The Kraft Heinz Co., the third-largest food and beverage company in North America, has agreed to set a goal to reduce total virgin plastic use following the filing of a shareholder proposal and engagement with As You Sow. The proposal asked Kraft Heinz to report on how the company would reduce plastic packaging, including planned reduction strategies or […]
Greenglass will start the construction of the second post-consumer glass waste facility in Romania, increasing its production capacity to 260,000 tons / year. The total processing capacity of the company will cover the collection target that Romania has to meet for glass packaging waste, including the quantity to be collected from the Deposit – Return […]
To assist with material decontamination of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) material processed at Enva’s plastic recycling and recovery facility in Lincolnshire, UK. Enva employed the services of Impact Air Systems to provide a material separation solution that would remove contamination, improve current capacity, and enable operations to continue to grow. Enva recycles […]
The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for recycling to be recognised as an essential weapon in preserving the planet’s green capital. Speaking in London, Ranjit Baxi, founder of the Global Recycling Foundation, said: “Recycling has a major impact on preserving the environment, saving energy, and reducing pollution, so why does it not receive the recognition […]
MORE – MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe – has been confirmed as a Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) data collector by both the CPA Monitoring Secretariat and CPA Monitoring Working Group. The EuPC’s digital platform has been slightly updated to adapt to the requirements of the CPA, an initiative of the European Commission to reach or exceed […]
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) endorses the ambitious measures adopted by the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament which will govern the entire battery life cycle. These measures are of an utmost importance for the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy. Such a level of ambition shall be kept as EU institutions are […]
STADLER and ZenRobotics have built the pioneering new sorting plant with Remeo Oy, a Finnish company specializing in environmental management. STADLER designed the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in collaboration with Remeo and built it, while ZenRobotics supplied AI-based robotics waste sorting technologies. The facility, located in the Greater Helsinki Region in Finland, stands out not […]
Dipl.-Ing. Naemi Denz has strengthened the management of the Bergisch Gladbach-based plant engineering company Sutco RecyclingTechnik GmbH since 1 Februar 2022. Together with the previous Managing Director, Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Gravel, Ms. Denz, as the new Managing Director, is in charge of the operative business of Sutco, a company of the LM-GROUP. The managing partner, Dipl.-Chem […]
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 […]