Illicit competition tainting China’s e-waste sector
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Despite the ban on e-waste imports back in 2000, a large number of recyclers in China have gravitated to the black market. This is especially true in Hong Kong, which has...
View ArticleChina primed for legislative burst in 2013
Top-News: No Teaser Text: 'We will bring in new legislation this year to deal with electrical and electronic waste,' China’s Undersecretary for the Environment Dr Christine Loh has stated in a letter...
View ArticleHong Kong raises stakes on glass recycling
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The Chinese Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing has announced plans to make glass recycling mandatory in Hong Kong. The proposed legislation would mainly target...
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Hong Kong recycling rate 'drastically overstated'
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Officials have admitted Hong Kong's recycling rate - once estimated at more than 50% - has been 'drastically overstated', reports the South China...
View ArticleHong Kong eyes multi-billion investment in recycling
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Hong Kong wants to invest more than US$ 3 billion in recycling. The money is to be spent on organic waste treatment facilities, community green stations and waste electrical...
View ArticleAlter Trading's 'veteran' new VP
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Alter Trading Company of the USA has appointed David Klein to the position of vice president - non-ferrous marketing and trading. Klein, who has been with the business since...
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Recycling Fund unveiled in Hong Kong
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The Hong Kong government has launched an Advisory Committee on Recycling Fund together with China's Environment Bureau. The new initiative will...
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Alba's helping hand to process Hong Kong's e-scrap
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Construction has begun on what is claimed to be Hong Kong's first electronics recycling plant. Located at the EcoPark in Tuen Mun, the facility...
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AMC Group acquires majority stake in Sansing
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: UK-based Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) has acquired a majority stake in Sansing, a major scrap and non-ferrous metals trader headquartered...
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Frustration in Hong Kong over slow recycling fund process
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Procedures for applying to a HK$ 1 billion (Euro 125 million) recycling fund in Hong Kong have proved to be so restrictive and cumbersome that,...
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Baxi: 'Don't we all want to have our cake and eat it?'
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Ranjit Baxi, president of the Bureau of International Recycling, is looking to counter the common practice of non-paying recyclers and traders...
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State of the art facility can process half of Hong Kong's electronics
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Claimed to be Hong Kong’s first modern electronics recycling plant, the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Treatment and Recycling...
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China doubles its e-scrap volumes in five years
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The volume of electronic scrap generated across 12 Asian countries increased by 63% between 2010 and 2015, concludes a new report from the United...
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BIR delegation discusses key issues with Chinese associations
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Top officials from within the BIR world recycling organisation last week visited three of its key association members in...
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Global Recycling Day set for March 18!
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The first-ever Global Recycling Day to be organised by the BIR world recycling organisation will take place on March 18 next year, it was...
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