Switzerland / France | The Swiss paper recycling group Lottner has been acquired by French paper processor Paprec, one of the leading independent recyclers in France. It marks the first foreign acquis ...

USA | The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has issued its 2010 report measuring progress by the forest products industry on key sustainability indicators. Using the latest data available, ...

BIR | The textiles recycling sector should guard against over-optimism and pay even closer attention to prompt payment given the current squeeze on margins, Olaf Rintsch of Textil Recycling K&A Wenkha ...

Germany / United Kingdom | The UK subsidiary of German paper producer Papierfabrik Palm, partially takes over the United Kingdom activities of Canadian paper conglomerate Abitibi Bowater. The Cheshire ...

United States / Netherlands | The recycling division of US paper corporation Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation's Recycling division opens new European office in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The R ...

BIR | The following article is based on the latest Paper World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.

Recovered paper prices ended 2009 on a pos ...

Spain / United Kingdom | Spanish paper and packaging group SAICA is set to begin work on its £290m recycled paper mill at Partington Wharfside in Trafford, United Kingdom. Around 400,000 tonnes a year ...

United States | Paper producer AbitibiBowater has closed the sale of its Recycling Division's material recycling facilities located in Arlington, Houston and San Antonio, Texas to Waste Management Rec ...

United Kingdom | The UPM Shotton Paper Mill on Deeside Industrial Estate in Wales is building a £17 million materials recovery facility (MRF) to sort plastic bottles, cardboard, newspapers, magazines ...

BIR | Despite high energy costs and payment problems for a number of African customers, “2009 has not hit the textiles recycling industry as hard as we feared it would”, BIR Textiles Division Presiden ...