After the first three, we are now in what is theoretically known as the fourth industrial revolution. This new era builds on the changes generated by the Digital Revolution (the previous period) and is marked by the convergence of digital, physical and biological technologies. The advances made in Artificial Intelligence have taken this technology almost […]
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) and its subsidiary and consortium partner Doosan Lentjes have been awarded the turnkey contract to supply a new waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Poland. As reported by Doosan Lentjes, the new facility in Olsztyn is the first joint WtE project between the Korean EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) company DHIC […]
The Norwegian multinational collection and sensor-based sorting machine manufacturer TOMRA is engaged to enable a circular economy through smart sorting technologies and close collaboration with its customers around the world. This applies also to TOMRA Sorting Recycling located in Mülheim-Kärlich (Germany), an important part of the Norwegian parent company, TOMRA. More than 7,400 TOMRA Sorting […]
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate the feasibility of creating a venture in support of Saudi Arabia’s vision to maximize value from its vast natural resources. According to a press release, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is becoming a globally […]
In October last year, in India, the first recycling plant for construction and demolition waste was launched. The company Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited, together with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, inaugurated the facility, which is located at sector-80, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, under a public-private partnership basis. As Indian media informed, it can recycle up […]
IBM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced their collaboration to design a new data platform hosted on IBM Cloud to help track plastic waste and recovery globally. According to the Alliance, the platform – called Plastics Recovery Insight and Steering Model (PRISM) – “will aim to serve as a single source of consistent […]
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), one of the leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been supporting the country’s effort towards driving energy transition at home and around the world by financing innovative renewable-energy projects. As reported, the fund has consistently increased its portfolio of such undertakings. By now, it has […]
In 2019 alone, five European national promotional banks and institutions and the European Investment Bank (EIB), which form the Joint Initiative on Circular Economy, provided a combined financing of 2.7 billion Euro for circular economy projects. The initiative, launched by the six largest public financial institutions in the EU, aims to finance at least ten […]
CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels) is an industry initiative founded by companies in the self-adhesive label industry. The aim is to create greater circularity for its products by enhancing and promoting matrix and release liner recycling worldwide. With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the […]
Key patents were granted in several countries of the world as Ecogensus expands solutions for the circular economy. According to USA-based Ecogensus, a technology company in the resource recovery and waste management industry, it has been granted patents in several countries, including a patent for its proprietary coal-displacement fuel in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Argentina. […]