Bollegraaf and Greyparrot Forge Strategic AI Partnership to Transform Global Waste Management Industry

Bollegraaf, one of the world’s largest builder of recycling plants, has entered into a strategic partnership with Greyparrot, a pioneer in AI waste analytics, to transform global waste management. As part of the agreement, Bollegraaf will transfer its AI vision business to Greyparrot and make a cash investment, for a total value of $12.8M, in […]

BB Engineering: Innovations in Air-Texturizing, Spinning and Recycling

At ITMA – one of the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibitions, that took place in June in Milan (Italy) – German company BB Engineering GmbH was an official sub-exhibitor of its parent company, Swiss Oerlikon Group, for the first time. In addition to man-made fiber spinning (VarioFil compact spinning line) and fiber-to-fiber […]

New Investment: ALPLA’s PET Recycling Plant

The Austria-based company invests 60 million Euro in a PET recycling plant in South Africa to recycle around 60,000 tons of PET bottles per year from 2025 onwards. ALPLA is known for developing and producing plastic packaging solutions. Based in Austria, the family company has a long history and more than 30 years of experience. […]

Shoe Recycling: Fashion for Good Launches New Pilot with Brand Partners

Netherland-based organization Fashion for Good launches a new pilot with brand partners adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando, and footwear recycling company FastFeetGrinded. The aim is to test and validate an “innovative footwear recycling process to support the uptake of recycled content in footwear, driving the change towards a more circular footwear industry”. According to Katrin […]

Partnership to Manufacture Fiber from Polycotton Textile Waste

Circ, a USA-based mixed textile recycling company, and Acegreen Eco-Material Technology Co, sub­si­diary of Taiwan-based Acelon Chemicals & Fiber Corporation, have established a strategic partnership. The partners aim to manufacture filament lyocell for the fashion industry and collaborate on research and development projects. As reported, the partnership builds upon the commercial success that Circ and […]

“Chemical Recycling has Huge Potential”

According to the German industry association Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA), chemical recycling has recently been presented more and more often as a solution to the plastics problem. As emphasized, the future perspective is that plastics from various applications that cannot be recycled mechanically can be broken down to their basic components using chemical […]

Poland: New Recycling Line for Beverage Cartons

The plant has the potential to recycle the entire volume of beverage cartons sold in Poland, with additional volumes from Central and Eastern Europe. With a joint investment of approximately 29 million Euro by Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, a new recycling line for post-consumer beverage cartons started operations in Poland. As reported by both […]

An Innovative Approach to E-Waste: Newicon Collaborates with The Royal Mint

Tech company Newicon has partnered with The Royal Mint to address one of the UK’s most pressing environmental challenges – managing electronic waste. Newicon joined forces with The Royal Mint’s Commercial Director Mark Loveridge and Darren Hunt, Head of Business Development, and Geoffrey Sampson, Director at Circulogic, at a workshop in Bristol to explore the […]

Meeting Targets under EPR for E-Waste Recycling: An Evidence-Linked Approach

In today’s fast-paced digital age, electronic devices have revolutionized our lives, making them more convenient and efficient. However, this digital evolution comes with a shadow: the exponential rise of electronic waste, or e-waste. As countries grapple with the environmental and health hazards of e-waste, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has become a global imperative. In this […]

A Burning Issue: Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Safety in the Evolving Recycling Industry

The number of fires in the recycling industry is increasing. As we move towards more sustainable practices, increased fire risks are changing, and it is paramount that waste handling sites are able to understand and mitigate these risks. Hannu Sartovuo, vice president of Dafo Vehicle, discusses why these risks are changing, the lack of regulation […]