August 2011

In this issue:

Qingyuan meets resistance to recycling zone push Hailed several years ago as the ‘Capital of Secondary Copper’, the Southern Chinese city of Qingyuan has enjoyed a long association with recycling... more Some light at the end of the tunnel? Prices of the 304 quality of stainless steel have risen to US$ 2320-2370 per tonne from US$ 2150-2200 at the time of our previous report in early June... more Creating a Recycling Society - an EU progress report It was six years ago that the EU first set itself the target of developing a Recycling Society through its adoption of the Thematic Strategy on Waste ... more E-scrap in Malaysia | 'Fair trade’ not ‘digital dumping’ Facts can often get in the way of a good story - and that is certainly true in the case of electronic scrap exports from the developed to the developi... more Summer of lost generation With many parts of the world now deep into their traditional summer holiday periods, collection volumes have dwindled accordingly. Furthermore, worryi... more Markets take an early-August batteringAs Recycling International headed for press, the non-ferrous markets were being buffeted by the disquieting economic events of early August - although... more Shock wave follows period of stabilityInternational ferrous scrap price movements have been reasonably muted in the two months since our previous report. As of this moment, it is too early... more Eat-aly If your body is paining you, there’s no better pick-me-up than a trip to Tuscany where the eyes can feast on a combination platter of fantastic food... more Deriving value from mixed plastic waste Mixed household plastic waste is notoriously difficult to recycle: worldwide, only a small proportion is reprocessed while the rest is either burned f... more Carbon Recycling International: turning CO2 into fuel With demand for fuel rising at the same pace as carbon dioxide emissions, many companies are trying to solve these two problems in a single stroke. No... more Profile of a President - BIR’s Björn Grufman The BIR world recycling body affirmed Björn Grufman of Sweden as its new World President at the recent Spring Convention in Singapore. Having devoted... more Good deals often too good to be true ‘…Once upon a time in the scrap world, a company emerged which could fulfil many scrap buyers’ dreams. The multi-million-dollar business had sta... more EU brands ship recycling regime ‘a failure’ The Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling was adopted more than two years ago and has yet to be ratified by a single national government. Meanwhile, ... more Turkey: with maturity comes opportunity With all lenses focused on the major emerging countries of China and India when it comes to economic growth, Turkey is often neglected. Regarded by ma... more Enval ticks recycling box for laminate packaging Although blessed with excellent material performance characteristics, flexible laminate packaging has not been a runaway recycling success story to da... more