Reconomy Acquired its first US Company

In August this year, UK-based circular economy company Reconomy announced the acquisition of Lincoln Waste Solutions LLC, a leading US-based waste and recycling management and consulting firm. According to Reconomy, Lincoln provides a comprehensive, full-service management approach to handle all types of waste and recycling. “Its services include recycling, waste consulting, hauler management and back-office […]

Lindner Expands to India

Austrian engineering firm Lindner has continued its expansion with the foundation of Lindner Recyclingtech Bharat (India) LLP with its headquarters in Delhi. Together with Chirag Verma, Co-owner of Lindner Bharat, and Ganesh Karankal, Sales Director of plastics recycling, the aim is to develop sustainable recycling solutions for the waste and plastics industry. “India, with its […]

Neste Extends Chemical Recycling Logistics Infrastructure

Neste is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo (Finland), including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tires. According to the company, this lays the foundation for handling larger amounts of liquefied raw materials to support its strategic aims to advance chemical recycling and transform […]

Major Aquafin Project: 5 HUBER Belt Dryers BT for the Thermal Treatment of more than 120,000 tons of Sewage Sludge per Year

HUBER SE will supply a total of five HUBER Belt Dryer BT units to the Belgian company Aquafin for the two sites in Roeselare and Beringen. The plants for drying and thermal utilisation of sewage sludge will treat a minimum capacity of 32,500 tons of dry substance or 120,446 tons of original substance with a […]

Successful Trial with PCR Resin

In July, USA-based company PureCycle Technologies, Inc. reported a successful trial run with MiniFIBERS and Beverly Knits, resulting in the production of several high-quality product samples. Resin produced from post-consumer recycled (PCR) waste was used by the manufacturer of specialty fiber pro­ducts MiniFIBERS to create fiber packages. Then, these packages were sent to Beverly Knits, […]

New Partnership in African Metals Recycling

The on the African continent active company Romco Group (headquartered in the UK) and Luxembourgian company Elemental Group form a partnership in the metal recycling industry on the continent. According to the joint press release, the alliance will accelerate and diversify Romco’s existing growth plans and reinforce its position as a key player in the […]

USA: New Waste-to-Energy Plant to Be Built

The Miami-Dade County in Florida needs a new waste-to-energy plant and the AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. will advise the county on its plans for a new facility. As reported in August, the Canada-based company with offices worldwide has been awarded a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to provide engineering services to the Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste […]

Weltec Biopower Modernizes Biogas Plant in Australia

German plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower supported Australian company Yarra Valley Water in refurbishing its one-megawatt biogas plant in the north of Melbourne. Yarra Valley Water is one of Australia’s largest water and wastewater companies. Since the completion of the waste and food waste plant by the German firm and its project partner in 2017, Yarra […]

PräziSort Supports Plastics Separation

Pforzheim University and the technology company Polysecure want to develop a new sorting technology for the recycling of plastics and other materials: “Sort4Circle” is the acronym of the technology that has emerged from consistent research and development and is now to be demonstrated as a pilot plant in Freiburg (Germany). The aim is to significantly […]

Goal: French-Chinese Partnership to Build PET Biorecycling Plant

In June this year, France-based biotech company Carbios and Chinese Zhink Group announced the signing of a joint Letter of Intent to build a biorecycling plant in China using Carbios’ enzymatic depolymerization technology to serve the global market. This agreement would officialize collaboration towards a long-term partnership given a first licensing contract to build a […]