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.

Mexico: France’s Veolia has signed a deal with Cementos Moctezuma to build a US$4.8m waste processing unit in San Luis Potosí state. Once operational the unit will be able to process up to 40,000t/yr of industrial waste, according to the Expansión newspaper.

China: China Shanshui Cement has started a strategic cooperation agreement with China Conch Ventures to jointly develop projects to coprocess industrial solid and hazardous waste at its cement plants. It also covers the joint construction of upstream and downstream industrial chains. The agreement is for plants in Shangdong and the northeast of the country.