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China and EU to work together on recycling |
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May 28, 2009.
Cooperation between the recycling industries in China and the European Union (EU) should be enhanced, officials attending the 5th China-EU Round Table meeting agreed Monday.
Wang Gang, Chairman of the China Economic and Social Council, said developing a recycling industry is one of China's key strategies in its economic and social advancement. To do that, China will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the international community. ... more
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Recycle Direct in partnership with German manufacturer |
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May 18, 2009.
UK equipment manufacturer Recycle Direct celebrates ten years in the recycling industry by joining forces with German safety system manufacturer U-Tech gmbh.
Concerns about accident rates within the recycling industry prompted the UK company to search for a product that would automatically shut down machinery should any person come into close proximity with any dangerous situation. ... more
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Marathon closing manufacturing plant |
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March 23, 2009.
Recycling Equipment developer Marathon Equipment, is closing its Clearfield, Pennsylvania manufacturing plant effective May 15, 2009. “'Due to poor economic conditions, production of the Clearfield plant is being consolidated with the Vernon plant. We greatly appreciate the dedication and contribution of the Clearfield employees since the plant’s opening in 1989,' says Mike Beuke, VP of Operations at the US company.
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Crisis hits EAF dust recyclers |
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March 17, 2009.
Zincrecyclers, like other companies that deal in the base metal, have been hit hard by flagging demand and battered prices, but have also seen the source of their raw material, electric arc furnace dust, drop off sharply with steel mill production ... more
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New Competence Centre for Recycling in Gothenburg |
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March 06, 2009.
Sweden | Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, is developing a Competence Centre for Recycling (CCR) which is being funded by the Swedish government with additional investment from Scandinavian recycling group Stena Metall. Christian Ekberg, Professor of Industrial Materials Recycling, comments: ‘This means that Chalmers is one of a kind in the worldwide recycling field. Nowhere else are all three components - research, competence centre and industrial recycling research school - gathered in one place.’ ... more
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Euro 105 billion investment for EU 'green' projects |
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March 10, 2009.
The European Commission will invest Euro 105 billion in environmentally friendly projects over the next few years, focusing on railways, clean urban transport, water and waste management, and energy efficiency, the Commission says. ... more
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European Waste Directors tackle the downturn of recycling markets |
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February 16, 2009.
On Monday 16 February European Waste Directors met in Prague to resolve the impacts of the economic crisis on the recycling markets in EU States. Representatives of the EU Member States agreed on the necessity to enforce suitable measures to support and safeguard the recycling markets. ... more
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Scholz to invest millions in ASR plant |
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February 09, 2009.
Germany | Essingen-based Scholz Recycling AG & Co. KG, one of Germany’s largest metal recycling companies, has announced the investment of almost Euro 30 million over two years in the treatment of auto shredder residue (ASR). ... 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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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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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 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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ISRI introduces scrap theft information system |
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January 16, 2009.
United States / Canada | The US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has developed a new, free-of-charge tool to be used in the recycling industry’s efforts to fight material theft. ScrapTheftAlert.com is an Internet-based system that will allow law enforcement to alert US and Canadian recyclers of reported stolen material. It will also enable recyclers to alert area law enforcement when they are in receipt of materials that they believe might have been stolen. ... more
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HSM sets up subsidiary in France |
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January 09, 2009.
To cater their growing market in France, HSM, the German manufacturer of document shredders, baling presses, waste disposal systems and compactors, has set up a subsidiary in Lyon in France on January 1, 2009.
Irene Dengler, Managing Director Corporate Companies of HSM: 'We are happy that the start-up activities have been completed and HSM France SAS can now start active market development.' ... more
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Silver Recycling forced to sell subsidiaries |
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January 06, 2009.
Precious metals recycling company Silver Recycling Co. has been forced to sell back its US subsidiaries Pyropure Inc. and Sun Valley Film Wash Inc. because the company could not meet all the conditions under terms of a US$2,1 million vendor note from last May. The Vancouver, Canada based company says the unnamed vendor had exercised its option to reacquire Pyropure and Sun Valley in return for its shares of Silver Recycling. ... more
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Master Magnets win Kiverco Contract |
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December 23, 2008.
