Entries by msv2016

Better Waste Management to Combat Climate Change

In March this year, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service reported that Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment would propose to the cabinet a total ban on the import of plastic waste into the country. According to the information, the imports of plastic waste are to end at the beginning of 2020. At the same […]

Spanish Ecotic Utilizes Sourcing Platform to Manage WEEE Materials

Ecotic, a private Spanish non-profit Waste Electronic and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management organization, has processed more than 97,000 tons of waste in 2018, leveraging the sourcing platform of USA based management company Jaggaer. The organization collects and recycles – in response to the legal requirements on producers and distributors of electrical and electronic equipment – […]

INGEDE: Successful for Deinking Issues

In 1989, leading European paper manufacturers founded the “International Association of the Deinking Industry”. Deinking is a key process in paper recycling and means the removal of printing ink. The association, which celebrated its 30th anniversary, supports research in the field of deinking utilizing the work of well-known research institutes to fulfill the needs of […]

Canadian Company Intends to Increase Rare Metal Recycling

Canada-based company GéoMégA has developed a rare earth separation technology, ISR, and is securing a supply of feed material, among others magnet waste from Europe. Its subsidiary company Innord Inc. has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent with Rocklink GmbH, German-based rare earth, cobalt, and minor metals recycling company to acquire up to 100 […]

Peru: New Steel Mill

The Peruvian Corporación Aceros Arequipa S.A. (CAASA) has awarded German-based SMS group an order covering the supply of mechatronic equipment for a new steel mill and a billet caster with six strands for its Pisco site in Peru. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 1.2 million tons and will produce billets with […]

Songwon Partnered with German Company

South Korean Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announced that it is able to package its products in 20 kilogram PE-bags made with 50 percent recycled Polyethylene (PE). The chemical company and manufacturer has collaborated with the German packaging specialists, RPC bpi Nordfolien, to develop PE-bags for packaging 20 kilograms of product “using recycled materials originating from […]

Award-Winning Sustainable Recycling

Austrian-based company Saubermacher won the TRIGOS Steiermark 2019 award in the category of climate protection. The price has been awarded to the High-Tech-Recycling Facility – which has been opened the previous year – for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The environmental pioneer has received the award during a gala in the old university in Graz. […]

Kenya: Plastic Bottle Recycling Initiative at Schools

In Kenya an initiative to engage schools in safe disposal and recycling of plastic bottles was launched by the national Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the industry, businessdailyafrica.com reported. Students in Nairobi schools would be trained in the best practice of plastic waste management. Plastic waste bins would also be distributed in homes and […]

New Pilot Facilities Planned

Swedish mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) intends to invest in pilot plants for phosphorus and rare earth metals. The company will invest 45 million Swedish kronor (converted into US-Dollar: nearly five million) in pilot plants as part of a pre-feasibility study “to define a process that enables recycling of mine waste through innovative processing, producing […]