais-based environmental remediation company, Videsa, needed a better way to deal with its street sweeping and gully waste.

Veolia and EIT RawMaterials team up to launch the next joint U-START (startup programme) circular campaign.

Joint presentation for the M10 Solar Campus at the Intersolar North America in San Francisco: The Freiburg-based company group, consisting of the mechanical engineering company M10 Industries AG and the solar module manufacturer SI Module GmbH, will be showing its product range for PV automation and building-integrated photovoltaics between July 11th and 13th 2017 (Booth 9011).

Terex|Finlay, hosted an international open day in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June, 2017. The event had a very international feel with dealers and end-user customers in attendance from North and South America, Europe, Russia, Japan and South Africa. In total over 350 dealers and customers visited the site over the two days.