Business

• China remains world’s largest market for new thermal waste treatment capacity
• Dublin project up in the air as Covanta posts first quarter loss
• Hitachi Zosen Inova lands Swiss Renergia wte contract
• Derichebourg reports fall in scrap volumes and turnover
• ELG Haniel earnings down due to increased competition
• Aleris books drop in European revenues and earnings
• More orders for Metso‘s recycling technology companies
• Oryx Stainless books higher revenue and volumes in 2011
• Veolia faces stagnant revenues from waste business
• WMI volumes higher while recyclables prices sink in Q1
• Puma launches take-back scheme for shoes and clothing
• Refood opens biogas plant for catering waste in Marl
• Revenue rises for Séché Environnement in 2011
• Approval granted for Swiss Bonfol landfill clean-up
• Sita UK to send up to 600,000 tonnes of RDF to Amsterdam
• Austria’s paper production and recovered paper use declined
• Alba Group enters Spanish recovered paper market
• Board plans to rename Interseroh SE “Alba SE”
• Recovered paper collection on the rise in Spain in 2011
• Lassila & Tikanoja renews plans to sell off L&T Recoil venture to EcoStream

Markets

• Recovered paper in Germany
• Primary PET in Germany
• Waste wood in Germany
• Eurofer scrap price indices
• Primary plastics in the UK
• NF scrap metals in Germany
• LME and Comex prices

Policy

• Spanish government weakens provision on deposit systems
• UK imposes ban on cash sales in scrap metal transactions
• €38.8m in EU funding for eco-innovation projects
• Beijing extends auto scrappage scheme to improve air quality
• Norway may require more ELV disassembly prior to shredding
• Swiss environment office wants to join IMPEL network

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