ISRI recap: Exporters continue to face uncertainty
Last week's Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Convention put a focus on two issues critical to the global side of...
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Mitsubishi invests in US, eyes smelter expansions
Metals producer Mitsubishi Materials purchased a stake in a startup working to build a smelter in Indiana. Meanwhile, the company...
Processor loses certification over exports to Asia
E-scrap company eGreen IT Solutions lost its e-Stewards certification after a Basel Action Network investigation tracked two printers overseas to...
Japanese phone brand adopts e-scrap offset program
Mobile phone buyers in Japan will help finance African e-scrap collection and recycling, under a new partnership between FCNT/Fujitsu and...
Judge: Company must pay for rejected exports
A federal judge ruled that a Burnaby, British Columbia company owes an international shipping company $4.3 million Canadian dollars over...
Brands make sustainability moves, but use more plastic
In 2021, major brands increased their use of PCR and cut back on “problematic plastics,” but the amount of plastic...
Smelting giant buys remainder of e-scrap recycler
Korea Zinc now owns 100% of Igneo Holdings after purchasing a majority stake in July.
Brands advance sustainability – but use more plastic overall
In 2021, major brands increased their use of PCR and cut back on "problematic plastics," but the amount of plastic...
PP recycling startup signs South Korea joint venture deal
Plastics and chemicals giant SK geo centric has inked a deal with PureCycle Technologies to build a PP purification and...
The other side of the ‘Sword’
China's import policy shift, announced in 2017, shook up markets for recycling stakeholders globally, but the impacts and rationale inside...
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