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Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries

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By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.

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Export altercation: Recycling trade association pique at EA remarks

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Sorted plastic waste ready for shipping and recycling. The Recycling Association has slammed as “nonsense” comments made by the head of the Environment Agency which seemed to question the legitimacy of exports of recyclate. Should we also ban imports of these commodities when needed by our industries?

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Altilium, Synetiq and LV= collaborate to facilitate EV battery recycling in the UK

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UK-based clean technology group Altilium is collaborating with vehicle salvage and recycling specialist Synetiq to recycle the growing number of EV batteries from damaged cars. LV= Insurance works closely with Synetiq to recover and recycle EV batteries from damaged vehicles insured by LV=.

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Austria, Wales, and Taiwan lead global recycling league table

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The research reveals Austria and Wales both recycled 59 per cent of their household or municipal waste collected last year. They were followed in the rankings by Taiwan, which achieved a 53 per cent recycling rate, just ahead of Germany and Belgium which both managed 52 per cent.

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Recycling trade association criticises comments of EA chief on waste exports

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The Recycling Association has criticised the “dangerous language” used by Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan. The Recycling Association chief executive Simon Ellin warned that conflating waste crime with exports per se was wrong and failed to address the real reasons behind criminal activity. .

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BASF consolidates business, will invest $5 billion in battery materials and recycling

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BASF , a producer of cathode active materials (CAM), plans to consolidate some of its business into a new legal entity called BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling beginning in January of 2022. billion ($5 billion) in battery materials and recycling. BASF also plans to expand its CAM manufacturing in Asia, Europe and North America.

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Ascend Elements to open battery recycling facility in Georgia

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Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel. Source: Ascend Elements.

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