Closing date for entries in Global Recycling Foundation’s #RecyclingHeroes competition is fast approaching. $1000 prize money for each of the winners is waiting for ten winners who will be able to promote their work to audiences around the world marking Global Recycling Day. The #RecyclingHeroes competition which has now been launched is asking for nominations […]
After weeks of negotiation, the European Parliament ENVI Committee voted today on a series of compromise amendments regarding the new Regulation on batteries. FEAD welcomes that mandatory recycled contents, as initially proposed by the European Commission, has remain unchanged. FEAD highlighted in its position paper that mandatory recycled content is a crucial market signal to create a […]
The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, increased its turnover in the 2021 financial year by 8.4 per cent to four billion euros. The number of employees worldwide increased to 22,100. In addition to investments in recycling and in the development of bio-based and biodegradable plastics, the company expanded through acquisitions and […]
PAS 115 sets out case for recovering growing media from sweepings and gully waste. Manchester-based UBU Environmental has outlined its plans to achieve 100% landfill diversion from its incoming road sweepings and inert gully waste with the support of CDE technology. It recently sponsored PAS 115, a BSI specification which seeks to utilise non-hazardous material […]
The optimized portfolio enables more effective biogas upgrading. The specialist for combined heat and power plants and biomethane plants, ETW Energietechnik from Moers, has optimized the delivery program of its proven biogas upgrading system, ETW SmartCycle® PSA, for worldwide use on biogas and waste fermentation plants. The aim of the development was a significant reduction […]
This fall, eREC (the digital expo for the recycling industry) takes place for the 4th time. The previous three eREC events have proven that this virtual format is crisis-proof. Both time and costs are saved (no venue booking, no travel management, no accommodation, and catering). Elaborate constructions and intensive organizing belong to the past. Moreover, […]
Efficient operation through a variety of raw materials and proven technologies. The German biogas plant specialist WELTEC BIOPOWER registers keen interest in its plant technology in Greece. In the past year, WELTEC expanded its market leadership in the southern European country by building four further projects and expanding three existing plants. Due to the great […]
As the report proposes the inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the EU ETS in 2028, ESWET assesses positively the measures introduced to support it. ESWET welcomes the ENVI Committee draft report on the revision of the EU ETS provided that any inclusion of the Waste-to-Energy sector in the ETS is supported by concrete measures to avoid […]
Film and flexible packaging are excellent products from a performance point of view, which accounts for their stubbornly extensive use, but they present a difficult end-of-life issue. The solution lies in the creation of a circular economy where these materials are returned to the production cycle. However, recycling these materials requires a specific approach because […]
FEAD, the EU association representing private waste management companies, expresses full and unwavering support to all the objectives set out in Europe’s New Green Deal. In their day-to-day activities and investments, private waste management companies support the entire waste management chain in reducing CO2 emissions for the whole economy. In doing so, they are a […]