In 1969, Eriez Magnetics was the first company to patent both permanent magnetic and electromagnetic Eddy Current Separators (ECS). Just a few years before, at a product seminar held in front of Eriez Headquarters and industry guests, the world’s first Eddy Current Separator was demonstrated by Bill Benson who developed the unit alongside Eriez Research […]
In January this year, USA-based Itronics Inc., a producer of fertilizers and silver products, announced that it has recently started research and development to recover tin and copper from the silver bullion being produced by its printed circuit board refining pilot plant. According to the company, tin was on the list of 35 minerals deemed […]
The German chemical concern BASF has for the first-time manufactured products based on chemically recycled plastic waste, the company informed some weeks ago. According to the information, BASF wants to make a significant contribution in reducing the amount of plastic waste. “With our ChemCycling project, we are using plastic waste as a resource. In this […]
In January this year, the first foundation pile of the ArcelorMittal’s Steelanol plant in Belgium has been driven into the ground, the first of 1,800 piles that will support the future installations of the plant. In June last year, the international steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site […]
A national technology to process and explore energy from organic waste started being tested in the city of Rio de Janeiro. As reported, the pilot plant is installed in a processing facility of the City Company of Urban Cleaning (Comlurb) in the Caju neighborhood and has in January completed a month in operation. According to […]
Global Recycling Day 2019 took place in cities across the world a few days ago, with every corner of the globe uniting to celebrate the importance of recycling. The initiative, from the Global Recycling Foundation, is dedicated to celebrating the importance of recycling and making the world think resource not waste. This year’s event focused […]
Operation “Demeter IV” targeted illegal trafficking of waste. As reported by Belgium-based World Customs Organization, in total 75 customs administrations participated in the joint global operation last year, which yielded over 326,133 tons and 54,782 pieces of different types of waste. Throughout the operation – conducted between 4 June and 8 July 2018 – customs […]
The Bureau of Middle East Recycling (BMR), founded as the association of the recycling industry in this part of the world, aims at expanding the course of the sector in the region and strengthening the cooperation with worldwide traders and consumers. BMR is a non-profit, non-religious and non-political organization to represent its members and provide […]
The State of Kuwait has taken action and commissioned a draft of a waste management plan for the country issued by the Kuwaiti Environment Public Authority. The assignment went to the Recycling Management Department of the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT). According to the information, the project (volume: 18 million […]
In April 2017, the Kuwait official environmental portal Beatona announced that “Kuwait pushed towards ‘zero landfills‘ by creating recycling plants. Efforts are still underway as three landfills are remaining. Experts expect Kuwait to reach ‚zero landfills‘ over the next few years”. This assessment seems to be slightly too optimistic. There can be no doubt, that […]