One of the positive side effects of an international trade war could be reducing imports by recycling more steel and aluminium. Many commentators expect the imposition of tariffs on imported [...]
The global battery recycling market continues to grow and was estimated to be worth $10 billion in 2017. According to new figures published by ‘Transparency Market Research’ the compound annual [...]
With strong demand for platinum, German technology group Heraeus has made a US$100 million investment in China . The new precious metals refining and recycling plant in China is due to open in [...]
Comments by the President of BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division suggest that 2018 is a very challenging year for scrap traders. Members of the scrap traders industry gathered in Barcelona in early [...]
Victoria’s e-waste is projected to rise from 109,000 tonnes in 2015 to 256,000 tonnes by 2035. This growth suggests a significant opportunity to capture valuable materials for recovery and [...]
Market reaction to China’s National Sword program continues with significant fallout in global markets and significant implications for Australia. Whilst China has not banned nonferrous [...]
Hydrogen gains commercial momentum, but is notoriously costly to produce and transport. Using a new process of distributed waste to produce hydrogen fuel cells a new system has been developed. [...]
E-Waste activists were on show in Barcelona in late February at the Mobile Phone Technology World Conference. Green NGO’s and E-Waste activists took the industry to task with a mural outside the [...]
Mobile phone trade-in programs are achieving solid growth in the UK, with Intellibox now having rolled out 70 of a planned 1500 ATM-style phone trade-in for cash kiosks across the UK. Kiosks are [...]
A new patent for recycling PVC has been developed by Ballarat inventor Dennis Collins. The owner of trucking business PaperFreight has long been interested in recycling and has picked up [...]
