Market
Statistics on paper and board recycling in 2020
| BIR has published latest statistics on recovered paper. A new report by the Bureau of International Recycling corroborates the fundamental importance of recovered fiber and free trade.
The market for recovered paper is at a new breaking point
| The European market for recovered paper (RCP) is facing a rough ride in the months to come.
Recoup questions growing trend for material switching
| Recoup has been at the forefront of the debate regarding the trend for material switching under the guise of plastics reduction strategies.
Cronimet Group presents first sustainability report
| Cronimet Holding GmbH has published its first group-wide sustainability report.
Terex Materials Processing acquires ZenRobotics
| Terex Materials Processing (MP) has acquired the assets of ZenRobotic. The company designs and creates robots that pick, sort, and recycle waste material.
Fully automated waste sorting plant maximizes recovery rates
| The fully automated waste sorting plant ROAF opened in 2014. It ranks second in sorting municipal solid waste in Norway.
“The pre-owned electronics market still has room to develop and grow”
| Kerry Chen, CEO of ATRenew, talks about the market for second-hand electronics in China, technologies for preparing for reuse und future challenges for the industry.
RE-Glass helps Hungary‘s glass recycling industry get fit for the future
| Up until 2016 RE-Glass, with head office in Orosháza and other yards located in Budapest and Mezőörs, processed 7-8 thousand tons of flat glass per year, while bottle glass – because of the lack of mode rn technology – was only 1-3 tons per year.
ISRI announces position on chemical recycling
| The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRIBoard of Directors has announced its position on chemical recycling at its July meeting.
Weltec Biopower builds its first biogas plant in Taiwan
| Together with its partner Melchers Taiwan, Weltec Biopower is building a biogas plant in the southwest of the island state.
Aimplas opens new circular economy facilities
| With the assistance of IVACE, the Plastics Technology Centre is adding more than 2,000 m2 to its facilities, which will be used for R&D&I in polymer synthesis, medicine, and the circular economy.
June 2022 crude steel production
| World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 158.1 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2022, a 5.9% decrease compared to June 2021.
First PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line in Ghana
| Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria.
Andritz shredders for kitchen waste treatment in China
| Grandblue Bioenvironment Co., Ltd. has successfully started up two Andritz ADuro QZ1600-BIO shredders at its mills in Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, and Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, China.
