Philippines: Republic Cement has signed a co-processing agreement with Century Pacific Group to burn post-consumer plastic waste as an alternative fuel. The deal is part of a move by the group to become ‘plastic neutral’ by 2020, according to the Philippine Star newspaper. Century Pacific Group includes brands such as Century canned tuna and the Shakey’s Pizza chain. Republic Cement is licensed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to use and dispose of waste streams through cement kiln co-processing.

Mexico: Geocycle Mexico processed 0.41Mt of industrial and municipal waste in 2018. The subsidiary of LafargeHolcim estimates that it will process around 0.46Mt in 2019. It supports the handling, treatment and co-processing of waste at LafargeHolcim’s cement plants.

Iceland: Geminor has signed a five-year contract to export 70,000t of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from Iceland to an energy-from-waste (EFW) plant in the Netherlands. The first shipment will leave Iceland in mid-2019 and regular shipments will start in October 2018. The Norwegian resource management company says that this is the first ever export of treated waste from Iceland. Previously, all local waste was landfilled.

US: The Rhode Island Fiberglass Vessel Recycling pilot project (RIFVR) has completed its first major delivery of boat-hull materials to a cement producer in South Carolina. The project is a collaboration between the Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA) to dispose of fibreglass recreational boats in a sustainable manner, according to the Providence Business News newspaper. The program will now look into how it could expand its network model.