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Manufacturers and retailers boost consumer electronics recycling

Plug-In to eCycling partners expanded their electronics recycling programs and collected and recycled more than 66.5 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30 percent increase from the previous year. Plug-In To eCycling is a partnership between EPA and leading consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers that fosters opportunities for consumers to donate or recycle their used ...

Jan. 9, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Scotland’s recycling rate continues to rise

Scotland’s recycling and composting rate continues to make steady progress. Figures released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), reveal that Scotland’s recycling and composting rate is 32.2% for the rolling year July 2007 to June 2008. The recycling and composting rate for the first quarter of 2008/9 (April to June) is 35.5%. Kenny Boag, SEPA’s National Waste Policy Unit ...

Nov. 14, 2008

By Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Palm Paper acquires AbitibiBowater-owned Cheshire Recycling

Palm Recycling, a subsidiary of Palm Paper which owns the world’s largest newsprint machine, has acquired the business and assets of Cheshire Recycling, trading as AbitibiBowater Recycling Europe, from the administrators. Waste collection firm Cheshire Recycling will now be known as Palm Recycling, continuing to service the previous company’s clients, such as local authorities and press rooms. ...

Feb. 12, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

H2O GmbH is a partner of the Blue Competence sustainability initiative

We are Alliance Member of the Sustainability Initiative Blue Competence. Blue Competence is an initiative of the VDMA for promoting and communication of sustainable solutions for the Mechanical Engineering Industry. By using the trademark “Blue Competence”, we commit ourselves to these twelve Sustainability Guidelines of the Mechanical Engineering Industry. In a world of dwindling ...

Jul. 16, 2018

By H2O GmbH

Norsk Biogass AS sold to Polar Metalurgica SL.

We are pleased to announce that new forces now will continue and develop Norsk Biogass AS and the company’s unique BioSep separation technology and the proven BioPrePlant process design. Polar Metalurgica SL has extensive experience from manufacturing of equipment directed the recycling industry and operates in a global market. With the acquisition of Norsk Biogass AS, the company wants to ...

Aug. 1, 2020

By Norsk Biogass AS

Scottish recycling rates on target for 2008

Scotland’s recycling and composting rate has beaten targets of 30% by 2008 so far according to figures released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). A rate of 32.2% has been achieved for July 2007 to June 2008, which shows progress from a rate of 28.4% for April 2006 to March 2007. The rate achieved for the first quarter (April to June) of 2008/9 is even higher, hitting ...

Nov. 14, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

DMA Backs Green Awards

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the leading global trade association of business and non profit institutions, is to support the inaugural Green Awards as an institutional partner. The association joins a prestigious list of supporting organisations, which includes the United Nations Environment Programme, Friends of the Earth and the Environmental Transport Association. Created ...

Sep. 25, 2006

By Greentech Show GmbH

Review of waste policy announced

113/10 The Government is to carry out a full review of waste policy in England, looking at the most effective ways of reducing waste, maximising the money to be made from waste and recycling, and how waste policies affect local communities and individual households. Announcing the review at the Futuresource conference today, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said: “There is an ...

Jun. 15, 2010

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Oxfam toughens up bank security

Oxfam is installing special shoots onto its textile banks to prevent theft. However, it denied a report that children were being used to climb inside the old-style banks and rob them. The charity has 640 textile banks, 100 of which already have the new mechanism. Over the next 12 months most banks will either have the shoot retrofitted or will be replaced entirely. Currently, one bank a week ...

Dec. 9, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Battery Regulations are an `unnecessary piece of legislation`, says industry expert

The new Battery Regulations are an “unnecessary piece of legislation” that creates bureaucracy and red tape, according to an industry expert. Waste solutions provider Rabbitt Recycling chief executive Michael Morris questioned the logic behind the new Battery Regulations. He said: “The main reason it was put in place is because the European masters said you have got to have a collection scheme ...

