The Expo and Conference eREC proves to be a varied virtual event focusing on the recycling, waste management, and environmental service sector. The next trade fair for the recycling industry (from October 4 to 9, 2021) will once again go hand in hand with a wide-ranging and interactive program: information-packed presentations by leading industry representatives, […]
The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE and its Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed an advanced recycling process for used plastics. The pilot project with SABIC and Procter & Gamble serves to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling for single-use facemasks. Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, SABIC and Procter & […]
Following a dedicated webinar on the occasion of the recent 2021 World Recycling Convention & Exhibition (online edition), BIR announces today the publication of the 12th Edition of “World Steel Recycling in Figures” authored by the BIR Ferrous Division’s Statistics Advisor Rolf Willeke. Divisional President Greg Schnitzer emphasizes his great pleasure in unveiling the 12th […]
Unilever has joined Nextek’s global project NEXTLOOPP to create food-grade recycled Polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste. Polypropylene (PP) is a commonly used packaging material for food across the globe. Yet, post-consumer PP packaging is not widely recycled in conventional mechanical recycling infrastructure. Whilst food-grade PET bottles are undoubtedly a resounding success story in the […]
Thailand is responding to the growing demand for electricity with a network of small Waste-to-Energy (W2E) plants. Agon Pacific’s TANA 440DT mobile waste shredder produces fuel for one of these W2E plants from factory-rejected car tires that are unfit for road use. In Prachinburi, Thailand, a yellow TANA 440DT mobile shredder swallows rejected tyres and […]
Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“Nouveau Monde” or the “Company”) and Lithion Recycling (“Lithion”) are pleased to announce the signing of a collaboration agreement (the “Agreement”) for the recovery and value-added transformation of recycled graphite for reuse as anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The Agreement will leverage Nouveau Monde’s and Lithion’s proprietary processes and expertise to […]
A collaboration of European companies, associations and organisations representing the entire value chain have agreed a common position on the essentials for collecting flexible packaging waste in a circular economy. This position statement is part of an ongoing alignment on key issues being undertaken by the Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CELFEX). The process combines […]
Modern plastics come in all shapes and sizes, and are used in countless applications. The different materials must be, for example, particularly tear-resistant in terms of ropes or nets, withstand great pressures in the case of pallets and similar, or keep their shape as for cladding parts. The underlying parameters are mechanical properties such as […]
The North America solid waste management market will be prominently driven by rising investments toward R&D activities and competitive pricing for enabling a sustainable waste disposal ecosystem. Growing focus towards sustainable disposal management in North America coupled with ongoing government initiatives for the same, has extensively increased the adoption of solid waste management practices in […]
Big cities like takeaway drinks. At the same time, paper cups are practically not recycled all over the world. Many people think that paper cups are unrecyclable due to organic residues and a plastic layer inside, but actually, it is not valid. Recyclers can deal with organic residues and plastic lamination in different ways. One […]