In 2018, exports from the EU member states to non-EU countries amounted to 36.8 million tons. According to the statistical figures of Eurostat (the statistical office of the European Union), this volume represented an increase of 69 percent compared with the end of 2004. The value of these exported recyclable materials, which included plastics, paper […]
In general, circular economy, waste to energy and zero waste goals are not merely fancy concepts, but concepts that need to be urgently implemented worldwide. The company Orkel, based in Norway, has tackled those issues and thus developed the Orkel Compaction Technology to deliver innovative solutions to the waste management Industry. Therefore, the Hi-X Compactor […]
It was set up in one of the principal plants for ELT in the north of Italy, within an important expansion program. This time Molinari played at home and was ready to install its biggest shredder of 46 tons in one of the most important Italian realities concretely active in the green economy. The machine […]
At the end of its cycle, the armored cable becomes a tricky waste to be introduced into the recycling system. The classic plants are not designed to process this kind of waste. Unlike normal electric cables, there is an iron foil under the sheath, while the central part can be made of copper or aluminum. […]
Norwegian companies Quantafuel and Geminor have entered a cooperation agreement to secure deliveries of plastic waste to Quantafuel’s plants for fuel production. Since 2007 energy firm Quantafuel AS has developed and tested its own patented catalyst solution that converts plastic waste into low emission fuels and products for the petrochemical industry, a press release said. […]
In March, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA – Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) launched a research center to develop innovative e-waste recycling technologies. The new center – named the NTU Singapore-CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (NTU SCARCE) – will focus […]
The Dutch company ARN Recycling exists since 1995 and is mainly involved in the recycling of vehicles. However, since 2008 and due to the introduction of new regulations that came along with the “Battery Management Decree (Bbb)” – which addressed the management of batteries – the firm from the Netherlands is also highly engaged in […]
Should scrap merchants be paying greater attention to e-waste recycling? ‘A throwaway society’ is one of the primary reasons why countries worldwide now face a mounting e-scrap (or WEEE – Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) problem. In fact, the global magnitude of the issue is driving ongoing legislative changes with increasingly tricky targets to meet. […]
Belgian producer of polyolefin fibers Beaulieu Fibres International was nominated for the 2019 essenscia Innovation Award, the most prestigious prize for industrial innovation in Belgium. The company was named for its recently introduced UltraBond fiber. Formally introduced in early 2019, it is a patented polyolefin bonding staple fiber “that eliminates the need for latex or […]
According to Tana Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of landfill compactors, waste shredders and waste screening technologies, the future for tire-derived fuel (TDF) looks good. This alternative fuel made from end-of-life tires presents a cost-efficient alternative for fossil fuels and can increase the profits of cement manufacturers, the company said. “Due to rapid urbanization, there is […]