EUWID - Recycling and Waste Management

With 70 per cent of its scrap sales going overseas, the US scrap processor and steel producer Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. continued to rely on scrap and steel demand from the developing world in the fiscal quarter ending 30 May. Although US mills purchased scrap early in the quarter, their demand was satisfied

Prices for ordinary recovered paper grades have yielded in June on the French recovered paper market, amid a slowdown in exports and pressure on domestic paper mills' margins. EUWID sources agreed that collection volumes had been very low in May and were far from returning to the level seen before the economic crisis in June, as well.

The German environmental services and raw materials trading company Interseroh SE has announced the successful completion of its negotiations with French recycling group Paprec on Friday. The two companies have signed an agreement covering Paprec's acquisition of Interseroh's recovered paper operations in France, the

British company Viridor Waste Management Limited has taken over Reconomy Recycling Solutions Ltd. for £23.8m (€28.9m) on a debt-free basis. The new acquisition, which was divested by the Reconomy group, focuses on recycling and waste management services for the commercial and industrial sectors. Announcing the transaction

The EU member states are to use the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which is generated as basis for calculating their collection rate. From 2016, they will have to achieve a quota of at least 85 per cent of arisings, according to an amendment to the EU Commission’s proposal for recasting the WEEE