News in brief: Shanying Phoenix Paper invests $200m in new paper recycling facility

Chinese paper manufacturer Shanying International will start commercial production of dry recycled pulp at its new British plant in Telford in November this year. Since China closed the door on imports of recovered paper at the end of 2020, Chinese paper mills have taken several approaches to secure their fibre supply....

The Recycling Association in the UK has appointed Paul Sanderson as its new chief executive, while Chris Burton will become the new managing director of its subsidiary IWPP Limited....

Two major German waste management associations – the BDE and Bvse – see current paper mill stoppages in Germany as a threat to the circular economy for paper. In an open letter, which was also signed by the paper manufacture’s association Die Papierindustrie, the industry organisations warned German Environment...