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NEWS
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| | | AERT and Cherokee Nation build New Recycling Facility | |
| SPRINGDALE | Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (AERT), a leading manufacturer of green building materials, has announced the start of construction for its new state-of-the art recycling plant in Watts, Oklahoma. AERT’s new facility, funded and developed with the support of the Cherokee Nation and the State of Oklahoma, will reclaim post-industrial plastic materials for use in the company’s building products. |
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| | | Toyota awards quality of Hydro’s products | |
| OSLO | Hydro is one of Toyota’s best suppliers. The company has received further proof, having been selected as one of the winners of Toyota’s Excellent Quality Performance Award. Hydro’s Hans-Erik Kristiansson accepts the Toyota award on behalf of the company’s aluminium structures plant in Holland, Michigan. Beside Kristiansson was Brian Ehler, the plant’s managing director. |
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| | | The FEPE joins forces in paper recycling | |
| EUROPE | The European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) is pleased to announce that the European Federation of Envelope Manufacturers (FEPE) has become the latest member of the ‘European Declaration on Paper Recycling of the European Recovered Paper Council’. |
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| | | Plastics China: new regulation for plastic waste recycling | |
| BEIJING | China has implemented a new regulation to protect the environment and to reduce and control the pollution during collection and recycling of waste materials. This new standard HJ/T 364-2007 shall apply to the collection and recycling of various waste plastic materials, including the imported ones. |
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| | | CCR Italia is successfully entering the Italian WEEE market | |
| ROME | CCR REWEEE is continuously growing its international business and amount of customers by signing numerous contracts - both B2B and B2C. About one month ago, CCR REWEEE became an official consortio in Italy and is part of the group who is defining the Italian clearing house for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). |
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| | | One small step for electronic waste in New York City | |
| NEW YORK | The sensible way to handle the growing load of electronic waste is to make manufacturers responsible for their proper disposal. Consumers need a viable alternative to tossing their gadgets in the regular rubbish bin. If manufacturers understand that they would have to recycle their products, they would have a clear incentive to minimise the use of toxic substances. |
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FEATURE
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| | | WEEE-Review: How can WEEE get it right? | |
| The implementation of the European WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) Directive has resulted in massive problems and complaints by all stakeholders involved. Practice shows that every individual Member State has transposed and implemented the Directive in completely different ways. |
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FACES
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| | | Max de Kok: Safety and its danger | |
| The recycling of pyrotechnics is becoming more and more an important topic in discussions between the recyclers of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). Max de Kok, project leader at the Confederation of the Automoblie Recycling Netherlands (ARN) presented the topic at the International Automobile Recycling Conference (IARC) in Munich. Afterwards he talked to RECYCLING m@gazine. |
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ANALYSIS
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| | | Optical Sorting - WTP optical sorting systems | |
| In waste treatment plants (WTP), optical sorting systems are used in more and more applications. During the Sensor-Based Sorting Conference in Aachen, Germany, new developments have been shown to the experts and users in this application field. This article summarises the state of art of basic principles and major applications for waste sorting. |
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MARKET
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| | | A worldwide overlap | |
| Subprime and liquidity issues are continuing to batter the financial markets. These look set to lead to lower growth in the US which is likely to spread. In addition, rising inflation in China has prompted authorities to tighten monetary policy and introduce measures to slow growth. This convergence increases the chance that a slowdown in the US will overlap with slower growth in China. |
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SECTIONS
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| How can we recycle airbags? |
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