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Re-Gen MD Endorses Infrastructure Minister’s Decision on the ARC21 Planning Application

Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste, said, “I welcome the Infrastructure Minister’s announcement on the planning application for the incinerator at Mallusk (Northern Ireland). I believe that increased targets in recycling, technological innovation, capacity in the current system and changes in Government policy mean that there is no need for the incinerator proposed by […]

EuRIC Welcomes the Proposal to Make Sustainable Products the Norm in Europe

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the Circular Economy Package that was published by the European Commission on 30 March and aims at making products more sustainable in the European Union. EuRIC strongly welcomes the increased emphasis placed on recycled content in products as it is a key enabler to boost investments in recycling […]

Ecoplasteam: New Idea for Recycling Multi-Layer Packaging

Multi-layer packaging like “tetrapaks” for beverages and food is still a challenge for the circular economy. However, the Italian company Ecoplasteam has found a solution. Such packaging for beverages and food consists of paper, polyethylene and aluminum. While paper mills take off the paper layer, the mixture of polyethylene and aluminum (PolyAl, sometimes referred to […]

France: New Recycling Plant Expected to Start in 2023

Plastic Energy is building an advanced recycling plant in northern France. The large-scale recycling facility, which will be adjacent to ExxonMobil’s Notre Dame de Gravenchon petrochemical complex, is to have a capacity of 25,000 tons of plastic waste per annum. There are plans to scale up the facility to 33,000 tons in the future. In […]

Spain: Strategic Alliance between GCR Group and Sintac Recycling

GCR Group manufactures sustainable plastic solutions for the plastics processing industry and has acquired a participation in Sintac Recycling, which offers a wide range of 100 percent recycled plastics. The strategic alliance between both Spanish companies would respond to the objective of expanding the offer of sustainable and circular solutions to provide greater added value […]

New Diagnostics Tool for Batteries of E-Vehicles

The new analysis software BattMan ReLife is used as a means of initial diagnosis in battery recycling at the pilot plant of Volkswagen Group Components in Salzgitter (Germany). A high-voltage battery may be reused in a vehicle either in whole or in part. That depends on the capacity that the inspection system detects. The battery […]

DGrade Plastic Flake Recycling Factory Opens in KIZAD to Support a Closed Loop in the UAE

DGrade, the UAE company known for recycling plastic into sustainable clothing, has announced the opening of a 4,000 square meter recycling factory in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD). The facility will process up to 1 billion plastic bottles a year into recycled plastic flake for the company’s Greenspun™ yarn, and to provide material for […]

USA: Project to Modernize Recycling Collection in Baltimore

Funded by a public-private partnership, the project would advance safer, more efficient, and equitable recycling access for nearly 200,000 Baltimore households, The Recycling Partnership informed. Last year, the City of Baltimore had launched the delivery of nearly 200,000 curbside recycling carts, which was expected to be completed in early 2022. The project (worth about 10 […]

Kosovo: Nearly 20 Million Euro for Wastewater Treatment

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, continues to support vital infrastructure in Kosovo by investing 19.8 million Euro for constructing a new wastewater treatment plant and the rehabilitation and extension of the existing wastewater collection system in the municipality of Mitrovica. “The project will provide access to modern sanitation services […]

The Global Secondary Aluminum Alloy Market

According to market research company Research Nester, this market will touch 63,244.79 million US-Dollar by 2030. The growth is expected at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.90 percent over 2021-2030 from 39,198.54 million US-Dollar in the year 2020. As reported, the reason for this is the growing application of secondary aluminum in the […]

Would You Drive a Car Built from Recycled Materials?

Norwegian industry is shifting towards a greener future. But what does the transition to a greener economy really mean for industry and consumers? The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) explained the requirements, illustrating with an example: cars. When wrecking a car, usable parts are taken out and reused. Materials that can be remelted […]

Recycled Metal Market Size Is Still Growing

Precedence Research estimates that the global recycled metal market size will be worth around 102 billion US-Dollar by 2030 and will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2 percent between 2021 to 2030. According to the information, this global market size was valued at 67.6 billion US-Dollar in 2020. The rising investments by […]

Innovations Ensure Speed, Precision and Flexibility in Windsifting, Conveying, Dosing and Spreading

Westeria will be presenting innovations and further developments at IFAT (30 May to 3 June 2022, Messe München, Booth B6.329/428) that are designed to significantly increase speed, precision, cost efficiency and flexibility in the processing of residual materials. The focus will be on the WeKea® system, which increases efficiency and speed in the project planning […]

Europe: Closed Loop for High-Performance Insulation Material

Closing the materials cycle for rigid polyurethane foams is the goal of a new pan-European project. The EU-funded project “Circular Foam”, coordinated by German-based polymer company Covestro, brings together 22 partners from nine countries. Within four years, the participants from industry, academia and society want to establish a complete circular value chain for raw materials […]

Plastic-to-fuel Market Awaits a Strong Growth

According to UK-based firm Fairfield Consultancy Services OPC Pvt Ltd, growing inclination toward sustainability, raising awareness of environmental conservation, and increasing public knowledge of the recovery of marketable fuel from millions of tons of plastic waste collectively create growth prospects for the plastic-to-fuel (PTF) market. Soaring adoption of plastic-to-fuel technologies to complement the existing plastic […]