BMRA Supports Move to Celebrate the Pandemic’s Recycling Heroes

The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) is pleased to support the Global Recycling Foundation’s search for #RecyclingHeroes in celebration of Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2021. Global Recycling Day will once again shine a spotlight on #RecyclingHeroes from around the world while celebrating the fact that recycling was recognised as an essential industry throughout […]

Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Midac Integrated Production Plan Becomes of Common European Interest

The company based in Verona, one of the participants in the second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on new generation batteries, predict a total investment of 104 million euros for three innovative projects. Thus, the first ever integrated lithium-ion battery production plant will be established in Italy between Soave and Cremona. While Europe […]

INEOS Styrolution and Polystyvert Establish Joint Development Agreement

INEOS Styrolution and Polystyvert establish joint development agreement aimed at advancing a circular economy for polystyrene. Patented advanced recycling technology offers a unique approach to achieving high quality recycled polystyrene. INEOS Styrolution, a global leader in styrenics, and Polystyvert, an innovative leader in dissolution technology, are collaborating to convert post-consumer polystyrene plastic into a new, […]

EuRIC Circular Metals Strategy: Boosting Metal Recycling in Europe

Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require drastic changes throughout all value chains, in particular for energy-intensive industries such as metal production. Thanks to their intrinsic properties and market value, discarded metals have been recycled for decades and used to produce new ferrous and non-ferrous metals again and again. Metal recycling is a must to […]

Global Recycling Foundation Launches Search for #RecyclingHeroes 2021

Recognizing recycling as an essential industry is the theme for this year’s Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2021 shining a spotlight on our Global Recycling Heroes. Recycling, recognised as an essential industry, has made huge contributions during the current unprecedented pandemic. The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for nominations for the award of Recycling […]

A Market First: Avery Dennison Launches Recycled Direct Thermal Paper Labels

Avery Dennison has introduced rDT, the first commercially available direct thermal paper labels to contain recycled post-consumer waste. Direct thermal (DT) paper is a popular material due to its ease of use, high print speed, high image resolution, and wide range of compatible printers. Avery Dennison’s new rDT is the first recycled uncoated direct thermal […]

SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad: Riding to Victory in 2021

SYNETIQ, the UK’s largest integrated salvage and vehicle recycling company, is proud to continue its role as title sponsor of TAS Racing for the 2021 British Superbike Championship season, under the banner of SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad. For the second successive season, SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad will be the official BMW team in the race series. With […]

Milliken to Join the Digital Watermark Project: HolyGrail 2.0

HolyGrail 2.0, a cutting-edge European initiative to drive a truly circular economy. HolyGrail 2.0 is working to prove the viability of digital watermarking technologies for the accurate sorting of packaging at scale. Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division, an industry leader in sustainability and the drive to improve the recyclability of plastics, has joined the Digital […]

Proses Makina: 99.99% Purity Copper Electrolysis

Copper metal ranks second among the most used metals. The demand for copper is increasing due to economic and technological developments. Copper is used in almost all sectors in a way and its consumption has reached thousands of tons. It is very important to produce high purity copper, which is one of the products that […]

New Waste Shredder Transforms Co-Processing Capabilities of Geocycle Argentina

An UNTHA XR3000C mobil-e shredder is now in operation at Geocycle’s co-processing facility in Córdoba, Argentina, as the innovative waste handler continues to progress towards a zero-waste future. The team – a 100% daughter company of cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim – is now transforming 100 tonnes of waste per day into an on-specification alternative fuel, for […]