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US ship recycling in stormy waters |
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January 20, 2009.
Shipbreaking companies in the USA are reportedly laying off workers on a mass scale. In Brownsville, Texas, the most recognised US hub for recycling ships and particularly Navy vessels, companies are understood to be sitting on inventories following the steep drop in steel prices over recent months. ... more
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Industrial Services to acquire Venture Metals’ stock |
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January 20, 2009.
United States | Kentucky-based scrap processor Industrial Services of America has signed a deal to buy the inventory of Venture Metals for more than US$ 8.8 million. The purchase, which includes stainless steel and high-temperature alloys, was funded through an existing line of credit, according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The two parties, both of which are headquartered in Louisville, are expected to reach a deal shortly for the remainder of the fixed assets.
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EUPVcycle sets up recycling facility |
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January 20, 2009.
The European association of PVC recyclers, EUPVcycle, has established its own facility at Bonn in Germany. The aim of this dedicated plant is to process Europe’s mixed hard and soft PVC from the post-consumer waste stream. To help achieve its goals, the company has opened regional offices in Valencia and Rome, and is also in the process of establishing offices in Eastern Europe and South East Asia. ... more
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Redeem makes Hong Kong connection |
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January 19, 2009.
Redeem, the Scotland-based mobile phone recycler, has announced plans to expand its operations into Hong Kong, adding that it expects the company almost to double its turnover this year.
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CRT recycling plant opens in Australia |
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January 19, 2009.
Said to be the first of its kind in Australia, a specialised cathode ray tube (CRT) recycling facility is scheduled to open in March at Gepps Cross in South Australia. According to operator CRT Recycling Australia, the A$ 700 000 venture will boast a capacity of 30 000 tonnes per annum and is expected to process 500 000 CRT screens this year. ... 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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Metso opens offices in China and Vietnam |
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January 15, 2009.
Machinery builder Metso is celebrating the inauguration of its new service centre in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. The new greenfield centre has been operational since November and provides advanced services to the pulp and paper industry in Southern China, according to Metso. ... more
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Giant Coca-Cola recycling plant unveiled |
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January 14, 2009.
The US-based Coca-Cola Company and plastics recycler United Resource Recovery (URRC) of Spartanburg, North Carolina, have opened a new US$ 60 million, 9300-square-metre ‘bottle-to-bottle’ recycling facility. The state-of-the-art plant, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, will produce annually around 45.5 million kg of food-grade recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or the equivalent of some 2 billion plastic Coke bottles. ... more
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Motorola makes phone from recycled PET bottles |
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January 15, 2009.
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, mobile phone manufacturer Motorola introduced its new Moto W233 Renew phone - billed not only as ‘the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles’ but also as the world's first carbon-neutral phone. The Renew will become available for the first time at T-Mobile USA during the current quarter.
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Former TSR CEO heads Reukema Recycling |
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January 13, 2009.
Anton van Genuchten, former CEO of German recycling company TSR, has become joint owner of Reukema Recycling of Harderwijk in the Netherlands.. ... more
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ROUND2 takes over CRT recycler |
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January 14, 2009.
United States | America’s sixth-largest electronics recycler ROUND2 Inc. has acquired Monitex, which specialises in the recycling and reuse of computer monitors, televisions and cathode ray tubes (CRT). Trading as Round2 Monitex, the combined company is headquartered at a 183 000-square-foot facility in Dallas/Fort Worth - said to be the largest electronics recycling operation in the US state of Texas. ... more
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Greenstar MRF wins Chinese quality approval |
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January 14, 2009.
United Kingdom | According to recycling company Greenstar UK, it has been awarded ‘strategically important’ accreditation by China’s recycling quality inspection agency for its new materials recycling facility (MRF) at Aldridge near Birmingham. This is vindication of its support for co-mingled recyclables, the company suggests, given that a large proportion of the Aldridge plant’s feedstock comes from collections of mixed recyclables. ... more
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Cronimet sets up Estonia joint venture |
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January 13, 2009.
The Estonian arm of Germany’s Cronimet Group has formed a joint venture with fellow Estonian scrap processing company Eesti Metall.
The new venture - to be known as Cronimet Eesti Metall - will provide Cronimet with an opportunity to expand its product portfolio; Cronimet Estonia focuses on raw materials for the stainless steel industry whereas Eesti Metall trades mainly in ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap. Eva Pedjak, formerly Managing Director of Eesti Metall, will retain responsibility for activities in Estonia. ... more
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SCA Recycling receives go-ahead for Southampton MRF |
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January 12, 2009.
The United Kingdom branch of paper processor SCA Recycling has received planning permission for a 200,000 tonnes materials recovery facility (MRF) in Southampton, United Kingdom. ... more
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Insolvency for salt slag recycler |
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January 13, 2009.
Suffering from high debts, aluminium salt slag recycler AGOR AG of Cologne in Germany has filed for bankruptcy. Furthermore, company Chairman Hans Joachim Wünsche has stepped down from his position. ... more
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Car scrapping incentives in Germany |
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January 12, 2009.
In a bid to spur new car sales, the German government has followed the lead of France in introducing a vehicle scrapping incentive. According to experts, plans agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition to pay premiums to buyers of new low-emission vehicles have the potential to boost sales by 300 000 this year. ... 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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US electronics recycling raises 30% |
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January 09, 2009.
'We sure do throw out a lot of electronic junk.’ The US Environmental Protection Agency says its recycling program, eCycling, collected and recycled close to 67 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30% increase over 2007. ... more
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BIR Non-Ferrous Mirror January 2009 |
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January 08, 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.
The fourth quarter of 2008 proved to be a tumultuous period for the world non-ferrous scrap industry. ... more
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Wide scale US e-recycling programme takes off |
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January 08, 2009.
Consumer electronics titans Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba on Wednesday announced a program to recycle the televisions and other gadgets they sell in the United States. The global firms will begin using on 15 January an Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management (MRM) network of 280 locations as collection centers for their products. ... more
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Alcoa slashes 13,000 jobs |
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January 07, 2009.
The US-based aluminium giant Alcoa is laying off 13,500 staff and 1700 contractors worldwide, as it battles back from a $1.3 billion loss in the last three months of 2008. Half of the overall staff cuts will be from its US and European operations. Alcoa operates in 34 countries. ... more
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Redeem expands phone recycling to Turkey |
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January 07, 2009.
Mobile phone recycling specialist Redeem Plc will start operations in Turkey, to be based in the city of Istanbul. ... more
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China's state reserve buys aluminium stock |
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January 02, 2009.
The China’s State Reserve Bureau (SRB) will buy 290,000 tonnes of aluminum at 12,300 yuan per tonne in January 2009. The price is about 10% higher than the current aluminum spot price. ... 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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Photovoltaic industry signs recycling declaration |
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January 02, 2009.
While it will be another 10 years until the first large numbers of photovoltaic modules reach their end of life, the members of the European association PV CYCLE have signed a joint Declaration committing them to set up a voluntary collection and recycling scheme for end-of-life modules. ... more
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