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ISRI Launches New Member Category: The Brands Leadership Council

According to the USA-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), this recently formed council provides a win-win connection between recyclers and global brand companies. The Brands Leadership Council was established in February this year. It aims at providing “a forum for leading consumer brands to connect with recyclers in a collaborative forum aimed to address […]

Smart Investments Lead to Success

2021 was a strong year for UK-based recycling and trading Romco Group Co Ltd. In the third quarter alone, the group – consisting of Romco Recycling Company Ltd. in Nigeria, Romco Metals Ltd. in Ghana, and Romco Trading LLC in Dubai – achieved a record-breaking revenue of 9.1 million US-Dollar. Its facilities in Africa recycled […]

Polyester Recycling: BB Engineering GmbH Records Order Intake from Thai Polyester for Four VacuFil Recycling Systems

BB Engineering GmbH (Germany), a subsidiary of Oerlikon Textile, is pleased to announce that Thai Polyester Co., Ltd (Thailand) has placed a major order for four VacuFil systems for recycling bottle flakes with connected direct spinning. The polyester manufacturer, established in 2001 and with an overall annual capacity of 316,800 tons, is one of Thailand’s […]

Teknor Apex: NEW Monprene TPEs

Teknor Apex announces NEW Monprene® TPEs that contain 25-35% recycled content – meeting consumer and regulatory demands for higher levels of recycled content in products. This significant added value helps brands achieve their sustainability goals. Trusted by major consumer brand owners and processors alike, Monprene® thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) allow designers more flexibility and give manufacturers […]

STADLER Designs and Installs State-of-the-Art Light Packaging Sorting Plant

Environmental services provider PreZero is driven by the ultimate goal of reducing the consumption of natural resources in a world where they are no longer wasted through closed loops – aiming for 100 percent reusable material. As part of this strategy, it commissioned STADLER, the globally active German company specialized in the planning, production and […]

Global Recycling Foundation announces #RecyclingHeroes of Global Recycling Day 2022

The Global Recycling Foundation today announces the 10 winners of their Recycling Heroes 2022 award marking Global Recycling Day 18th. March. The winners of $ 1000 each are drawn from individuals and business leaders, sole traders, and multinationals who despite continuing hardships have managed to sustain their efforts to promote the value of recycling. Ranjit […]

Antwerp to Host the Entire Circular Economy for Plastics Value Chain at Go Circular Event

Go Circular is a business conference focused on sharing success stories about achieving transformation towards circularity and sustainability. In collaboration with the Port of Antwerp, the 3rd edition of the Go Circular conference will take place on 28th and 29th of April in Antwerp. With the recent news on the development of a legally binding […]

E-waste Plant and Recycling

Have you ever thought to can make money from electronic waste? There is no doubt that electronic devices are an indispensable part of our lives. All those electronic devices make our lives easier and increase our quality of life. The world cannot ignore the rapidly developing technology. As a result of those developments, we can […]

Reclay Sister RecycleMe Expands its Brand to the United Arab Emirates

International experts in circular economy with new mainland location in Dubai Globally active business consultancy RecycleMe opens office in the United Arab Emirates and will support its customers and partners from its new location in Dubai. The sister company of Reclay Group has successfully established its brand across Europe and set up more than 500 […]

EuRIC Elects its new Leaders for 2022-2025

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) has elected its new leaders during the General Assemblies held in Brussels on 8 and 9 March 2022. Olivier FRANÇOIS (Board Member of FEDEREC) is EuRIC’s new President. He will be supported in his tasks by a solid team of Vice-Presidents composed of Thomas BRAUN (Managing Director of bvse), […]

Nextek’s COtooCLEAN Secures Funding from UK Research and Innovation

The COtooCLEAN project, led by Nextek Ltd to produce food-grade recyclate from polyolefin film waste, has secured funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging challenge, which supports the achievement of the UK Plastics Pact, rewards innovative projects focusing on reuse and recycling of plastic packaging. Polyolefin (LDPE, LLDPE,HDPE,PP) films, which […]

Fashion for Good Selects Eight Innovators for 2022 Global Innovation Programme

Fashion for Good welcomes eight innovators into its 2022 Global Innovation Programme, chosen from a group of innovators scouted across the globe, who pitched their innovative solutions to Fashion for Good partners. The selected innovators participate in the nine-month programme, which provides a bespoke approach to validate their technologies in preparation for implementation across the […]

Case Study of Triveni Turbine Limited on Sustainable Energy from Waste using RDF Production: First Waste to Energy plant in Germany

With more than 50 years of expertise in the industrial steam turbine business, Triveni’s steam turbine solutions have earned a promising customer, Klingele Papierwerke GmbH & Co. KG, aleading International Paper manufacturer in Germany. The Steam Turbine Generator (STG) unit was successfully installed and commissioned at Weener, Germany during the month of August 2021 with […]

Can We Afford Recycled Plastics Is the Wrong Question to Ask

As everyone in the industry knows, prices for the most common type of recycled plastic have doubled in a year, hitting fresh records as companies vie for limited supplies. With virgin plastic becoming cheaper than recycled plastics we are seeing a real threat to the ambitious targets set out by drinks and consumer goods groups. […]

Nett Zero Targets Under Threat

The threat to oil and gas supplies from Russia with the war in Ukraine means a rethink on sustainable energy and net zero emissions is inevitable, according to Ranjit Baxi, Founder of the Global Recycling Foundation. Mr Baxi said: “Governments are now being forced to re-evaluate the potential of fracking, digging for coal and oil […]