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Five companies make the GRADE |
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July 16, 2008.
Although technology disposal and recycling is big business, the industry remains relatively fragmented and a variety of processes are used by the different firms to dispose of old equipment. In response, analysts at IT research firm IDC have established a certification process to grade the disposal programmes offered by US computer makers as well as by recycling/disposal specialists. ... more
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ArcelorMittal buys up Rolanfer |
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July 16, 2008.
ArcelorMittal has acquired the remaining 60% of the shares in French recycling company Rolanfer Recyclage SA. The world’s largest integrated steelmaker now owns 100% of Rolanfer which specialises in the processing of incinerated, shredded and demolition scrap. ... more
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Boeing to recycle composite waste in Italy |
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July 15, 2008.
Plane manufacturing giant Boeing and Italian composite producer Alenia Aeronautica, are joining forces to help establish Italy's first composite recycling facility, which will be located in Southern Italy. ... more
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One billion PCs in use worldwide, 180 million discarded |
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July 15, 2008.
The number of installed PCs worldwide has surpassed 1 billion units, according to UK research agency Gartner, Inc. Analysts estimate the worldwide installed base of PCs is growing just under 12 percent annually. At that pace, it will surpass 2 billion units by early 2014. ... more
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India’s Poseidon boosts silicon recycling |
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July 15, 2008.
Poseidon Solar Services Pvt Ltd of India has opened a new silicon recycling facility at Chennai. According to the specialist in recovering recyclable wafers, the plant located adjacent to its existing facility will increase annual silicon processing capacity to more than 600 tonnes. ... more
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Waste Management bids to acquire Republic |
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July 14, 2008.
North America’s largest refuse haulier Waste Management Inc. (WMI) has made an unsolicited offer to buy its rival Republic Services Inc. for around US$ 6.19 billion (Euro 3.92 billion). WMI is seeking to stop Republic from acquiring the second-largest US company in the sector, Phoenix-based Allied Waste Industries Inc (AWI). ... more
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No agreement on global waste trade ban |
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July 14, 2008.
Parties to the United Nations’ Basel Convention on trade in hazardous waste remain divided on the entry into force of a global ban on toxic waste exports from OECD to non-OECD countries that was adopted in 1995. Governments meeting last month in Bali signalled growing support for putting the ban into effect but a group of countries - led by Japan, the USA and India - favour a further delay. The ban must be ratified by 128 countries instead of 62 as initially agreed, the group argued. ... more
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Ontario initiates electronics recycling program |
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July 14, 2008.
Businesses, institutions, and residents of Ontario, Canada’s largest province, such as the contact centers, IT firms, and teleworkers based there, will no longer be forced to be ‘part of the problem’ when their computer gear dies and they have to chuck these items in the trash bins i.e. ‘e-waste’. ... more
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First step towards post-shredder plant |
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July 10, 2008.
A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place at Tiel in The Netherlands ahead of the construction of a separation system for shredder residues. The post-shredder technology (PST) plant, to be operated by Dutch car recycling association Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN), is seen as a vital step in meeting the requirement under EU law to recycle at least 95% of the weight of a car by the year 2015. ... more
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Sayegh Group launches a new production line |
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July 07, 2008.
Sayegh Brothers for Engineering Industries Company, recently operated new production lines for recycling copper scrap. These lines are amongst the most important activities the company introduced in its factories. Activities of this nature have been effective in supporting industries that rely on raw copper. ... more
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Moncartel to build facilities in Angola |
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July 10, 2008.
Within the next year, Portuguese group Moncartel will construct two factories for the recycling of plastic and glass bottles as well as paper and cardboard. These will be located in the Angolan municipalities of Viana (Luanda) and Lobito (Benguela). ... more
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Nokia survey: Global awareness on mobile phones recycling low |
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July 08, 2008.
Three out of every four mobile phone users globally do not think of recycling their devices, despite accepting the fact that recycling could lessen the impact on the environment, according to a global consumer survey released by Nokia. The survey of the Finland company found that nearly half are unaware that it is even possible to recycle mobile phones. ... more
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Microsoft and UNIDO start up Uganda computer refurbishment initiative |
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July 08, 2008.
