| Samsung’s lack of transparency on the disposal of Galaxy Note 7 leaves tonnes of precious minerals at risk of being discarded into the environment.

| DS Smith's latest report focuses on the need to ensure that quality materials are consistently collected even when volumes of recyclate increase.

| At its Information Network event in Brussels on the 18th October 2016, ProSUM, an international consortium led by the WEEE Forum, outlined its plans for an EU Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform.

| The results of significant research to enable further developments towards establishing recycling options for flexible plastic packaging delivered by the two-year REFLEX R&D project were unveiled at the K Show in October 2016.

| Danpower stands for economical and environmentally friendly energy and heating supply. Within the last two years, Danpower has invested 6.5 million euros in this biogas plant, which trades under BGA Biogas 2 GmbH. Due to the acquisition of the HSM FluidEx 600, BGA Biogas 2 GmbH has the ability to recycle filled PET bottles and beverage cartons.

| At the BIR conference in Amsterdam, Tracy Shaw from the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI) gave an overview of the canadian recycling activities and the implementation of extended producer responsibilities.

| At the E-scrap committee's meeting, Surendra Borad explained India's activities in terms of e-waste management.

| During the paper comittee's meeting at the BIR autumn conference in Amsterdam, China was once again the main topic.

| The ferrous metal industry is looking back at a tough year with troubled times ahead.

| The market for plastics recycling does not look very promising, Surendra Patawari Borad, Präsident of BIRs plastics committee explained at the beginning of BIR’s autumn conference in Amsterdam.

| At the BIR autumn congress in Amsterdam Alexandra Weibel-Natan of Manco gave at not too optimistic market report for non-ferrous metals.

| In a presentation of the non-ferrous metals division at the BIR autumn congress in Amsterdam, ISRI-Chair Mark Lewon gave an overview of the USA scrap market and urged the companies to reinvent themselves.

| At the BIR conference in Amsterdam, the World council of recycling association had its constitutional meeting.

| During their meeting in Lisbon, the Statistical Committee of the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has developed their forecast for the rest of 2016 and the coming year.

| The new facility in Halmstad, Sweden, has been developed in close collaboration with customers and partners, including those from the automotive industry.