Mike MacKay, co-owner and managing director of Despray Environment, which offers a recycling technology for aerosols, warns that the European Commission’s (EC) recently adopted sustainable products initiative is set to rattle the industry. In what he calls ‘the perfect trifecta’, he outlines below why recycled metal, liquid fuel and propellant fuel are essential pillars of […]
In Europe, a new life-cycle assessment revealed that the reuse and recycling of old clothing are economical and ecological. As reported by EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation, a new life-cycle assessment (LCA) commissioned by the European textile reuse and recycling industry has confirmed the significant CO2 and water savings of reusing textiles compared to […]
FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament’s ENVI committee, expressing overall satisfaction with the direction of the report and the tabled amendments. The organization welcomes the Parliament’s view to ensure long-lasting, reusable, repairable, recyclable, and hazard-free textile products in the EU market and highlights the need for a robust […]
Following the Commission’s proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) publishes its position paper on the proposal in view of ongoing discussions in the Council and the European Parliament. While the European recycling industry strongly supports the proposal, certain barriers and loopholes for more circular packaging still […]
Under its sustainable products initiative, the European Commission aims to ensure that all products placed on the EU market are designed with sustainability objectives in mind. End of March last year, the European Commission presented a package of European Green Deal proposals “to make sustainable products the norm in the EU, boost circular business models […]
According to Fact.MR, the Europe waste shredder market is expected to be valued at 235.0 million US-Dollar by 2033, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2 percent. In 2022, the value of this market was estimated at 228.0 million US-Dollar. As reported by Fact.MR, the development of the waste shredder market is […]
Singapore-based ACE Green Recycling (ACE), an integrated technology and supply chain platform for battery materials, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with STC, a leading European engineering, procurement and construction management company specializing in building plants and equipment for battery recycling and lead production. Through the strategic collaboration, STC will construct battery recycling facilities […]
Ecobat, one of the world’s largest recycler of batteries, has announced plans to build a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Arizona – the company’s third lithium-ion battery recycling facility, and its first in North America. Start-up is expected in the third quarter of this year. The new facility in Casa Grande (Arizona) will initially […]
Latin America and the Caribbean region consist of 42 countries, including South America and the Caribbean Islands. The different territories are unique in their demand to reduce waste and start a striking recycling strategy. In a waste management outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, the UN Environment balanced 541,000 tons/day of municipal […]
At the end of last year, Slovakia-based tech company Sensoneo looked back at the biggest trends influencing smart waste management in 2022. Being present in about 80 countries, the provider of smart waste management solutions has observed a demand for waste management optimization, connected to increasing waste management costs, new regulations and growing environmental consciousness. […]