| Research carried out by the plastics recycling initiative Pledge 4 Plastics has delivered the latest insight into consumer attitudes and behaviour towards plastics packaging recycling.

| At the IERC, experts discussed the challenges and barriers for effective e-waste recycling.

| Mineral processing engineer Maria Holuszko and her PhD student Amit Kumar from the University of British Columbia have discovered a way to recover valuable metals from LEDs.

| More than 40 industry leaders have endorsed a new action plan to tackle global plastics issues. The plan is part of a new study by the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

| Applied Market Information Ltd has conducted a database of Plastic Processors in Poland.

| The company commits to eliminate all manufacturing waste from its global network of more than 100 production sites by 2020.

| The waste-to-energy plant Ferrybridge 2 will be engineered and constructed by Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI).

| Bunting Magnetics has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Master Magnets, a UK-based manufacturer of magnetic separation equipment.

| According to a new survey released by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), and conducted online by Harris Poll, more than 103 million Americans over the age of 18 must rely on their own devices to figure out what can and cannot be recycled, information about the recycling process, and other details about recycling.

| Regardless of fact or fiction, a new survey released by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and conducted online by Harris Poll, shows U.S. adults do not accept common statements made about the recycling industry to be true.

| According to the company, all requisite conditions for the financing of 67 million Euro through a consortium of German banks were satisfied.

| World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 132.4 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2016, 5.0% up on November 2015.

| ZenRobotics and Jiangsu LVHE Environmental Technology have agreed on cooperation on the first robotic construction and demolition waste recycling facility in China.

| The 17th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2017 organized by ICM AG will be held from March 22 – 24, 2017 in the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany.

| Evac Group, provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore, and building industries, has acquired the Swedish dry and wet waste management company Uson Marine.