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 […]
Objectives enshrined in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan include cutting domestic crude steel production capacity and boosting the use of scrap-intensive electric arc furnaces over the more traditional blast furnace route. China’s policy shift implies “reducing its reliance on iron ore and increasing its consumption of imports such as scrap and steel billets”, observed Lee Allen, […]
On 30 June 2021, join the “STEINERT Waste Recycling: LIVE” and discover more about the company’s solutions and reference projects – live from the new waste sorting line at the STEINERT test centre. Taking example and several references from customers within the commercial waste and post-consumer package sectors, STEINERT will present the opportunities and challenges […]
The European Commission is considering changes to EU waste shipment regulations that could prove to be of “tremendous importance” and potentially highly damaging to export flows of many recycling materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, recovered paper and plastics, the latest online meeting of the BIR’s International Environment Council (IEC) was warned yesterday by its […]
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) today releases its 2020 Annual Report that highlights key recycling industry developments and data as well as the organization’s activities on behalf of its membership. The report is launched during the opening address delivered by BIR President Tom Bird at the start of the 2021 online World Recycling Convention […]
Many packaging system owners, who fix and package goods ready for dispatch by using stretch film for transshipment on pallets are unsettled: Since the beginning of 2019 the new packaging law has been in force. Its aim is to avoid waste and increase recycling. Therefore, many films will contain more recycled material in future, which […]
Elemental Holding Group has finalized the acquisition of Maryland Core Inc., one of the leaders in the platinum group metals (PGM) recycling market on the US east coast. “Thanks to our ambitious investment policy, we are strengthening our position in the global supply chain of economically strategic raw materials,” declares Krzysztof Spyra, Management Board Member […]
Flow Batteries Europe (FBE) is an international not-for-profit association aimed at accelerating the decarbonisation in Europe and globally by increasing the deployment of energy storage and flexibility solutions through flow battery technology. On 28 April 2021, 16 flow battery stakeholders came together to confirm the formation of FBE, a new industry association. The main objectives […]