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Technip Energies and Clariant Cooperate

In April this year, Technip Energies and Clariant announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. According to a press release, sunliquid customers “can benefit from combining Clariant’s proven technology with Technip Energies’ deep experience as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to build advanced […]

Sludge-to-Energy Project for Ajman

Construction company BESIX Middle East has informed that its flagship Sludge-to-Energy project in the Emirate of Ajman (United Arab Emirates) has successfully passed performance and reliability tests. Designed and built by BESIX Middle East for Ajman Sewerage (Private) Company Limited (ASPCL), the facility transforms sewage sludge into energy. “The facility, the first of its kind […]

Faurecia and Veolia Intend to Use Recycled Plastics in Automotive Interiors

French automotive supplier Faurecia, a company of the Group FORVIA, and Veolia have signed a Cooperation and Research Agreement to jointly develop compounds for automotive interior modules, aiming to achieve an average of 30 percent of recycled content by 2025. In 2011, Faurecia introduced a range of bio-composite cockpit solutions with NAFILean. More than a […]

Recelerate: Joint Venture of Borealis and Reclay Group

Formed of the waste management expertise of Reclay and the recycling capabilities of Borealis, Recelerate would grow from existing shared strengths across European markets, the two companies announced in a joint press release. Austrian chemical company Borealis – an international provider of polyolefins, base chemicals, and fertilizers – and the German Reclay Group – an […]

Access Management to Waste Bins: Garbage Collection under Control

According to Sensoneo, the provider of smart waste management technologies, the new solution ensures that only authorized citizens can use the bins and facilitates the implementation of Pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) within apartment houses and high-rise buildings. It is installed in the town of Dubnica, Slovakia. “Complaints about ‘waste tourists’ within housing estates areas who use the […]

EY Global Joins Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Multinational professional services network Ernst & Young Global Limited, doing business as EY, has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. According to the UK-based company, EY experience across chemicals, manufacturing, supply chain and finance, would help the alliance – an industry-founded and funded non-governmental and non-profit organization based in Singapore – develop more effective […]

Success for Rubicon

In 2021, US-based Rubicon – a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of software-based solutions for businesses and governments worldwide – achieved a revenue of 583 million US-Dollar. In April this year, Rubicon Technologies LLC published the financial and operational results for the fiscal year 2021: Full-year GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) revenue […]

Ghana: A Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kumasi

In 2019, the Hungarian Pureco-Unit Consortium started its first major investment on the African continent in Kumasi, Ghana. The facility, dedicated to the city’s untreated wastewater, was designed and built under the name “Septopure technology”. As reported by Pureco Group, the wastewater treatment plant put into operation last year is a “significant milestone for both […]

USA: Novelis builds an Advanced Recycling Center

The investment is to support North American automotive customers and reduce carbon emissions. International American aluminum company Novelis Inc. is building a “highly advanced recycling center” for automotive in Guthrie (Kentucky). With an annual casting capacity of 240,000 tons of sheet ingot, the facility (investment: 365 million US-Dollar) is expected to reduce the company‘s carbon […]

Triveni Turbines: The Utility of Waste to Energy

Globally there is an increased focus on renewable energy sources, replacing the existing coal-fired power plants with clean fuel power plants that can help reduce the carbon footprint. Renewables Energy Industry comprises of non-thermal (such as Hydro, Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind) and thermal energy sources (such as Bio-Power, Waste to Energy (WtE), Waste Heat, […]

Rwanda to Host the World Circular Economy Forum 2022

For the first time ever, this year’s World Circular Economy Forum will take place in Africa. WCEF2022 will be organized jointly by the Republic of Rwanda, the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) and The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, with international partners. The main event will be hosted by Rwanda, one of ACEA’s founding members. The […]

BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition: Scrap Becomes Increasingly Important

According to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), the consumption of secondary material rose by 6.4 percent to 503.437 million tons. The steel scrap usage figures represent verified data for 79.7 percent of global steelmaking in 2021. Every year on the occasion of the BIR World Recycling Convention in spring, Rolf Willeke, Statistics Advisor of […]

Intended: The Regulation of European Green Bond Standard

Green bonds play an increasingly important role in financing assets needed for the low-carbon transition. However, there is no uniform green bond standard within the EU. The new European Green Bond Standard wants to ensure that European companies can benefit from green financing and that investors will find the green investments they wish. In May, […]

New Fund to Scale Breakthrough Circular Solutions

Managed by Demeter and Cycle Capital, the impact investing Circular Innovation Fund (CIF) aims at scaling growth-stage circular innovations. Cycle Capital and Demeter, two cleantech-focused capital managers, announced one day ahead of Earth Day in April the first close for the new 160 million US-Dollar (about 150 million Euro) Circular Innovation Fund with the participation […]

GreenGroup Raises Financing in Recycling Sector

Backed by private equity investor Abris, one of the largest integrated recycling groups in Central Europe raises 127 million Euro to accelerate its regional expansion. Abris Capital Partners has supported Romania-based GreenGroup in a 127 million Euro (about 133.800 million US-Dollar) fundraising to accelerate its growth and support the surging demand for recycling and sustainable […]