The BB Engineering VacuFil process enables the re-utilization of PET – or polyester*) – waste into high-end textile filament and fiber products in defined qualities. Sustainable handling of natural resources is a global task, the Germany-based company BB Engineering (BBE) underlines. This would relate in particular to the further development of the circular economy for […]
Austria-based ALPLA Group, is offering “the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET”. The firm switched its PET Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf (Austria) and Radomsko (Poland) to a mix of electricity from renewable sources to produce climate-friendly rPET (= recycled polyethylene terephthalate). “This step has already had a big impact on the carbon footprint of our […]
At a campaign rally in late February 2020 in Colorado Springs, former President Donald Trump declared that “after a period of time, wind turbines get tired, they get old, they get rusty, and a lot of guys say hey, their useful life is gone, let‘s get the hell out of here”. However, the reality is […]
Irish headquartered AMCS Group has created an enterprise grade cloud and software platform, which is inspired by global market trends, driving automation and delivering end-to-end standardization and optimization of all business processes. The AMCS platform is for all lines of business, the Irish group emphasizes. “It suits single waste stream companies but also scales to […]
According to BIR Paper Division President Jean-Luc Petithuguenin (Paprec, France), the recovered paper market had a good start in 2021. Many experts agreed this would be a positive year for raw materials, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin wrote in the “World Mirror”, published in January by the Bureau of International Recycling, the sole global recycling federation. However, the […]
In December last year, the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning (MECP) of Malta had launched a public consultation addressing the Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands 2021-2030, which is mandated under the European Union Waste Framework Directive and to be transposed in local legislation. As reported by the ministry, Malta’s annual […]
The Independent State of Samoa aims at minimizing the volume of wastes generated on the islands. Moreover, the goal is to divert more materials away from disposal sites with limited capacity. The Polynesian island country, consisting of two main islands (Savaii and Upolu), two smaller inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima), and several small uninhabited islands, […]
Taiwan was once known as „Garbage Island“. In several steps, the island managed the transition from an agricultural to a high-tech industrial economy. If it is already a „Recycling Leader“ too, as media announced, remains to be seen. Taiwan, evolving from an agricultural economy to a nation focusing on the “development of foundational designs and […]
UBQ Materials, an Israeli-based cleantech startup, has been recognized as the best in “circular economy and carbon neutrality innovations” for its technology transforming landfill-destined waste into a bio-based, infinitely reusable thermo-plastic. As reported by the company in January this year, the prize was one of 25 awarded by the Finnish Quality Association after a strict […]
In October last year, Swedish company Elanders AB signed a contract to acquire 70 percent of the shares in Swedish company Azalea Global IT AB, which is specialized in value recovery services regarding IT equipment. Azalea Global IT manages the entire chain from purchasing used IT equipment and restoring and resetting it to then selling […]