Rubicon, a software platform that provides smart waste and recycling solutions to businesses and governments worldwide, has launched the new service “RubiconMarketplace” powered by specialty recycling solutions company g2 Revolution. In this way, independent businesses and residential customers were enabled to divert hard-to-recycle items such as aerosol cans, plastic bags, light bulbs, personal protective equipment […]
Cast aluminum, tool manufacturing and radiation shielding: Newly patented manufacturing process of a tungsten alloy (WNiFe/WNiCu) enables additive manufacturing of complex components. Tungsten alloys (WNiFe/WNiCu) are used because of their corrosion resistance against molten metal and high thermal conductivity for the chill-mold casting processing of aluminum. But also in tool manufacture and for shielding from […]
Through its subsidiary Etiaor the Norwegian-based company Vow ASA will supply a robotic sorting system powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to French recycler Paprec. The system was ordered by the French-based company and Bianna Recycling, the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for Paprec’s recycling plant La Courneuve in the North of France. The AI-powered robot […]
Two Untha XR waste shredders are now in operation in Russia, following a collaboration between the Austrian-headquartered engineering firm and Kaluzhskiy Zavod Kommunalnih Mashin (KZKM). The duo of machines is set to shred one million tons of municipal solid waste per year for the Russian State. The MSW – which is collected from dozens of […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in a minority stake in the Turkish waste-to-energy business Biotrend Çevre ve Enerji Yatırımları AS. As reported, Biotrend’s main activities are integrated solid-waste management and renewable energy generation under municipal concessions of up to 20 years. The company operates 18 waste-to-energy plants in the following […]
More and more electrical and electronic products in everyday life contain batteries, making life more convenient and pleasant. However, those same batteries, when damaged, also increasingly cause fires. WEEE Forum and collaborate associations – EuRIC (European Recycling Industries‘ Confederation), EUCOBAT (European association of national battery collection schemes), EERA (European Electronics Recyclers Association), MWE (Municipal Waste […]
Market research and consulting company Visiongain predicts strong growth for this sector. According to the analysis of Visiongain Research Inc., the global commercial aircraft disassembly, dismantling and recycling market is expected to reach 8,138.78 million US-Dollar in 2026 from its previous value of 6,742.76 million US-Dollar in 2021. Visiongain further anticipates that this worldwide market […]
Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc. has launched a new website (www.re-2ox.com) for the battery recycling initiative utilizing the company’s proprietary hydrometallurgical process. According to the Canadian firm, the Re-2Ox process has already been successfully used in developing a cobalt sulfate compound for end-use in lithium-ion batteries. Now, the company is seeking to deploy this process […]
A recently published study from AMI Consulting – a provider of information, market intelligence and events for the global plastics industry – aims to quantify the market for flexible polyolefin recycling in Europe. According to the consulting firm, the report analyses the industry’s operating environment and the particular challenges involved in the collection, sorting and […]
When in April this year, the World Economic Forum and the African Circular Economy Alliance had published the report on “Five Big Bets for the Circular Economy in Africa”, Al-Hamndou Dorsouma from African Development Bank, called this a “billion-dollar opportunity”. Although Covid-19 had a negative impact on economies around the world, the crisis would present […]