The people of the country of Uganda can now look forward to acquiring cheaper computers following the launch of a refurbishment company, claimed to be the first of its kind in Africa. ... more
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Recylex steps in battery recycling in Algeria |
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July 04, 2008.
Specialist in lead recycling Recylex has announced its first international development outside France, Belgium and Germany. A lead acid battery processing plant designed by Recylex engineers is being built at Aïn Ouassara, 200 km to the South of Alger (Algeria). Operations should start at the end of December 2008. ... more
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Increased beverage cartons recycling in Europe |
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July 07, 2008.
The number of beverage cartons recycled in Europe has increased notably in 2007. Europeans recycled close to 330,000 tonnes of beverage cartons1 in 2007, representing 32% of total volume, an improvement by 7% over 2006, a study by the European packaging body The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) found out. ... more
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New ISO norm assists plastics recycling worldwide |
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July 07, 2008.
A new ISO International Standard will assist the emerging worldwide market for plastic recovery and recycling. Because plastic products are traded internationally and many of the plastic resin manufacturing companies and industrial users are multinational companies, the arrival of ISO 15270:2008, Plastics – Guidelines for the recovery and recycling of plastics waste, is particularly opportune, a statement from Geneva, Switzerland-based ISO says. ... more
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South Africa to impose duty on scrap metal exports |
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July 03, 2008.
The government of South Africa is considering measures to limit the export of scrap metal to ease input costs on downstream manufacturing. They are likely to include the introduction of export taxes, according to SA news paper Business Day. ... more
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Asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be dismantled in Britain |
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July 03, 2008.
The former aircraft carrier Clemenceau, whose proposed dismantling in India caused international controversy which triggered its return to France, is to be broken up at the Hartlepool yard of Able UK, where the four so-called ghost ships are berthed. ... more
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Knowaste moves into Eastern Europe |
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July 02, 2008.
Specialist in recycling technologies for nappies and personal care products Knowaste has announced that it will be opening its first processing facility in Slovenia in the summer of 2009 after signing a joint venture agreement with Slovenian waste disposal company Aico Eko d.o.o. ... more
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Titech to buy Australian sorting techology firm |
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July 02, 2008.
Norwegian Tomra Systems ASA, through its fully owned German subsidiary TiTech AS will acquire 100% of the assets in UltraSort Group Pty Ltd. With offices in Sydney and Perth in Australia, UltraSort is a leading provider of advanced recognition and sorting technology to the mining industry. ... more
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Russia could raise export duties on scrap metal |
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July 01, 2008.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in Russia has proposed the Russian government to impose export duties on coking coal and scrap metal with a view to stabilising metal product prices, Press agency Interfax wired quoting FAS Head of Industry Control Division Alexei Ulyanov as saying. ... more
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London welcomes world's first HPDE bottle recycling plant |
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July 01, 2008.
A revolutionary plant in London has opened last week which is said to be the world’s first to recycle mixed waste plastic bottles back into useful food packaging material. The UK division of Australian recycling firm Closed Loop Recycling, will take 35,000 tonnes of recovered plastic bottles, including milk and soft drink bottles and turn them back into recycled raw material for new food and drink packaging. ... more
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North Korea next stop for toxic waste |
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July 01, 2008.
The country of North Korea is planning to recycle waste that is so polluted that other countries refuse to handle it. The Stalinist regime is tendering for bids to process toxic waste at a refurbished port close to the capital Pyongyang as part of its desperate efforts to earn foreign currency.
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Drop in 2007 UK glass recycling rate |
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June 24, 2008.
The UK Glass Industry is increasingly concerned about the decline in furnace-ready cullet available to UK glass container manufacturers. In 2007, there was a decrease of over 56 000 tonnes going back into closed loop recycling. ... more
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ArcelorMittal acquires Canadian metals recycler Bakermet |
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June 25, 2008.
ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest and most global steel company, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bakermet, a market leader in the scrap metal recycling industry in Eastern Ontario, Canada. ... more
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