Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund Invested in AMP Robotics

New capital to fuel the ongoing transformation of recycling with AI and automation. USA-based AMP Robotics Corp., a company in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and infrastructure for the waste and recycling industry, has received financing from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. According to the developer of AI-enabled solutions, this latest investment brings AMP’s Series C round […]

Maximum Aluminium Purity for the Circular Economy

In order to conserve resources, we need to reuse raw materials as often as possible. That requires recycling material flows that have the highest and most consistent quality possible. It is only with efficient sorting techno­logy that resources can be continually recycled. The STEINERT XSS T uses X-ray transmission (or XRT for short) to reliably […]

New Recycling Plant in Vietnam

Alba Group Asia and VietCycle intend to develop the largest food-grade PET/HDPE plastic recycling plant in Vietnam. For that purpose, Alba Group Asia, one of the leading providers of waste management and recycling solutions with German origin, and VietCycle, a firm with more than 20 years of experience in waste collection and plastic recycling in […]

Producing Refuse-Derived Fuel in Mexico

Since waste, including industrial waste, is frequently disposed of in landfill sites in Mexico, the company Regenera, a Cemex subsidiary, currently concentrates on developing circular economy solutions. Here, the company trusts in Lindner’s shredding experience, the provider pointed out. Mexico is not only known to be the fifth largest country in the Americas, but with […]

PureCycle: Purification Plant Reaches Mechanical Completion

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. announced it reached mechanical completion of its first polypropylene purification plant in Ironton (Ohio, USA). In May, the company informed that it received formal certification of mechanical completion from the site’s independent construction monitor. “The formal certification came three days after PureCycle submitted its documentation to the engineering company.” The evaluation is […]

Demonstration Project for Chemical Recycling Using Microwave-Based Technology

In April this year, Japan-based companies Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical launched a joint demonstration project with the objective of commercializing a chemical recycling process for polyamide 66 using microwave technology. As reported by a joint press release, in the demonstration, scraps from manufacturing and post-use waste material of PA66 for airbags and automobile parts […]

Plant Manufacturer Expanded Portfolio

In January this year, Dieffenbacher – an international active manufacturer of press systems and complete production plants for the wood-based panels, forming and recycling industries – acquired the know-how and key assets of Austrian company BERTSCHenergy, through the newly formed Dieffenbacher Energy GmbH subsidiary. The acquisition would accelerate the manufacturer’s ability to support its customers […]

France: New Recycling Line for Agricultural Plastic Waste Nets

French company RecyOuest, a start-up that handles the recycling of contaminated filamentary thermoplastics, has started up “the world’s first recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets” at its mill in Argentan. The recycling line was delivered, installed and commissioned by the Austria-based international technology group Andritz in August 2022. According to the provider, it can […]

Demand for Optimization Drives Smart Waste Management

At the end of last year, Slovakia-based tech company Sensoneo looked back at the biggest trends influencing smart waste management in 2022. Being present in about 80 countries, the provider of smart waste management solutions has observed a demand for waste management optimization, connected to increasing waste management costs, new regulations and growing environmental consciousness. […]

SMS Group Supplies Process Technology for Green Steel Production Plant

German-based SMS group, has been selected to provide a broad range of technology and equipment for the H2 Green Steel project in Sweden. When completed, the plant will produce steel mostly from scrap collected for recycling, using green hydrogen instead of carbon. As reported, the H2 Green Steel site will be a almost 300 hectares […]