Vietnam: On the Way to Circular Economy

Vietnam’s revised Law on Environmental Protection (LEP), which came into effect in January this year, aims to reinforce the extended producer responsibility of manufacturers and importers through recycling. Back in 2020, Vietnam was considered one of the five countries that generate most solid waste accounting for about 13 million tons per year, ReportLinker – a […]

New Partnership to Advance Circularity in Battery Raw Material Supply Chains

Li-Cycle and Glencore want to create an integrated network to supply primary and secondary lithium-ion battery materials. According to the press releases of Switzerland-based Glencore International AG and Canadian Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., the strategic partnership will better serve the EV battery supply chain by providing customers with an integrated approach for their metal needs. The […]

K 2022: Trend Report Asia

On the occasion of the international trade fair K 2022, exhibition corporation Messe Düsseldorf provided a report on the ASEAN region. According to the Düsseldorf trade show corporation, the world has experienced economic disruptions in the last two years, owing in part to Covid-19 pandemic-related containment measures that hampered mobility and resulted in reduced spending […]

First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Ghana

Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria. The two new systems will be delivered in 2023 and installed at the Mohinani Group companies Polytank Ghana Ltd. based in Accra, Ghana, and Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Ltd. […]

MOL Group Invests in Recycling and Waste Management Activities

Hungarian multinational oil and gas company MOL Group has acquired ReMat Zrt., a recycler with production plants located in Hungary, and a logistics hub in Slovakia. According to the new owner, ReMat is a market-leading plastics recycler in Hungary with an annual processing capacity of 25,000 tons and almost 200 employees. The company, using plastic […]

Innovative Recycling Solutions from URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH

For more than 10 years, the German plant manufacturer URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH has been working successfully in the field of lithium-ion battery recycling. Due to many years of experience in the fields of inert shredding, airlock technology, plant sealing and efficient separation technology, the URT plants meet the latest European emission regulations as […]

Technip Energies and Clariant Cooperate

In April this year, Technip Energies and Clariant announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. According to a press release, sunliquid customers “can benefit from combining Clariant’s proven technology with Technip Energies’ deep experience as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to build advanced […]

Sludge-to-Energy Project for Ajman

Construction company BESIX Middle East has informed that its flagship Sludge-to-Energy project in the Emirate of Ajman (United Arab Emirates) has successfully passed performance and reliability tests. Designed and built by BESIX Middle East for Ajman Sewerage (Private) Company Limited (ASPCL), the facility transforms sewage sludge into energy. “The facility, the first of its kind […]

Faurecia and Veolia Intend to Use Recycled Plastics in Automotive Interiors

French automotive supplier Faurecia, a company of the Group FORVIA, and Veolia have signed a Cooperation and Research Agreement to jointly develop compounds for automotive interior modules, aiming to achieve an average of 30 percent of recycled content by 2025. In 2011, Faurecia introduced a range of bio-composite cockpit solutions with NAFILean. More than a […]

Recelerate: Joint Venture of Borealis and Reclay Group

Formed of the waste management expertise of Reclay and the recycling capabilities of Borealis, Recelerate would grow from existing shared strengths across European markets, the two companies announced in a joint press release. Austrian chemical company Borealis – an international provider of polyolefins, base chemicals, and fertilizers – and the German Reclay Group – an […]

Access Management to Waste Bins: Garbage Collection under Control

According to Sensoneo, the provider of smart waste management technologies, the new solution ensures that only authorized citizens can use the bins and facilitates the implementation of Pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) within apartment houses and high-rise buildings. It is installed in the town of Dubnica, Slovakia. “Complaints about ‘waste tourists’ within housing estates areas who use the […]

EY Global Joins Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Multinational professional services network Ernst & Young Global Limited, doing business as EY, has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. According to the UK-based company, EY experience across chemicals, manufacturing, supply chain and finance, would help the alliance – an industry-founded and funded non-governmental and non-profit organization based in Singapore – develop more effective […]

Success for Rubicon

In 2021, US-based Rubicon – a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of software-based solutions for businesses and governments worldwide – achieved a revenue of 583 million US-Dollar. In April this year, Rubicon Technologies LLC published the financial and operational results for the fiscal year 2021: Full-year GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) revenue […]

Ghana: A Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kumasi

In 2019, the Hungarian Pureco-Unit Consortium started its first major investment on the African continent in Kumasi, Ghana. The facility, dedicated to the city’s untreated wastewater, was designed and built under the name “Septopure technology”. As reported by Pureco Group, the wastewater treatment plant put into operation last year is a “significant milestone for both […]

USA: Novelis builds an Advanced Recycling Center

The investment is to support North American automotive customers and reduce carbon emissions. International American aluminum company Novelis Inc. is building a “highly advanced recycling center” for automotive in Guthrie (Kentucky). With an annual casting capacity of 240,000 tons of sheet ingot, the facility (investment: 365 million US-Dollar) is expected to reduce the company‘s carbon […]