European Union: Goal is to Make Sustainable Products the Norm

Under its sustainable products initiative, the European Commission aims to ensure that all products placed on the EU market are designed with sustainability objectives in mind. End of March last year, the European Commission presented a package of European Green Deal proposals “to make sustainable products the norm in the EU, boost circular business models […]

Waste Shredder Demand in Europe is Rising

According to Fact.MR, the Europe waste shredder market is expected to be valued at 235.0 million US-Dollar by 2033, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2 percent. In 2022, the value of this market was estimated at 228.0 million US-Dollar. As reported by Fact.MR, the development of the waste shredder market is […]

Battery Recycling: New Partnership

Singapore-based ACE Green Recycling (ACE), an integrated technology and supply chain platform for battery materials, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with STC, a leading European engineering, procurement and construction management company specializing in building plants and equipment for battery recycling and lead production. Through the strategic collaboration, STC will construct battery recycling facilities […]

New Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Facility in the USA

Ecobat, one of the world’s largest recycler of batteries, has announced plans to build a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Arizona – the company’s third lithium-ion battery recycling facility, and its first in North America. Start-up is expected in the third quarter of this year. The new facility in Casa Grande (Arizona) will initially […]

Latin America and the Caribbean: Seeking the Route to Improve Waste Treatment

Latin America and the Caribbean region consist of 42 countries, including South America and the Caribbean Islands. The different territories are unique in their demand to reduce waste and start a striking recycling strategy. In a waste management outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, the UN Environment balanced 541,000 tons/day of municipal […]

Demand for Optimization Drives Smart Waste Management

At the end of last year, Slovakia-based tech company Sensoneo looked back at the biggest trends influencing smart waste management in 2022. Being present in about 80 countries, the provider of smart waste management solutions has observed a demand for waste management optimization, connected to increasing waste management costs, new regulations and growing environmental consciousness. […]

Goal: Complete Waste-to-Biofuel Solution

In January this year, the companies Topsoe and Steeper, both headquartered in Denmark, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The agreement combines Topsoe’s technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as decades of experience in engineering with Steeper’s proprietary Hydrofaction technology and industry expertise. According to Topsoe, the company […]

EuRIC Gathered More Than a Hundred Participants for its First Conference on Tyre Recycling

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) gathered more than 100 participants, from policymakers, recyclers and NGOs in Brussels on 18 April 2023 for its first conference dedicated to tyre recycling. Many speakers called for immediate actions. Poul Steen Rasmussen, President of EuRIC Mechanical Tyre Recycling (MTR) and Group CEO of Genan, stressed in his opening […]

SMS Group Supplies Process Technology for Green Steel Production Plant

German-based SMS group, has been selected to provide a broad range of technology and equipment for the H2 Green Steel project in Sweden. When completed, the plant will produce steel mostly from scrap collected for recycling, using green hydrogen instead of carbon. As reported, the H2 Green Steel site will be a almost 300 hectares […]

US Company Ordered more Pyrolysis Oil from Swedish Recycling Firm

Swedish company Scandinavian Enviro Systems reported that it has received a follow-up order for pyrolysis oil from a leading US oil company. The order concerns oil recovered from end-of-life vehicle tires – known as pyrolysis oil – at Enviro’s plant in Åsensbruk, and is of the same type as the oil that the subsidiary of […]

“Circelligence by BCG” Available on SAP Store

Developed by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in partnership with software group SAP and “battle-tested” with BCG’s clients, Circelligence is now available on SAP Store. According to BCG, Circelligence is built on the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and integrates with SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA Cloud to deliver insight to customers into the circularity […]

Zeppelin Systems Joins Forces with Polish Tire Recycling Partner

German-based plant engineering company Zeppelin Systems welcomed the Recykl Group, an established Polish market leader in managing post-consumer waste in the form of end-of-life tires, as a partner. As reported, this partnership – which started in February – is being made in alignment with the integrated circular economy concept. According to Zeppelin Systems, the strategic […]

Mixed Waste Processing with Tomra Autosort

Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center sorts municipal solid waste (MSW) and single stream using the same circuit with the sorting technology realized in the Tomra Autosort. Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center in California may be a model of efficiency for future material recovery facilities (MRF) in North America. Conceptualized roughly 20 years ago, the mixed […]

Two Wastepaper Processing Systems for Bangladeshi Paper Company

Austria-based international technology group Andritz has received an order from Bangladeshi Lipy Paper Mills Ltd. to supply wastepaper processing systems to its mill. As reported, these are the first Andritz RCF (Recycled Fiber) lines for Bangladesh. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023. The Austrian company will supply key equipment for two RCF […]

Successful ‘Fishing for Litter’ Project Extended

BVRio’s successful ‘Fishing for litter project’, run in partnership with Italian social enterprise, Ogyre, has entered into a third and expanded phase. The project, which sees fishers in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay swapping their catch of fish, for a catch of waste twice a week, has been expanded to include a third community of […]