He adds that many battery recycling collection programs were temporarily shut down or slowed because of  COVID-19. Similar MetalMatters campaigns have been launched in more than 100 local authority areas and reached more than 6 million households since 2012, Staffordshire County Council says. After this initial phase, the state will reevaluate the plan for redemptions going forward. The MetalMatters program is managed by the U.K.-based Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) on behalf of the funding partners. Our East Coast recycling headquarters will make Tomra stronger for our customers.”. “This is a win for the industry as it reaffirms the essential value of scrap commodities to the manufacturing supply chain and rejects the approach taken in China and elsewhere to treat these commodities the same as solid waste,” the association states. So, it really depends on where you are and what’s been shut down. Generally speaking, batteries are sitting and not moving in some places, and that’s a storage issue we worry about.”. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. The location also centralizes the company’s recycling project management, inside sales, customer service and field service team members. The company’s new location in North America will serve as headquarters for customers in the Americas. Breen also says that because of Michigan’s 10-cent redemption, this is a form of income for many. Maine state legislators have introduced an amendment to LD 102, which would set a minimum postconsumer recycled (PCR) content requirement for all plastic beverage containers sold in that state of 25 percent by 2025. Tomra reports that the new location in North America serves as a waste and metals recycling headquarters for customers operating in North America, Central America and South America. Emissions reductions benefits of melting scrap could provide a market boost in the next two decades.


The United Kingdom-based county of Staffordshire has launched a new campaign that encourages residents to recycle more metal products found in their homes. Liebherr, with U.S. headquarters in Newport News, Virginia, is celebrating its 50th anniversary operating in the states this year. The company also recently introduced new Insight and Gain technologies that enhance the performance of a company’s sorting solutions. Tomra Sorting Inc.'s new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, s commitment to source up to 2 million metric tons of food-grade recycled plastics and allocate more than 1.5 billion Swiss francs. Tom Eng, senior vice president and head of Tomra Sorting Recycling, expresses enthusiasm for both the online event and the products introduced at it. “At the end of the day we need that material, manufacturers need it.”, About 40 percent to 45 percent of all recycled cans come from just the 10 states that do redemptions, so Breen says all this time without redemptions is making a dent in the supply. Millions of bottles and cans have been piling up. Incorporated as standard in the latest AutoSort is Tomra’s Sharp Eye technology, which is designed to enhance sorting sharpness and improve the separation of difficult-to-target fractions while also saving energy. The company is one of the leading North American suppliers of construction machinery and sells and distributes products throughout its own locations and through an independent distribution network. Carl Smith, president of Call2Recycle, says battery recycling programs have changed and slowed as a result of COVID-19. Smith adds that cadmium prices are also down. Smith says commodity prices and demand for metals in end-of-life batteries are down as a result of the slowdown in the global economy. Tomra Sorting Recycling, a sensor-based sorting technology company with headquarters in Norway, has celebrated the opening of its new Tomra Sorting Inc. office in Charlotte, North Carolina.Tomra reports that the new location in North America serves as a waste and metals recycling headquarters for customers operating in North America, Central America and South America.