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Sims Ltd. joins diversity group

Sims Ltd. joins diversity group <![CDATA[Sims Ltd. businesses in Australia have become members of Supply Nation, which Sims describes as “an Australian leader in supplier diversity” designed to connect the company with “Indigenous suppliers to help build a vibrant and prosperous Indigenous business sector.”In a blog post about the arrangement,…
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Steel mood tempering, Worldsteel figures indicate

Steel mood tempering, Worldsteel figures indicate <![CDATA[Steel output in the more than 60 nations that report to Brussels-based World Steel Association (Worldsteel) amounted to 161 million metric tons this March 2022, representing a 5.8 percent decrease compared with March 2021 production.China, the world’s largest steel producer, again reported a double-digit drop,…
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Your passport, please

Your passport, please <![CDATA[Product and material passports are only useful for the circular economy if they are “actually robustly linked to products and materials,” conclude two researchers who have looked into that aspect of the proposed European Green Deal.A research team that included Georg Dost, Dr. Beate Kummer, Dr. Maziar…
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Hydro breaks ground on Michigan plant

Hydro breaks ground on Michigan plant <![CDATA[Norway-based aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA has broken ground on an aluminum recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan. The plant has been designed to produce some 120,000 metric tons of aluminum extrusion ingot per year, using what Hydro calls 75 percent postconsumer scrap.Hydro’s President and…
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Cleveland-Cliffs enjoys Q1 profitability

Cleveland-Cliffs enjoys Q1 profitability <![CDATA[Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reported first-quarter 2022 consolidated revenue of $6 billion, representing a 50 percent increase compared with 2021 first-quarter revenue of $4 billion.The Cleveland-based steelmaking, mining and scrap processing firm says its net income was $801 million in the year’s first quarter. That represents a…
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Casella recognizes sustainability-focused customers

Casella recognizes sustainability-focused customers <![CDATA[Rutland, Vermont-based Casella Waste Systems Inc. has recognized seven of its customers for their leadership in sustainability at its second annual Casella Sustainability Leadership Awards ceremony.During the online ceremony, Casella recognized Cabot/Agri-Mark, GlobalFoundries, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-Op, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., St. Paul’s School, the…
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Apple releases 2022 environmental progress report

Apple releases 2022 environmental progress report <![CDATA[Apple Inc., Cupertino, California, has released a report highlighting its recycling efforts, including increasing recycled content in its products.   According to the report, in the fiscal year 2021, 18 percent of the material the company shipped in products came from recycled and renewable sources. This milestone is…
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Polypropylene rebounds

Polypropylene rebounds <![CDATA[After weakening at the end of 2021 and the start of this year, the market for polypropylene (PP) scrap has “turned around and gotten tight,” says Scott Saunders, general manager of Troy, Alabama-based KW Plastics.  KW Plastics reprocesses high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and PP. The company began operating a…
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