Posts Tagged ‘recycling’
25 February 2013
UK-based company Shanks Waste Management has begun waste management services for the Wakefield District in the UK.
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21 February 2013
UK-based waste management business Biffa has signed a deal with Monmouthshire County Council in Wales to process 8,000 tonnes per year of co-mingled recyclable waste.
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13 February 2013
UK company MBA Polymers today called on the government to suspend VAT on recycled plastics in order to encourage growth and investment in the UK’s plastics recycling industry.
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11 February 2013
On top of coming third in the medal table, the Great Britain Paralympic team looked to leave behind a legacy of sustainability at last year’s Paralympics in London.
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7 February 2013
ecoATM, which is commercialising an innovative way for consumers to recycle electronics, has secured $41m in debt financing.
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4 February 2013
Canada’s Orbite Aluminae and Veolia Environmental have partnered to deliver waste management services to the aluminium industry.
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28 January 2013
US-based private equity investor Highland Capital made a 400 per cent return on its sale of Safety-Kleen.
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25 January 2013
SiC Processing, a recycler serving the solar and semiconductor industries owned by Nordic Capital, has filed for insolvency protection after the loss of more than half of the company's equity.
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18 January 2013
The Anschutz Entertainment Group has partnered with Waste Management to step up recycling efforts at Los Angeles’ iconic Staples Center.
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16 January 2013
Harmonic Energy, which has developed a next-generation method for recycling tyres, has closed a term sheet for $10m in funding from an unnamed private investment group paving the way for it to make a strategic acquisition.
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14 January 2013
Shanks has won a £750m waste management contract from Wakefield Council and will receive support from the Green Investment Bank to build a facility serving the local area.
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10 January 2013
UK metal recycling specialist Ultromex has secured £550,000 from the North West Fund for Energy & Environmental, managed by CT Investment Partners.
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9 January 2013
US companies Lakeshore Waste Services and Recycling Systems have merged, with Livingstone acting as financial adviser on the deal.
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4 January 2013
US coffee chain Starbucks has introduced a new cheap and durable plastic cup into its US and Canadian stores for $1, in a bid to get its customers to re-use instead dispose of packaging.
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18 December 2012
Luxemburg-headquartered steel producer ArcelorMittal has completed installation of an energy recovery and reuse boiler at a factory in East Chicago, Indiana.
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14 December 2012
Fletcher Ray, a UK firm of architects, has received permission to develop £180m of waste-to-energy facilities in Glasgo, Scotland.
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13 December 2012
The BMW Group and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly research carbon fibre recycling.
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4 December 2012
Eco Plastics has closed a £6m funding round, which the company will use for expansion over the coming year.
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29 November 2012
German recycled plastics processing company friedolaTech has secured €31m from technology-focused venture capital firm Silver Lake Kraftwerk.
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16 November 2012
Innovators in waste management technologies need a better understanding of the nature of feedstock in the sector, according to investors at a recent NewNet event.
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