Siltbuster Group, one of UK’s leading water treatment specialists, has sold its Gritbuster range to the German Doppstadt Group, after working collaboratively on the wet waste separation technology for five years. As reported, the Gritbuster technology is able to recover aggregates to a “very high standard from a variety of waste streams”, including building rubble, […]
German company Rampf Eco Solutions presented chemical solutions and multi-functional production plants for the manufacture of alternative polyols from PU and PET waste materials, PSA, and renewable or bio-based raw materials at the PSE 2019 in Munich. According to the company, in two of the largest facilities in Europe tailored polyols are industrially manufactured from […]
The increasing use of environmentally-friendly and sustainable products in various applications, such as a tire, non-tire rubber, plastics, coatings, and inks, is expected to drive the recovered carbon black (rCB) market. According to the new research report regarding the global recovered carbon black market, published by Indian based research company MarketsandMarkets, the value is projected […]
In January this year, Ireland-based supplier of integrated software and vehicle technology for the waste and recycling sector, AMCS, has announced the acquisition of the German recycling and waste management software company Recy Systems. According to the information, Recy Systems has offices in Germany, the USA, the UK, and Slovakia. “Their customers include some of […]
The department Ventures of the international chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has closed its investment into Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, an impact fund managed by Circularity Capital. With the investment of five million pounds, the company is taking another step in expanding the company’s venture capital activities while further promoting a circular […]
Germany-based Aurubis AG is to take delivery of three new converters, which will be supplied by SMS group and used to produce blister copper, an important stage in the copper production process. The converters will be installed at the company’s headquarters in Hamburg. They are scheduled to be put into operation in fall 2019. The […]
In July 2019, Dutch N+P Group BV intends to produce alternative fuels at its new Subcoal Energy Pellet Production Plant in Teesside, UK. Subcoal is a technology to upgrade RDF (refuse-derived fuel) and SRF (solid recovered fuel) into pellets which replace such as lignite, bituminous coal and pet coke in power plants and in lime […]
Yangon authorities are using a new compactor – a Tana E260 – to improve the landfill management process. With more than seven million people, Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is the largest city in Myanmar (also known as Burma). According to the information provided by Finnish firm Tana Oy, the city’s landfills need better compaction […]
In the European Union the recycling of beverage cartons is growing and reached 48 percent in 2017, the total recovery rate achieved 76 percent. ACE – the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment – has very much welcomed the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and the introduction of a mandatory separate collection of […]
Ennomotive, the leading open innovation platform for engineering challenges, just launched a competition to find new applications for “post soda-lime”, such as marketable solutions or products. Despite its high efficiency and effectiveness, Solvay soda production is burdened with large amounts of waste and by-products from the process, which account for approximately 40 % of the […]