Waste Management in the Arab Region: Recycling on Trial

Increasing quantities of waste have become a problem for countries of the North African and Middle East nations, especially for more than half the region’s population living in urban centers and being affected by often seriously inadequate waste management systems. Whether these states are called the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Gulf Cooperation Council […]

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Growing interest for Enviro’s technology in North America

Enviro’s pyrolysis technology is hotter than ever in the North American market. The company currently has active MoU’s (Memorandum of Understanding) with three different actors in the tyre recycling industry, as well as ongoing discussions with additional interested parties. CEO Thomas Sörensson and the Enviro team recently returned home from the US where they visited, […]

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“We are simply paying lip service to recycling” – A statement from Ranjit Baxi

UK businessman Ranjit S. Baxi is the Founding President of the Global Recycling Foundation. As the Foundation builds up to Global Recycling Day (18th March 2019) with its focus on “Recycling into the Future”, Mr Baxi comments on why it is crucial we continue to promote recycling and think ‘resource, not waste’, if we are […]

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Waste to Energy (WTE) Market size to reach $35.5bn by 2024

As per a recent industry report put forward by Global Market insights Inc., Waste to Energy Market is forecast to register its name in the billion-dollar fraternity down the line of six years, by exceeding a revenue of USD 35.5 billion by 2024 with a projected CAGR of 6.5% over 2018-2024. Increasing municipal solid waste […]

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CHINAPLAS 2019: Plastics Recycling & Circular Economy Conference and Showcase

During the past year, the operating environment for most industries became increasingly complex. It is more vital than ever for enterprising businesses to anticipate key market trends, to understand the industrial structure with a global perspective, and to master technological innovation. CHINAPLAS 2019, with its aim to promote the plastics and rubber industries’ development by […]

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U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Management Market to exceed $25bn by 2024

Increasing population on account of significant surge in the number of foreign immigrants will stimulate the municipal solid waste management market. According to the EPA from 1960-2016, the region population has surged by over 75% from which more than 40 million are foreign immigrants. California municipal solid waste management market was valued over 41 million […]

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E-Waste: A Big Problem Needing Bigger Solutions

In 1982, a family in the US bought a microwave oven. In 2012, thirty years later, the microwave was still working. In 2017, a young lady purchased an iPhone upgrade and a protective case. Four months later, with a splintered screen from a few bounces on the floor, the same young lady must purchase a […]

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Europe Needs More Competition and Transparency in Waste Trading

A new European digital trading platform for waste and secondary raw materials makes it easier to divert waste from landfil and incineration to recycling, at a time when supply and demand conditions in the major international markets is changing rapidly. This new trading platform, www.waste-outlet.com, is streamlining the waste trading for municipalities, carriers, and businesses […]

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How the Caribbean is Tackling the Plastic Crisis

The disposal of rubbish in and around the Caribbean islands has been a cause for concern for some time now. With land at a premium, landfills are not a viable solution for managing waste, either from an ecological or financial perspective. As images emerged of a huge plastic mass floating off of the Honduran island […]

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Lead Recycling: Substantial Investment Is Needed

Lead has one of the highest recycling rates in the world and is also the most recycled of commonly used metals. According to the International Lead Association, the recycling rate in Europe and the USA reached 99 percent. But not so in Africa, Asia and Latin America: The Blacksmith Institute ranked the unsound recycling of […]

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