European-American Collaboration: Turning Carbon Emissions into Plastics

eNaphtha from Infinium to serve as feedstock alternative. US-based eFuels company Infinium and Borealis, an European supplier of plastic solutions, have agreed to enable the production of low-carbon-footprint plastics generated from waste carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, both companies announced in a joint press release. These plastics, known […]

Mozambique: On Search for Plastic Waste Reduction

While Mozambique‘s waste management sector, in general, shows the first signs of change, the treatment of plastic waste finds it difficult to leave the disastrous recycling rates behind. The problems already start with fixing the number of generated and handled materials. A “final report for Mozambique” published by the IUCN and the UN environment program […]

Mozambique and the Country’s Struggle against Waste

It is estimated that the Republic of Mozambique’s more than 30 million inhabitants generate at least 4.2 million tons of waste per year. More precise data is not available. As reported by the Mitigation Action Facility – a platform for providing technical support and climate finance for ambitious mitigation projects to decarbonize key sectors of […]

Wacker Neuson: Creating Added Value for the Customers

The Wacker Neuson Group, a global manufacturer of light and compact equipment for many industries, has expanded its digital strategy to develop new business models. The management is convinced that technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) are being used in the group to offer customers in the construction and agricultural industries solutions that […]

Textiles: A “bumpy” Road towards Circularity

At the latest Textiles Division meeting held during BIR’s Convention 2024 in Copenhagen, experts delivered a progress report on the journey towards a circular value chain for textiles. As reported by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Cyndi Rhoades – founder of Worn Again Technologies and co-founder of World Circular Textiles Day – complained about […]

Jamaica: On the Move to Energy-from-Waste

“The management of all wastes poses serious environmental problems in Jamaica”, the local National Environment and Planning Agency gave account in 2021. Additionally, it is difficult to balance what is actually recycled. The production of municipal solid waste alone reached 1,090,923 tons in 2021/22, not to forget 384,549 tons of industrial, commercial and institutional waste […]

BIR’s Position Paper on Chemical Recycling

Mechanical recycling must take priority and be incentivized. Chemical recycling needs careful consideration and well-informed, market-based policies to ensure that it complements rather than competes with traditional recycling methods, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) stressed in its latest position paper published in April. According to the global recycling federation representing 37 national recycling associations […]

Goal to Be a Flagship Facility in every Respect: Singapore’s new Integrated Waste Management Facility

The Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) – in tandem with the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (Tuas WRP) – will be part of Singapore’s project to realize an innovative and sustainable solution to meet the country’s long-term solid waste management and used water treatment needs. The world’s first integrated waste and water treatment facility to be […]

Curbside Collection Improves Organic Waste Composting

Composting food and garden waste instead of sending it to landfills can significantly reduce methane emissions and help mitigate global warming. That is the result of a study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which explored the effects of curbside compost collection programs in New South Wales, Australia. “Governments around the world are interested in […]

Australia: Focused on NetZero

Austrade (Australian Trade and Investment Commission), the Australian Government’s international trade promotion and investment attraction agency, invited investors to attend the country on its way to cutting domestic carbon emissions. Australia also has ambitious targets to increase waste recovery and recycling rates as part of this goal. By 2030, Australia aims for a resource recovery […]