Jul. 16, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

New Packaging Fees, Design Mandates Covered at Take it Back! 2005

Untitled Document As electronics makers gear up to spend about $40 billion to comply with the new electronics recycling directives in Europe, there’s a lot in North America they are dealing with as well. The Take it Back! Conference will cover the latest on packaging and electronics mandates in Europe and Asia – plus new developments in Quebec, Ontario, ...

Dec. 9, 2004

By Raymond Communications, Inc.

H2O GmbH is a partner of the Blue Competence sustainability initiative

In a world of dwindling natural resources, taking environmental responsibility is absolutely essential. So that tomorrow's generations can live in a clean world, sustainability is playing an increasingly important role today. That’s why the German Engineering Association (VDMA) launched the Blue Competence sustainability initiative. To promote sustainability in machinery and plant ...

Mar. 1, 2018

By H2O GmbH

FEAD president declares recycling targets set by EC ambitious, but achievable if strong pull measures create a shock demand for recycled materials

FEAD gathered Circular Economy’s key players, policy makers, key stakeholders, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee for a brainstorming workshop on April 9, “From Setting Recycling Targets to Achieving Them”. Participants were split into groups to address the question: how can the private waste management industry and EU ...

Apr. 11, 2019

By FEAD - European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services

EA calls on businesses to start preparing for battery regulations

The Environment Agency has warned businesses that make, import or sell batteries and battery-operated equipment to start getting ready to comply with new Battery Regulations due to start in 2010. EA batteries project manager Bob Mead said: “Some details of how this legislation will be implemented in the UK are currently being consulted on. But, we do know that it will cover all the types of ...

Jan. 30, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

New look for WRAP from next month

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will provide all advice and support funded by Defra on resource efficiency in England. This means WRAP will be the first port of call for both businesses and consumers for advice on avoiding, reducing and recycling waste. All current websites, help numbers and direct support will, over the coming months, be merged into one. The key contact points in ...

Mar. 29, 2010

By CDEnviro

EA grants six month leeway to ease materials storage concerns

The Environment Agency (EA) has said it will allow industry operators extra storage for a six month period, in answer to concerns about the build up of recyclate tonnages. This is a direct response to what the EA described as an “unprecedented downturn” in market conditions as overseas buyers have withdrawn their business. Some local authorities and companies could not sell enough material to ...

Nov. 12, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Princess Royal visits AbitibiBowater

The Princess Royal has paid a visit to waste management firm AbitibiBowater Recycling Europe to unveil a new Save the Children paper bank. AbitibiBowater wants to expand an innovative recycling scheme which has already raised more than £1 million for the charity Save the Children. The company works with local authorities to increase recycling and raise money for charity. The money has been ...

Nov. 7, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Pennon Group buys Scotland`s Shore Recycling for GBP 23m

Pennon Group Plc announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary, Viridor Waste Management Limited, has acquired Shore Recycling Ltd (‘Shore’), a leading UK waste electrical and electronic equipment (‘WEEE’) recycling company, for a cash consideration of £23m (debt free) from Messrs S M Howie, M A Todd and T H M Liddell. The acquisition is in line with the Group's strategy of expanding its waste ...

Mar. 26, 2008

By Pennon Group Plc

California Regulators to Address APR and Plastics Recycling Industry

Top Environmental Regulators from CalRecycle, California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, will discuss possible future changes in the regulatory climate impacting plastics recycling in California at The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Spring Meeting in Sacramento, California next week. APR, the leading international trade association representing the plastics recycling ...

May 30, 2017

By Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR)

Red and blue are the new green: using color to encourage recycling with kids

When it comes to getting kids involved in recycling, one of the most important approaches you can use is color. By making recycle bins fun and easy to use, recycling becomes more enjoyable for the younger set. When recycling becomes more enjoyable, it becomes easier to promote. One of the biggest problems in getting kids excited about recycling is the containers themselves. Commonly used ...

Apr. 24, 2012

By Busch Systems International Inc.

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