BIR President Susie Burrage OBE has appointed Emmanuel Katrakis as the new Chair of the organization’s International Trade Council. Emmanuel Katrakis is Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs at longstanding BIR member company Galloo Group, a leading western European company active in the recycling of metals and technical plastics. He is a well-known figure within […]
The rPET is produced by an Indonesian recycler on two recycling systems from internationally active manufacturer Starlinger. In June 2023, Coca-Cola Indonesia – in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia (CCEP Indonesia) – launched the first bottles made from 100 percent rPET (excluding bottle caps and labels) for its most popular soft drink brands. The […]
US-based Ascend Elements and Polish Elemental Strategic Metals have formed AE Elemental, a joint venture in Poland. The new firm is intended to own and operate an advanced Li-ion EV battery recycling facility in Zawiercie (Poland). Furthermore, the partners plan to build a plant in central Germany. As stated, the companies will jointly own (50/50) […]
In March, the American chemical company Eastman informed that it was selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 33 companies for award negotiations to support Eastman’s second molecular recycling facility in the USA. The DOE selection would lead the company, which operates its first molecular recycling facility in Kingsport (Tennessee), to announce […]
The company proudly celebrates 100 years of quality and innovation, and 100 years of burning passion for industrial kilns. Riedhammer is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial kiln plants. The company, based in Nuremberg, Germany, serves new, innovative technology sectors, such as the battery and energy sector and battery recycling, in addition to […]
Circular solutions company Brightmark LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, intends to develop a 2.5 million-square-foot circularity center in Thomaston (Georgia) with the capacity to repurpose over 400,000 tons of plastic per year. According to Brightmark, the company’s proprietary Plastics Renewal technology “takes discarded plastic content and converts it into the materials to create new circular […]
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), has announced the establishment of the UNESCO Chair on Technologies and Materials for Green and Energy Applications (Aid4GEA), an initiative dedicated to science and technologies for the energy transition. The Chair is Elisa Moretti, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Ca’ Foscari, and […]
International active South Korean company Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd., highlighted at the National Plastics Exposition (NPE) 2024 in Orlando (Florida) its commitment as a leading provider of additives and services designed to help customers in the plastics industry optimize the sustainability of their products. In response to the growing demand for circular plastics, the manufacturer […]
According to India-headquartered company HTF Market Intelligence Consulting, the recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) market size is estimated to increase by 38.6 billion US-Dollar at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.4 percent from 2024 to 2030. As underlined, the report aims to provide market intelligence and strategic insights to help decision-makers take sound investment […]
The Business Research Company (TBRC), a market research and intelligence company with offices in India, the UK and the USA, has produced a report regarding the global industrial wastewater treatment market. As stated, the industrial wastewater treatment market size is predicted to reach 38.88 billion US-Dollar in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]