Turmec to Upgrade Recycling Facility in Scotland

Irish waste processing and recycling solutions provider Turmec will support Scottish recycling and waste management business Levenseat Ltd to double the waste sorting capacity at its site at Falkirk. As reported by Turmec, the international provider of waste processing and recycling solutions has been awarded a contract worth 4.2 million British Pound (converted to about […]

ACE Green Recycling to Build Battery Recycling Park in Texas

Recycling technology company, ACE Green Recycling (ACE) has announced its plans to build and operate North America‘s “largest emission-free and sustainable battery recycling park” in Texas, USA. The facility will be able to recycle both lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries when fully operational, the company informed in a press release. It is expected to start its […]

Tana Presented New Machines at IFAT

Finnish machine producer Tana has expanded its product range with a new shredder model and a completely new type of disc screen. The new mobile waste shredder named “TANA 220DTeco” is mechanically similar to the “TANA 440 Shark” shredder, except it is powered by a single hydraulic motor. The machine, launched at IFAT, is capable […]

New Next Generation of Compact Wheel Loaders

Caterpillar offers the new Next Generation Cat 906, 907, and 908 wheel loaders. The machines “boast a reengineered operator’s station, leveraging exclusive Cat technologies to improve operator experience and provide larger wheel loader model comfort on a smaller platform,” the supplier assured. “The hydraulics and structures have gone through an overhaul, making these new models […]

Real-Time Data Visualization to Create New Value

“STEINERT.view” is a monitoring solution for sensor-based sorting machines made by German manufacturer Steinert. The monitoring solution gives users insight into the availability and output of individual machines, allowing them to learn more about the condition of their applications or sorting facility, the firm explained its advantages. “For the first time ever, this detailed machine […]

Recirculation with AI: A Second Life for Vehicle Components

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a central role in the German “EIBA” project. A huge number of used parts end up in the scrapyard for recycling every year. According to the Berlin-based Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, it is more resource-efficient to remanufacture alternators, starters and the like as part of a […]

Wastewater Treatment Plant on Cork Floating Islands

In Lourosa, S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal, a different and innovative WWTP – Wastewater Treatment Plant – started operating, having floating plants on cork. According to Nuno Gomes, mentor of the project, which was developed by the Portuguese company Bluemater in collaboration with Amorim Cork Composites, the facility is “the first WWTP in the world […]

Lithuanian Researchers Propose a Method for Wind Turbine Blades’ Recycling

A group of researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian Energy Institute propose pyrolysis to recycle wind turbine blades. Wind turbine blades made from glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminate composites can serve for up to 25 years. After that, they end up in landfills – GFRP is recognized as hard-to-break-down. This has […]

Valmet to Supply Finnish Wastewater Treatment Plant with Equipment

Finnish machine-building concern Valmet will supply “automation and solids measurements” to the new regional central wastewater treatment plant, which is under construction in Tampere’s Sulkavuori in Finland. The construction of the plant started in 2018 as a joint project of several Finnish municipalities. As reported, the Sulkavuori facility will be commenced in 2025. The aim […]

A New Solution for Plastic Recycling

What has the plastic waste crisis taught us about recycling innovation? UK-based company Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. – in partnership with chemical recycling company Enval – presents a microwave-induced pyrolysis solution for dealing with low-density plastic waste. A specialist article by the company: It is estimated that eight billion tons of plastic have been produced […]

Industrial Recycling Solution for Detergent Bottles Made of HDPE

German company Pla.to Technology has presented a technology solution for the bottle-to-bottle recycling of detergent bottles made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). According to the company, it was able to reprocess – almost entirely – used shampoo and shower gel bottles without any loss of quality in a water-saving process at the Pla.to technical facility in […]

The Waste Management Sector Is not at its Full Capacity of Producing Energy

Whereas Member States reached yesterday a political agreement on a voluntary reduction of natural gas demand by 15% this winter, and the European Commission has recently presented the REPowerEU Plan in response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the waste management sector is not (yet) at its […]

Mobile Network Equipment: GSMA Presented Strategy Paper for Circular Economy

The GSM Association (also referred to as ‘the GSMA’ or Global System for Mobile Communications) has published a strategy paper that analyzes how the network equipment used within the telecommunications system could evolve towards a circular business model. The planet and its people need to reduce resource use and move to more sustainable business models, […]

Waste Management Market to Grow Over the Next Five Years

According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the size of the international waste management market is expected to grow from an estimated 423.4 billion US-Dollar in 2021 to 542.7 billion US-Dollar by 2026. The key drivers for this global market include stringent regulations of governments worldwide for better management of waste and […]

Rwanda – Forerunner in E-Waste Recycling

“Rwanda has a bold vision to become a carbon-neutral and climate resilient economy by the middle of the century”, Rwanda’s National Fund for Environment prophesized in February 2022. Regarding circular economy or at least recycling, it will still be a long way to go. There are no official data available on Rwanda’s total waste production. […]