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Brand-new Sims UK e-scrap facility in operation |
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February 10, 2009.
United Kingdom | A £12 million Sims Recycling Solutions e-scrap recycling plant has been officially opened in Newport by Wales’ First Minister Rhodri Morgan. ... more
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US car recyclers opposing Senate car retirement proposal |
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February 09, 2009.
The United States Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) is opposing the plan to a vehicle retirement initiative in the US Senate. As the US Congress continued deliberations on a US$900 billion economic stimulus plan to address the faltering economy, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senator Tom Harkin sought billions to jump start US auto sales. ... more
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99% of scrap mobiles contain personal data |
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February 08, 2009.
United Kingdom | Regenersis, one of Europe’s largest mobile phone recycling and reuse companies, believes the vast majority of discarded mobile phones contain sensitive data.
The UK firm studied a random sample of 2000 handsets processed during the first week in December last year and discovered that 99% contained some form of personal data including: contact details; SMS messages; pictures; music; videos; calendar entries; e-mails; notes; mailing lists; and to-do lists. ... more
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Galloo saves Belgian aluminium recycler |
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February 08, 2009.
Belgium | Declared bankrupt by a regional court on January 27 this year, Belgium-based aluminium recycler Alumet-Motormet has been saved at the eleventh hour. ... more
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Australian company builds UAE C&D recycling plant |
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February 06, 2009.
Australian engineering firm THIESS Services has signed a 15 year construction waste management contract with the Abu Dhabi government, worth US$475m.
The UAE division of the company, Thiess Services Middle East LLC has been specifically established to provide waste management, utilities management, contaminated site remediation and facilities management services in the United Arab Emirates and broader Gulf region. ... more
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E-scrap recycler ROUND2 continues takeover blitz |
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February 06, 2009.
United States | Electronic scrap recycler Round2 has acquired PolymerCycle LLC, a fellow US processor and reseller of plastics including ABS, PC/ABS, HIPS and PC.
The acquisition complements ROUND2’s strategy of delivering a closed-loop recycling solution for processing electronic waste. ... more
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Spain's Lingotes layoff talks with unions fail |
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February 06, 2009.
Spanish scrap metal processor Lingotes Especiales' talks with unions over its plans for 377 temporary layoffs have ended without agreement, union representative Fernando Arranz said on Thursday.
The company, which has seen its output reduced by 70% due to the crisis facing the car industry, its main market, was offering workers 12% of their salaries on top of any unemployment benefit in exchange for not working until the end of July. ... more
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TyreGenics files for bankruptcy |
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February 05, 2009.
United Kingdom | One of the UK’s leading rubber recycling plants has entered administration, putting 20 jobs at risk. Port Talbot-based TyreGenics had already laid off 14 workers late last year because of a problem with vital components used in its process. ... more
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Major PP recycler stops US operations |
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February 05, 2009.
United States | Industrial polypropylene recycler Sundance Products Group LLC is looking for an investor or a buyer for the business. In the meantime, it has halted operations at its three plants and is selling off its inventory of raw materials and finished pellets. ... more
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Clemenceau arrives at Able UK’s scrapping facility |
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February 04, 2009.
United Kingdom | The infamous French aircraft carrier ‘Clemenceau’, which was considered too toxic to be broken up in India, has arrived in the UK for scrapping. Hartlepool-based Able UK says the project to dismantle the 32 700-tonne vessel is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. ... more
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US car makers started 2009 in reverse |
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February 04, 2009.
Consumers frightened by the prospect of losing their jobs stayed away from auto showrooms again in January and sent US car and truck sales falling 37%.
Devastated by an economy in which few people have the spare cash to buy a car or can obtain the financing to do it, Chrysler's domestic sales for January were less than half what they were a year earlier. ... more
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New programme for old vehicles in Canada |
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February 03, 2009.
Canada | A car scrapping programme dubbed Retire Your Ride is offering incentives to Canadians who turn in older, more polluting vehicles. The scheme is being delivered by the not-for-profit Clean Air Foundation (CAF) with support from Canada’s federal government which is providing C$ 92 million of funding until March 31 2011. ... more
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Used cell phone collection may be required in Japan |
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February 03, 2009.
