Top News

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 158.3 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2020, a 6.6% increase compared to November 2019.

New research commissioned by Zero Waste Europe to Eunomia Research & Consulting has revealed that the actual beverage carton recycling rate in four European countries is far below what is currently being reported.

In a circular economy, the aim is to avoid waste, reuse products and recover resources.

Wuppertal, in the German state of Nordrhein Westfahlen has been a pioneer of transportation since the construction of a suspended railway, the Schwebebahn, in the late 1800’s.

The International Bromine Council, has released a comprehensive report regarding WEEE plastics flows and recycling efforts in Europe.  

Since 1991, lithium ion batteries (“LIBs”) have grown rapidly to become the energy storage of choice for portable electronic devices. Recently, LIBs have been considered the best technology for sustainable …

It appears we can apportion blame on COVID-19 for most of our current woes, one of which would be the resurgence of paper-plastic coffee cups. Even prior to the pandemic we were struggling to properly recycle these take-away cups.

E-waste is one of the biggest problems in terms of waste streams. There are various reasons for that. One perhaps not too often considered is the problem of IT equipment from companies and organisations

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 156.4 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2020, a 2.9% increase compared to September 2019.

Not for the first time, regulations took centre-stage in discussions hosted by the BIR Plastics Committee. Its webinar on October 14 featured an in-depth review of the implications of Basel Convention amendments entering force at the start of 2021.

How to deal effectively with plastics waste is one of the conundrums of the modern era. Many have had their say on this complex topic and now the BIR world recycling organization has compiled its own heavily-researched analysis that positions recycling as one of the key solutions to improved end-of-life management of this ubiquitous material.