September 01, 2020, Win Gatchalian, Senator of the Republic, held a privilege speech at the Senate of the Philippines. In his words, “the Philippines is facing a garbage crisis” that requires immediate concerted action from the government and civil society. “And we need to act now before it is too late.” Will the country overcome […]
The Romania-based manufacturer has invested more than ten million Euro in developing a state-of-the-art facility near Bucharest and intends to build another plant. The existing facility in Buftea, dedicated to processing bioplastics derived from renewable resources, increased the company’s production capacity to 15,000 tons/year. Promateris has become “the leading production capacity in Central and Eastern […]
A common denominator in the Latin American markets is the adverse effect from the pandemic, as outlined in the latest World Mirror, published by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in May. As described by Alejandro Jaramillo, Chairman of the BIR Latin America Committee, the Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have been dropping in most Mexican […]
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, in cooperation with the technology company Sensoneo, has announced the launch of a project targeted at waste digitalization and efficient waste collection. The European Innovation Council subsidized the project. Sensoneo received the respective grant in the summer of 2020 for the large-scale deployment of its solution to demonstrate its environmental […]
The SDM windshifter is produced by Dutch companies Nihot and TRS. The new version is an offering from Nihot Recycling Technology B.V. in conjunction with TRS BV. According to the manufacturer, it will enlarge the product range, meeting both market and customers’ needs. “The SDi windshifter, the most reliable and versatile heavy/light separator, is now […]
In 2018, in summary, 744 ships were dismantled worldwide, resulting in 18.9 million GT (Gross Tonnage) material. With 253 wrecks, India scrapped a third of all ships by numbers, while Bangladesh, with nearly eight million GT, broke most material in terms of volume, indicating that this country’s yards were the preferred destination for larger vessels. […]
Global venture capital fund Chrysalix, headquartered in Canada, has invested in Sortera Alloys, developers of an intelligent sorting system for the upcycling of non-ferrous scrap metal. As reported, the system enables accurate, high throughput sorting by metal type and alloy composition through a combination of sensor fusion (XRF-x-ray fluorescence, Optical), AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) image […]
The goal is recovering lithium, nickel, cobalt and other materials from expended lithium-ion batteries in North America. Primobius GmbH is a 50:50 joint venture company owned by Australian Neometals Ltd., and German-based SMS group (www.sms-group.com) to commercialize an environmentally friendly recycling solution for end-of-life and scrap lithium-ion battery (LiB) cells. The company has recently signed […]
German-based RENE AG – a network, which handles international compliance tasks stemming from WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), batteries and packaging obligations for companies – offers its service worldwide. Around 80 states across the globe have formally defined standards for environmentally sound recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), the business that runs […]
The rise of the e-commerce shopping market is connected to a rising e-commerce packaging sector. As per this recently issued market research report by Facts & Factors, the global e-commerce packaging market was about 27 billion US-Dollar in 2020, with sales value projected to hit around 62 billion US-Dollar by the end of 2026. The […]