Veolia Sold “New Suez”

End of January, French-based Veolia Group announced the completion of the sale of the “new Suez” to a consortium of investors. According to the group, this transaction “includes the main remedies approved by the European Commission to preserve competition in environmental services following the combination of Veolia and Suez”. It would allow for creating a […]

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BB Engineering GmbH Delivered Melt Filter for PET Recycling to Thai Manufacturer

In 2021 German-based BB Engineering GmbH delivered a melt filter for recycling PET flakes to polyester manufacturer Indorama Polyester Industries (Thailand). The company, which is part of Thai-based Indorama Ventures, will be using the type NSF38 filter in its recently assembled recycling system to produce rPET granulate from flake PET bottle waste. As described by […]

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CEMEX Acquired Waste Management Company in Mexico

Mexican multinational building materials firm CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. has announced the acquisition of Broquers Ambiental, a company that focuses on the separation, recovery, and treatment of urban solid waste generated in the city of Queretaro. According to CEMEX, this acquisition is part of its Future in Action program, aimed to achieve carbon neutrality. All […]

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Volkswagen Group Establishes European Firm for its Battery Business

The company’s scope will include new business models – and partnerships – based around reusing discarded car batteries and recycling the valuable raw materials they contain. The new European company (Société Européenne) will have to consolidate activities along the value chain for batteries – from processing raw materials to developing a unified Volkswagen battery to […]

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Recycled Graphite for New Batteries

If the experts are right, the mineral graphite will have a steep “career” in 2022. This mineral is the key element that forms the anode of lithium batteries. “Without it, there will be no energy revolution, and the trillion-dollar EV market might not exist,” third party publisher and news dissemination service provider FN Media Group, […]

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Ecoplasteam: New Idea for Recycling Multi-Layer Packaging

Multi-layer packaging like “tetrapaks” for beverages and food is still a challenge for the circular economy. However, the Italian company Ecoplasteam has found a solution. Such packaging for beverages and food consists of paper, polyethylene and aluminum. While paper mills take off the paper layer, the mixture of polyethylene and aluminum (PolyAl, sometimes referred to […]

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Water Recycling with Microalgae: Business Case for Biofuel from Wastewater Pond

Environmental health experts at Australian Flinders University are advancing research into a sustainable wastewater recycling program by developing a cost-effective way to harvest microalgal biomass for use in biofuels and other applications. According to the research of Flinders University, the high-rate algal pond (HRAP) model, recycling wastewater at two regional South Australian locations at Kingston-on-Murray […]

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SABIC to Launch Circular Polycarbonate

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has announced the launch of its certified circular polycarbonate (PC) resin and blends. As reported by the company, this material made from the upcycling of post-consumer mixed plastic is a first in the industry. An internal SABIC LCA study had shown that the certified circular polycarbonate would […]

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Poland: Jelenia Plast Uses More Plastic Regranulate

German-Polish producer Jelenia Plast and Polish plastic recycler ML Polyolefins have contracted the supply of polypropylene recyclate in the next step of their cooperation. The contract was signed by Jens Kröger on behalf of Jelenia Plast and Tomasz Mikulski, president of ML Sp. z o.o. As reported, the companies did not provide the exact value […]

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Monitoring Sensors Reduce Collection Time and Costs

Ekocharita, a Slovakian textile waste collection company, has revealed the results of a waste monitoring project using sensors from waste management solution provider Sensoneo. As of January 2021, Ekocharita began installing Sensoneo smart sensors to monitor the fill levels of their containers in real-time. By the end of June this year, they had monitored 600 […]

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