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Global metal recycling giant Sims Metal Management (Sims MM) has bought a 16 per cent stake in Hong Kong-based scrap metal business Chiho-Tiande Group (CTG).

WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin has said that there is too much talk and not enough action to bring about the circular economy.

Introducing resource efficiency and the circular economy could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% a study has suggested.

Decent order volumes from major buyers in China and parts of continental Europe ensured that OCC export prices ended the first quarter of 2011 on a high note in price terms. Having hovered around £135 per tonne at the start of March, the month ended with China generally paying a top rate in the high £130s whereas some buyers in Europe, notably from Germany, were prepared to break through the £140 barrier.

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Members of a crime gang that set up an international tax evasion scam have been jailed.

A coalition of 57 major European businesses and organisations has written to the European Council to support stronger 2030 climate goals and resource efficiency.

The President of African nation Zambia has decided to ban the export of scrap metal from the country.

Paper £1.80, Glass £19.25, Plastic £3.50, Steel £14.00, Aluminium £18.00, Wood £2.50, Recovery £1.25

The chair of the Conservative’s 2020 Productivity and Efficiency Commission Laura Sandys MP has announced that she will not be contesting the 2015 general election.