Paris-based Suez has announced plans to build a plastic recycling plant in Thailand. This will mark the entry of the group into Asian plastic recycling market. The construction works for the building area are expected to be completed by mid...
The Japanese Environment Ministry proposes to ban free plastic bags at supermarkets and other large stores. The proposal to introduce mandatory charges for plastic bags has received support from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The move...
Tata Steel Europe announced that it has signed a Business Purchase Agreement with William King Limited towards sale of Firsteel assets. The company had announced in May last year that it was in search of a buyer for Walsall, UK-based Firste...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) in Bangladesh announced its plans to reduce tax on gold brought into the country through legal route. The move is aimed at ensuring availability of gold in the country and curbing gold smuggling activitie...
The Athens, Ohio, City Council recently introduced an ordinance that would extend the citys waste and recycling contract with Athens Hocking Recycling Center for another year. The contract is set to expire on July 1, and if the ordinance is...
The exports of copper waste and scrap by the U.S. registered sharp decline during the first four months of the current year, says latest trade data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The country exported $993.97 million worth of scrap cop...
The most recent trade statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that exports of aluminum scrap registered marginal decline during the initial four-month period of the current year. The exports were valued at $773.55 million du...
The Wood Resources Quarterly Report for Q1 2019 indicates that the free fall in lumber prices in the U.S. came to a halt in early-2019, with prices hitting cyclical lows in January 2019. According to the report, the global softwood lumber t...
The Indian Environment Ministry announced that plastic waste imports to the country will be banned effective August this year. The move is part of governments efforts to curb pollution. The announcement to this effect was made by Environmen...