Master Magnets Ltd. of Redditch, Worcestershire, UK, has recently won the contract to supply Kiverco Recycling Systems Ltd with all of their Magnetic Separation Equipment. ... more
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Germany IFAT exhibition moves to a two-year cycle |
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December 12, 2008.
The world’s biggest trade fair for environmental solutions, IFAT, is switching from a three-year cycle to a two-year cycle. The 16th International Trade Fair for Water – Sewage – Refuse – Recycling, will now not be taking place in spring 2011, but earlier, from 13 to 17 September in 2010. From 2012 onwards, IFAT will be returning to its spring slot. ... more
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Hydro adds furnace to recycling capabilities in Hamburg |
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December 09, 2008.
One of the world’s largest aluminium recyclers Norsk Hydro has inaugurated a new recycling furnace at its aluminium rolled products plant in Hamburg. The Euro 12 million (US$ 15.4 million) furnace in the German city is capable of swallowing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of used aluminium annually and remelting the metal for its next application. ... more
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Recycla Chile and Recyclebank ‘technology pioneers’ |
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December 10, 2008.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, has selected Chilean e-scrap recycler Recycla and the US rewards programme RecycleBank as pioneering technologies in the energy and environment section.
Among 32 other companies, both are recognized for their accomplishments as innovators of the highest calibre. They are companies with ‘life-changing technologies that will have a deep impact on business and society,’ ... more
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Shipbreaking industry in India gets tax relief |
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December 08, 2008.
The ship-breaking industry can now claim heavy deductions from their taxable income following a recent Supreme Court order. India’s Supreme Court, in its order in a case involving a major Indian shipbreaking company, has stated that ship-breaking activity tantamounts to production and not a recycling process. ... more
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AnaeCo teams up with UK company |
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December 01, 2008.
Waste recycling company AnaeCo has entered into a partnership with a UK-based firm to expand its DiCOM waste processing system through India, China and South East Asia. United States-based AnaeCo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sindicatum Carbon Capital International with a view to forming an equal joint venture for the development of projects using DiCOM. ... more
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Australian recyclers’ fears over emissions trading |
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November 13, 2008.
The recycling industry in Australia has warned that it could become a victim of emissions trading if current proposals are not amended.
According to the Australian Council of Recyclers, some recycling companies will be forced to bear the full cost of buying greenhouse permits as well as higher electricity bills whereas big emitters using virgin materials will qualify for free permits. In a submission to the government, the council’s Chief Executive Anne Prince says jobs would be lost and the industry scaled back as recycling activities - and their carbon emissions - were exported to more viable countries, such as China.
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New IDIS system to publish all ELV info |
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October 30, 2008.
The world car industry has introduced a renewed free information system for car dismantlers. The system, called IDIS 2, supports dismantlers to treat ELV’s in an environmentally sound manner. The International Dismantling Information System supplies all pre treatment and dismantling information of almost all vehicles in the world, at no cost. The first edition of the system was developed in the nineties, to fulfil the regulatory requirements for ELVs. ... more
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Hans Andersson develops recycling process of LCDs |
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October 30, 2008.
Recycling and trading company Hans Andersson Metal together with the fellow Swedish LCD Centre, has developed a unique process for the recovery of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screens. Both parties claim to have developed the ‘first of its kind’ recycling process which will ‘revolutionise’ the way of processing old flat TV and computer screens in the future. ... more
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BIR concerned about ‘unethical business behaviour’ |
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October 22, 2008.
BIR | The world recycling body BIR, expresses its concern regarding ‘unprofessional and unethical business practices’ in the recycling market.
The overall economic and financial crisis has not spared the international recycling industry. According to a statement of the Brussels-based BIR, the situation is worsened by the ‘unprofessional behaviour of some buyers who completely ignore the terms of the contracts they signed some weeks ago with their sellers.’ ... more
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