Research & Legislation News

Feb 20, 2012
IAEA guides scrap industry on radioactive material
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a safety standard entitled ‘Control of Orphan Sources and Other Radioactive Material in the Metal Recycling and Production Industries’, which sets out related responsibilities for operators in the metal recycling industry, as well as for the production industries, governments and their regulatory bodies.
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Research & Legislation News

Feb 17, 2012
Meagre response to submarine scrapping plan
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed that last October’s nationwide public outreach effort relating to the controversial submarine dismantling project at Devonport has produced only 72 proposals so far.
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Feb 15, 2012
S-LIFE to tackle transport industry ‘greening’
With the global transport industry facing major challenges such as energy saving and the sustainable use and management of natural resources and waste, the French cluster Pôle Véhicule du Futur has launched a project called S-LIFE aimed at developing strategies to enable the long-term greening of the transport/automotive industry.
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Feb 14, 2012
Waste law draft angers private firms in Germany
A controversial waste law drafted in Germany has caused uproar within the country’s Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung (BVSE), the trade association representing the interests of private waste management firms.
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Feb 13, 2012
Call for end-of-waste criteria for glass
According to the EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), end-of-waste criteria should be drawn up for glass, specifying exactly when glass collected for recycling should stop being classed as waste.
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Feb 03, 2012
Input from scrap experts on radiation code
Government experts at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been working towards finalising the draft ‘Code of Conduct on the Transboundary Movement of Scrap Metal and Semi-finished Products of the Metal Recycling and Production Industries that may inadvertently contain radioactive material’, reports the BIR world recycling body.
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Jan 24, 2012
Doubts cast over Irish pro-recycling strategy
A number of Northern Ireland companies interested in bidding for new long-term waste contracts claim they could save rate-payers up to Euro 24 million every year.
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Jan 23, 2012
Europe set for higher WEEE targets
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have confirmed plans to introduce higher targets for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and to allow consumers to return electrical goods to retailers.
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