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Norway: The resource management solutions provider Geminor has acquired its competitor Rekom. The latter has outstanding contracts for the management of 0.1Mt/yr of waste, which represent a 20% increase in Geminor’s current workload, the company has stated. It adds Rekom’s logistics and processing facilities in Norway to its own across Scandinavia and in Germany, Poland and the UK. Kjetil Vikingstad, Geminor CEO, said the acquisition, which was not strategically planned, was nonetheless in keeping with the company’s Nordics growth strategy, giving it ‘a company volume which makes it an attractive alternative to municipal companies and recycling facilities for materials recycling and especially for energy recovery.’

Mexico: Switzerland-based LafargeHolcim’s US subsidiary Geocycle has signed an agreement with the City Council of Macuspana in Tabasco for the removal of 21,600t/yr of inorganic waste for sale to cement producers as alternative fuel (AF) for calciners. The company has inaugurated a US$1.3m waste processing plant for the purposes of meeting its commitment. Geocycle Mexico general director Sven Ritschard said, “This typifies the circular economy and is positive for all parties involved.” The waste would otherwise have gone to landfill.

Denmark: Germany’s Remondis has purchased a majority stake in environmental services company M Larsen. Remondis runs a network of water management, recycling and industrial services in Northern Europe. M Larsen is a family-owned environmental service companies based in Bröndby near Copenhagen. Following the acquisition, the management team and owner Claus Barslund will remain part of the company.

New Zealand: Golden Bay Cement has announced plans with Waste Management and the government to process tyres at its plant in Portland. The move follows the acquisition by Waste Management of the country’s largest tyre recycling business in 2016. The company is investing in shredders with funding from the Ministry for the Environment. It plans to have a shredding capacity of 30,000t/yr in place in Auckland by October 2017 with a unit to become operational in the South Island in early 2018.

China: Dongwu Cement has struck an agreement with Suzhou Dongfang Jiujiu Industry to start a waste disposal company to supply alternative fuels for its kiln. The cement producer based in Wujiang City, Suzhou Prefecture and its partner will invest US$7.3m in the joint venture to start with, according to the ET Net News Agency. Dongwu Cement will own a 52% share in the company.

It will co-process urban sludge, organic waste and industrial solid waste. It will also collect, store and dispose of soil for soil remediation. It is expected the company will dispose of 50,000t/yr of industrial solid waste.

Dongwu Cement operates a 0.75Mt/yr cement plant with two grinding mills, giving it a cement production capacity of 1.64Mt/yr. It manufactures 42.5 and 32.5 class Ordinary Portland Cement.

Vietnam: Deputy prime minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed the implementation of solutions to treat waste at thermal power plants for energy conservation and environmental protection.

Trung Hai urged the concerned parties to more effectively implement Government Decision 1696/QD-TTg on measures to treat gypsum, ash and cinder from thermal power, chemical or fertiliser plants for the production of building materials. Special focus should be paid to the Vinh Tan in Binh Thuan, An Khanh in Thai Nguyen, Song Hau in Mekong Delta Hau Giang and Vung Ang in Ha Tinh thermal power plants, where waste treatment is a pressing issue.

He asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Construction to coordinate with localities to disseminate effective waste treatment models while supplementing and completing criteria on the quality of ash and cinder for recycling in cement and construction material production.

Vietnam is home to 19 operating thermal power plants with a total capacity of 14,480MW, which discharge about 15Mt/yr of ash and cinder. After 2020, the country is expected to have 43 thermal power plants with a combined capacity of 39,020MW, discharging over 30Mt/yr of ash and cinder.

Nigeria: The Ogun State Government has entered into partnership with Lafarge Africa on sustainable waste management towards the generation of renewable energy and youth employment, according to All Africa.

"This initiative will help clear our waste and make us live more healthily. With this sustainable waste management solution, we would generate much-needed energy and employment opportunities for our youths," said governor Ibikunle Amosun during a visit to the Saje dump site in Abeokuta. He added that there are plans to set up a dump site in each of the three Senatorial Districts of Ogun.

New Lafarge Africa CEO Peter Hoddinott expressed deep conviction that the combustible and recyclable energy would bring a new lease of life to the people, as well as improve the economy of the state.

Thailand: Executives from 50 administrative bodies in Nakhon Ratchasima Province have discussed how to dispose of 638,060t of accumulated garbage. A report on 'proper and practical methods' for disposal of the rubbish must be sent to the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning by 30 July 2015.

The Comptroller-General's department has calculated that Nakhon Ratchasima will need US$6.19m in the 2016 fiscal year to dispose of the accumulated trash. Ranongrak Suwanchawee, president of the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organisation, said that officials had agreed to transport and dispose of the garbage at a TPI Polene cement plant in Saraburi Province. This meant 29,000 trips to carry the trash in trucks plus the digging and levelling of a tip. The organisation has estimated that Nakhon Ratchasima would need a budget of about US$7.33m, slightly more than the department calculated.

Zimbabwe: Speaking during the official launch of a waste management centre in Mabvuku, Harare, environment, water and climate minister Saviour Kasukuwere said that communities should consider setting up waste management centres to generate income and enhance sustainable waste management.

In the Mabvuku initiative, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe in partnership with the City of Harare, the local community and other technical partners will set up a waste management centre that is expected to be functional in the third quarter of 2015. The waste will be sold to other industries, generating income for the local community.