Startup DePoly has won the 2019 >>venture>> Grand Prize. The company aims to close the loop on PET plastic recycling through its novel solution that allows the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its two main components. The process results in ethylene glycol in clear liquid form and terephthalic acid as a white powder; […]
It will be the “Beacon Conferences”, that outline the main slant of the scientific contents of Ecomondo 2019, the most important expo in the Euro Mediterranean area dedicated to the circular economy, being held at Rimini expo centre from November 5th to 8th, organized by Italian Exhibition Group. A program, drawn up by the Scientific […]
In the coming three years, Geminor will deliver a total of 150,000 tons of secondary fuels to Danish energy producer AffaldPlus. The recently signed agreement between both companies will commence in January 2020, according to the Norway-based provider. Geminor will annually deliver 50,000 tons of Refuse-derived Fuel (RDF) from countries such as the UK, Italy […]
The international firm Veolia has signed a ten-year contract (annual value: converted about 11 million US-Dollar) with New Zealand company Wellington Water to operate and maintain the four wastewater treatment plants that serve the capital city of New Zealand. The metropolitan area comprises four local authorities: Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua. The population […]
Recycling is definitely a strong trend: In July, the toy and consumer products manufacturer Zuru Inc., which started in New Zealand and is now headquartered in Hong Kong, has announced the “Bunch O Balloons Recycling Program” in cooperation with the waste management company TerraCycle. “The partnership encourages consumers to think ‘green’ and recycle 100 percent […]
According to USA-based market intelligence company Beroe Advantage Procurement B.V., the global recovered paper demand, which was predicted to be about 250 million metric tons in 2018, is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of two to three percent until 2021. As reported, Asia – dominated by China and India – […]
Aqua Metals, Inc., which has invented AquaRefining technology, has signed a long-term contract with Veolia North America Regeneration Services LLC to provide operations, maintenance and management services at Aqua Metals’ AquaRefining facility in McCarran, Nevada. Veolia will contribute operational and technological expertise and organizational capabilities in aqueous-based process chemistries and electrolysis along with taking on […]
In June this year, the Lithuanian Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) reported, that a group of scientists have developed a method of producing increased strength gypsum binding material using only industrial waste products. By combining phosphogypsum (fertilizing production waste), zeolite (a waste product from oil refining industry) and an activator they have cast gypsum stone, […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) in tandem with Europe’s largest National Promotional Banks and Institutions have launched a 10 billion Euro initiative to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and circular economy. The Joint Initiative on Circular Economy (JICE) is to support the development and implementation of circular economy projects and programs in the European […]
The “HolyGrail” project was nominated for the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2019 in the “Driving the circular economy” category. In the European project, nearly 30 partners investigated how tagging of plastic packaging could have a drastic impact on more accurate sorting and high-quality recycling. This cross-industry project ran for three years and was driven by […]