Enviro’s recovered carbon black is demonstrably a good environmental choice, according to a new life-cycle analysis (LCA) from the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute. Recovered carbon black leads to CO2eq emissions that are 79-84 percent lower than the emissions from the production of virgin carbon black – a figure considerably better than earlier estimates of […]
The European construction industry is working towards producing high-quality materials from recycled waste, enhancing the sector’s sustainability and reducing its environmental impact. In the southern Belgian province of Namur, concrete and bricks from demolished buildings are being turned into eco-friendly road surfaces. A local company recycles 180,000 tons of concrete, tarmac, sand and mixed soils […]
Reaching for the sky with construction and demolition waste recycling: A report, provided by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (a network of over 1,500 cities, towns and metropolises committed to building a sustainable future), on a study visit in Zurich. Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is one of the largest waste streams in the […]
A plea for the circular economy by the E-waste coalition, a group of seven UN entities that have come together to increase cooperation and more efficiently provide support to Member States and Parties to address the e-waste challenge. According to the report “A New Circular Vision for Electronics – Time for a Global Reboot”, published […]
Engineering plastics today are the third most widely used material, after packaging and building and construction applications and represent 16 percent of the total EU demand. According to the association Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE), engineering plastics are extensively employed in both the automotive and the electrical & electronic (E&E) sectors as they are lighter, more […]
“Bornholm will become the world’s first industrialized community to achieve 100 percent waste recycling and reuse”, news agency BusinessWire emphasized at the end of January. Within 13 years, citizens, businesses and tourists on the Danish island want to improve waste handling, sorting and treatment, so that by 2032 all regionally produced waste will be reused […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]