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1 week ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Martijn Reintjes |Non-Ferrous metals recycling
Under current rules, member states must collect 65% of the average weight of electronic products sold over the previous three years. But these weight-based targets, fail to reflect modern realities, according to WEEE Ireland’s ceo Leo Donovan.
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1 week ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Martijn Reintjes |Non-Ferrous metals recycling
‘Operational costs halved, efficiency doubled, and precision perfected,’ GEM tells logisticsbusiness.com, describing what the company views as a transformative leap in green manufacturing. According to GEM, the automation has already led to a 50% reduction in labour costs and a significant increase in throughput, with robotic automation systems claimed to achieve 99% accuracy.
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1 week ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Martijn Reintjes |Non-Ferrous metals recycling
Steinert UniSort is a subsidiary specialising in NIR sensor sorting systems. It has recently moved into significantly bigger premises, completing the latest stage of its expansion. The company says the investment underlines a ‘long-term commitment to the site, creating the ideal basis for future growth’. The new building covers 9 000 m2, a four-fold increase in area, but takes up just 25% of a recently acquired six-hectare plot.
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2 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Kirstin Linnenkoper |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Plastics Recycling
According to bvse chairman Mike Hayes, the European recovered paper market remains ‘extremely volatile’. He also told the 500+ delegates gathered in Bonn that German recyclers had realised a strong utilisation rate of 83% in 2024. ‘Germany’s paper recycling surely deserves a round of applause. The European average is stuck at 70%, with some member states managing only 50%. Well done to everyone in the sector for making this happen.
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3 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Martijn Reintjes |Textiles recycling |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Battery Recycling
The latest project – unveiled on Global Recycling Day – is a 6 000 horsepower shredder at French Derichebourg Environnement’s site in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, near Lyon. Total investment: EUR 45 million. The shredder replaces one that had been in operation for 35 years. The switch required complete redevelopment of the 70 000 m2 site. According to the company, ‘the best available techniques’ for controlling atmospheric, water and noise emissions have been implemented.
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3 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Robin Latchem |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Battery Recycling
The Textiles branch of EuRIC, representing Europe’s textile reuse and recycling operators, has unveiled ‘An EU Recyclers’ Manifesto: Increasing Textiles Circularity by 2030’. The manifesto highlights ‘an unprecedented crisis’ facing Europe’s textile collection and recycling sector, worsened by rising costs, low demand and the impact of ultra-fast fashion.
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3 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Kirstin Linnenkoper |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Battery Recycling |Plastics Recycling
The BBC report said that millions of tyres were being treated at illegal pyrolysis plants in India, despite export paperwork indicating they were being processed properly. It highlighted hazardous and potentially lethal conditions around these plants for both workers and nearby communities. Most UK operators have tightly regulated environmental permits and are inspected regularly. Tyres should be shredded ahead of export.
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4 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Kirstin Linnenkoper |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Battery Recycling |Plastics Recycling
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4 weeks ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Kirstin Linnenkoper |Non-Ferrous metals recycling |Plastics Recycling |Car recycling
Under this expected development, the export of black mass to non-OECD countries is automatically banned under the Basel Convention, which prohibits the export of hazardous waste to these countries.
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1 month ago | 
recyclinginternational.com | Kirstin Linnenkoper |Car recycling |Non-Ferrous metals recycling
The grim outlook comes from Plastic Recyclers Europe (PRE) which blames a sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports and rising economic pressures. It says companies are closing within an industry that has long warned of the risks: ‘they are unfolding with severe consequences across the entire value chain’. Twice as much capacity was lost in 2024 than the year before. PRE represents recyclers within the EU who process plastic scrap into high-quality material for new products.
