The goal is closing the loop on plastic waste: In January this year, internationally active company Alfa Laval launched “ThinkCircularity”, a take-back program that recycles materials from its ThinkTop valve control units. According to the company headquartered in Sweden, the pilot project has been well received by customers and partners, and the company has already […]
Japan-based Polyplastics Group, a global leader in engineering thermoplastics, has announced the development of two new DURAFIDE polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) grades made of mechanically recycled content. The glass fiber-reinforced types – DURAFIDE rG-PPS 1140A1R00 and 1140A1R30 (with 100 percent and 30 percent recycled glass fiber-reinforced PPS content, respectively) – are set for launch in the […]
Reju, the textile-to-textile regeneration company based in France, had announced in January that it had selected the site for its first US-based industrial facility. This future Regeneration Hub will be in Rochester, New York, reinforcing the company’s commitment to adopting a circular textile system across key regions worldwide. According to the information, the Reju site […]
USA-based Sortera Technologies, Inc. will use the funding of 45 million US-Dollar for the company’s growth as a major domestic supplier of metals upcycled from waste. In addition to the funding, it has plans for its second state-of-the-art processing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. According to Sortera Technologies, Inc., by its own account, a market-leading aluminum […]
European Aluminum rolling and recycling company Speira is convinced that the provider of aluminum products sets a new standard in transparency. The firm, comprising a total of eleven recycling and production sites in Germany and Norway as well as research and development, uses “speira.ID”, a digital product passport, which provides all essential details about each […]
UK-based company Reconomy, an international circular economy specialist, has announced the acquisition of Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft mbH (GfAW), a German expert asset-light provider of industrial waste management solutions. Founded in 1993, the German company arranges disposal and recycling pathways for complex industrial waste streams including waste mineral wool, gypsum and other types of demolition materials. […]
Spain-based Tecnalia, a member of Basque research & technology alliance, validates a robotic prototype in collaboration with the company Recso. The partners are working in the framework of the European project “Reconmatic” on the development and validation of digital and automated solutions for construction and demolition waste management. One of these solutions is the robotic […]
Canada-based company Aduro Clean Technologies Inc., a clean technology enterprise using chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks – like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils – into resources, will build its planned industrial plant in the Netherlands. The company has selected the Chemelot Industrial Park in Sittard-Geleen, located within the Chemelot chemical site. The planned […]
Ireland-based CDE Group informed that it will provide the detailed design and engineering for a new contaminated soil and C&D waste wash plant in Norway, which is set for commissioning in the fourth quarter this year. As reported, Nordhordland og Gulen Interkommunale Renovasjonsselskap IKS (NGIR Næring AS) has entered an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) […]
German company Accurec-Recycling GmbH, which has been engaged in the recovery of secondary raw materials from used batteries for 30 years, achieved a significant milestone in December of last year with the official inauguration of its new plant. As underlined, the medium-sized and technology-driven firm with sites in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Krefeld is […]