The conditions in the U.S. steel industry have improved significantly during recent times, thanks to Trump administrations trade actions, tax and regulatory reforms. The above have provided much needed relief for the American steel industry...

The UK government has announced fresh proposals aimed at boosting the countrys waste recycling rates, which currently are well short of earlier set targets. These include introduction of tax on plastic packaging, deposit return scheme for c...

Gold, palladium, silver, and other precious metals (PMs) in manufacturing wastes represent high value, but how PMs are recovered can pose environmental and liability issues. Aerospace and electronics manufacturers and suppliers, in particul...

Electrostatic sorting equipment can separate various types of conductor materials from non-conductor materials, such as used printed circuit boards (copper and PCB), aluminum and plastics. Since the city has to eliminate a large amount of w...

House Bill 1204 and Senate Bill 5397 would prohibit producers that do not participate in a plastic packaging stewardship organization from selling packaging made wholly or in part from plastic in Washington State, beginning in 2022. Plastic...

Wichita, Kansas-based AllMetal Recycling announced acquisition of assets of century old Boge Iron Metal- a family owned scrap metal recycling business in Wichita. The purchase includes Boges scrapyard on St. Francis just south of Kellogg. T...

The global crude steel production edged higher marginally by 1% year-on-year in January this year. The latest production statistics published by the World Steel Association (worldsteel) indicates that global production totaled 146.71 millio...

Texas-headquartered multinational computer technology company Dell has achieved an important milestone by recycling 2 billion pounds of electronic waste. The company hit the target two years ahead of schedule. The Dell 2020 Legacy of Good P...

For Utah state lawmakers, a big issue is cities efforts to ban plastic bags. Targeting ordinances already enacted by two left-leaning, tourism-dependent cities, HB320 would block Utah cities and counties from regulating auxiliary containers...