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Speakers Confirmed for Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference Middle East
Posted on January 13th, 2012 No commentsSeveral industry experts have been lined up as speakers for the inaugural Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference Middle East .
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Tirex Signs Deal to Supply Tire Recycling System with WCH
Posted on January 12th, 2012 No commentsThe Tirex Corp., Westport, Conn., has entered into a joint venture agreement with Wyoming Corporate Headquarters (WCH), West Columbia, S.C., to recycle scrap tires collected at WCH’s Tennessee facility. “With the successful collection of scrap tires, this joint venture moves Tirex from its developmental stage to a commercial entity with revenue-generating operations and is just the tip of the iceberg for the expansion of our technology into the market,” says John Threshie Jr., president of Tirex. “Since we own 25 percent of the joint venture, revenues to Tirex could be significant in 2012.” The engineering construction firm JECC, based in Quebec, will undertake the fabrication and installation of the tire recycling system, estimated to cost $7.5 million
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Liquid Technology Named an e-Stewards Enterprise
Posted on January 5th, 2012 No commentsLiquid Technology , a computer liquidation, computer recycling and data destruction company headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently obtained ISO 14001 certification and was named an e-Stewards Enterprise. ISO 14001 is a voluntary certification requiring that an organization put in place and implement a series of practices and procedures that result in an environmental management system. According to a release, the company says a number of ways it will meet the commitment is by ensuring compliance with all applicable environmental legislation and regulations, and to continuously improve electronic scrap management practices and reduce consumption of natural resources
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Coca-Cola Signs Agreement to Boost PlantBottle Packaging
Posted on December 20th, 2011 No commentsLeft to right: Lee Edwards, CEO, Virent; Patrick Gruber, CEO, Gevo Inc.; Rick Frazier, vice president, commercial product supply, The Coca-Cola Co.; and Tom van Aken, CEO, Avantium The Coca-Cola Co., headquartered in Atlanta, has signed multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three biotechnology companies that the company says will accelerate the development of the its PlantBottle packaging, which is made from plant-based materials. The effort to commercialize a plastic bottle made entirely from plants builds on Coca-Cola’s introduction and roll-out of its first generation PlantBottle package, which the company says is the first recyclable PET beverage bottle made partially from plants. Since being introduced in 2009, the company has distributed more than 10 billion PlantBottle packages in 20 countries.
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World Recycling Forum: Forward Thinking
Posted on November 23rd, 2011 No commentsRussia is both spacious and rich in resources, two circumstances that probably have helped stifle the development of its electronics recycling sector.
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CMRA Forum: Chinese Government Vows to Invest
Posted on November 11th, 2011 No commentsWhen 2012 begins so will China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which apparently promises yet more government investment in nonferrous metals production and recycling. Speakers from several government ministries told attendees of the 2011 Secondary Metals International Forum, organized by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA), that the comprehensive plan includes budgeted funds for capital investments.
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CMRA Forum: Balancing Environment and Economy in China
Posted on November 11th, 2011 No commentsLi Xinmin, of China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), speaking to the audience.
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Brilex Invests in Faro Measurement Devices and Software
Posted on September 1st, 2011 No commentsBrilex Industries, Inc. , Youngstown, Ohio, has purchased Faro Measurement technology to be used on the company’s shop floor. Brian Benyo, Brilex’s president, says, “The ability to measure complex geometry in a quick and accurate fashion, anywhere on the shop floor, makes this technology far superior to having a CMM.
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Axion Signs Agreement with Coll Materials
Posted on August 16th, 2011 No commentsAxion International , New Providence, N.J., has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Coll Materials , headquartered in Zanesville, Ohio, that will provide expanded manufacturing capacity for Axion’s industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100 percent recycled plastics. Coll Materials’ Waco, Texas, plant will provide the additional manufacturing capacity. (Coll Materials was profiled in the June 2011 issue of Recycling Today.) Coll Materials processes post-consumer and post-industrial scrap plastics, including high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, thermoplastic
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Volvo Introduces Two New Wheel Loaders
Posted on August 8th, 2011 No commentsDesigned for high production applications in heavy infrastructure, quarrying and recycling, the L110G and L120G are the latest additions to the Volvo flagship G-Series wheel loader range. At 19.8 – 22.0 tons, these machines fulfill the requirements of the latest U.S.
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