Japan | The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan wants to require companies to collect used mobile phones to help national efforts to secure precious metals.
METI is aiming to boost the recovery of resources from used handsets given that there are more than 100 million cell phone subscribers in Japan and that current recycling law requires manufacturers and retailers to collect only large discarded appliances. The ministry plans to expand the scope of the law to include mobile phones and other small high-tech devices, according to officials. ... more
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Corus to sell UK cast products unit |
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January 27, 2009.
United Kingdom | India’s Tata Steel says that its European business Corus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the sale of a majority stake in its Teesside Cast Products (TCP) business in the UK. Italy’s Marcegaglia SpA and Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd of South Korea will jointly acquire a majority stake in TCP, with the former taking the largest equity interest. Under the deal, Corus would retain a minority holding. ... more
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GMS fined for trading vessel containing PCBs |
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February 02, 2009.
United States | The Basel Action Network (BAN) toxic trade watchdog has declared victory after a US business involved in sending hundreds of ships to the shipbreaking beaches of Bangladesh and India was forced to pay out more than US$ 500 000. ... more
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Three more MARAD ships for recycling |
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January 28, 2009.
United States | The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) has signed fee-for-service contracts to recycle three more of its obsolete ships. Two ships, the ‘Hattiesburg Victory’ and the ‘Pioneer Contractor’, are from the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Texas; another, the oiler Savannah, is from the James River Reserve Fleet in Virginia.
According to MARAD, it has moved 118 ships out of its National Defense Reserve Fleet sites since 2001. ... more
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BIR Non Ferrous Mirror January 2009 |
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January 31, 2009.
The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.
In many parts of the world, demand for the non-ferrous scrap industry’s products is outstripping supply. This is despite the over-arching decline in consumers’ sales which has prompted a raft of production curtailments, redundancies and short-time working patterns. ... more
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New Chinese steel plant for Yemen |
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January 27, 2009.
China / Yemen | The Chinese-Yemeni steel company Star has started construction of its factory within the Hodeidah Industrial Zone (HIZ) in Yemen. ... more
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Plastics recyclers in California receive US$ 20 million |
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January 26, 2009.
United States | Grants could create nearly 2000 ‘green’ jobs in the US state of California over the next few years and lead to innovations in recycling billions of beverage containers, says the California Department of Conservation. ... more
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Smurfit-Stone files for reorganisation |
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January 26, 2009.
United States / Canada | One of the world’s largest paper and packaging recycling organisations Smurfit-Stone has filed a Chapter 11 procedure at the US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. At the same time, its Canadian subsidiary has filed to reorganise under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. ... more
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UK plastics recycler receives £5 million in funding |
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January 23, 2009.
United Kingdom | The Foresight Group, a UK environmental investor, is funding a multi-site roll-out of plastics recycling facilities at 2K Manufacturing. The company will manufacture an environmentally-friendly plywood substitute for the construction industry. Under the £5 million funding package, the first facility will open during 2009. ... more
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Bartin Aéro Recycling receives ISO certification |
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January 22, 2009.
France | Bartin Aéro Recycling, a subsidiary of Veolia Environmental Services, has been awarded ISO 14001 certification for its aircraft dismantling activities at Châteauroux-Déols airport in France. ... more
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Corus sells European aluminium smelters |
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January 22, 2009.
United Kingdom / Netherlands | Metals producer Corus, part of India’s Tata Steel group, has sold two aluminium smelters to Briand Investments, an affiliate of London-based investment group Klesch & Co. Furthermore, the company is considering a revamping of its operations at the IJmuiden steel plant in the Netherlands. ... more
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Site confirmed for MBA Polymers’ UK plant |
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January 21, 2009.
United Kingdom / United States | Plastics recycling company MBA Polymers and leading scrap processor European Metal Recycling Ltd (EMR) have announced that their new joint venture facility will be located at Worksop in central England. ... more
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Metal Blanc’s majority share in Dutch battery recycler |
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January 23, 2009.
Netherlands / France | Through its parent company Financière de Coelho, French lead battery recycling specialist Metal Blanc has acquired a majority interest in Dutch battery sorting company Van Peperzeel BV. ... more
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