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The Global Tire Derived Fuel Market

This worldwide market is expected to reach the value of 510.91 million US-Dollar by the end of 2031, USA-based Transparency Market Research Inc. informed. In 2020, the market was valued at 373.06 million US-Dollar. Increasing applications of scrap tires as tire-derived fuel (TDF) in pulp & paper mills, cement manufacturing, and utility boiler industries were […]

Turning Sewage Sludge into Fuels and Hydrogen

Climate change and energy shortages spur innovations. In August, USA-based financial, software, data, and media company Bloomberg reported that Northwest Europe “is forecast to begin a perilous winter with historically low amounts of diesel, a fuel that powers vast swaths of the economy”. The region’s stockpiles of road diesel, heating oil and other diesel-type fuel […]

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market to Grow

The market is expected to exhibit a tremendous compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60 percent over the forecast period of 2022-2032. According to an analysis provided by Future Market Insights Global and Consulting Pvt. Ltd., the global sustainable aviation fuel market will reach an estimated value of 15 billion US-Dollar in 2030, scaling up […]

European Union: Parliament Advocates Green Aviation Fuels

In the European Union, civil aviation accounts for 13.4 percent of total CO2 emissions from transport. According to the European Parliament, used cooking oil, recycled carbon fuels, synthetic fuel or hydrogen should gradually become the norm as aviation fuel to help the EU become climate neutral by 2050. In July this year, the Members of […]

European Innovation Fund: EU Invests in Clean Tech Projects

In July this year, the European Commission announced that the EU is investing over 1.8 billion Euro in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. As reported, grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market. The selected projects are […]

Are UK Residual Waste Exports Coming to an End? RDF Industry Group Debates the Future at National Waste Sector Event

The RDF Industry Group will be joined by the Environment Agency at the biggest waste sector event of the year – RWM & Let’s Recycle Live – discussing comments regarding a ban on waste exports. The RDF Industry Group, which represents 33 organisations across the European waste derived fuel (WDF) supply chain, will open the […]

EuPC Welcomes the Recent LCA Study on Carrier Bags Performed by Euroconsumers

What are environmentally friendly alternatives to single use plastic carrier bags? Four European consumer associations, namely Test-Achats from Belgium, Altroconsumo – Associazione di Consumatori Italiana from Italy, DECO – Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor from Portugal and OCU – Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios from Spain conducted a study, certified by Professor Roland […]

How Will the Economic Downturn Affect PRN Prices?

Joseph Doherty, Managing Director of Re-Gen Waste, believes that the PRN prices will be affected by the cost of living crisis. The graph below shows the amount of packaging placed on the UK market reported by registered packaging producers since the early days of the packaging waste regulation. This is a combination of sales of […]

Ten Things to Do at RWM & Letsrecycle Live 2022

With the new collaboration between RWM & Letsrecycle Live 2022 just over a week away, 12,000 visitors are set to descend on the NEC in Birmingham on 14-15 September 2022 for two action-packed days. Here we look at the top 10 things to do at the show that mean you cannot afford to miss it! […]

From Tyres to Football Pitches? Why the Microplastics’ Ban Misses the Mark on the EU’s Circular Economy

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) strongly rejects an EU proposal that will indirectly ban materials from tyres as part of its effort to eradicate microplastics. Each year around 150 million tyres are processed for recycling annually – that’s one tyre for every three EU citizens. This rubber from recycled tyres has a wide range […]

Encina Development Group Announces Appointment of Leslie Hess to Board of Directors

Encina Development Group (“Encina” or the “Company”), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics, announced the appointment of Ms. Leslie Hess to its board of directors. “Leslie is a phenomenal addition to Encina’s board,” said David Schwedel, Executive Director of Encina. “She has three decades of experience in strategy and finance. Her experience […]

New BIR report corroborates fundamental importance of recovered fibre and free trade

2020 was an unprecedented year as the COVID crisis impacted markets, industries and lifestyles around the world. But despite these many upheavals, recovered fibre succeeded in building upon its pivotal role in global paper and board production. Whereas paper and board production fell 3.4% worldwide in 2020, production of recovered paper declined by a significantly […]

Climate Change and Resource Scarcity – A threat to National Security

We may not like to think about recycling our waste beyond putting our dustbins out for collection, but it doesn’t take much to focus our minds – such as when there is a dustbin strike or there is a sudden shortage of our favourite food. But waste recycling is an intrinsic part of the climate […]

Sustainable Protective Cases for New Samsung Galaxy

US-based company Incipio, a designer and manufacturer of mobile device accessories and technologies, has announced protective case solutions containing recycling material for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 devices. As reported, the grip cases have been certified to meet Samsung performance standards through the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program (SMAPP). The material […]

BHS-Sonthofen Contributed to Biomass Projects in the Philippines

USA-based Dole Inc. generates large amounts of pineapple waste, which the company uses to produce biogas in the Philippines. Dole is looking to generate nearly eight MW of power per year at the two plants, Surallah and Polomolok, German company BHS-Sonthofen reported this year. To achieve this goal, the plants deploy Biogrinders from BHS to […]