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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 […]

AMCS Launches AMCS Platform Spring 22 Release

AMCS, one of the world’s leading technology provider for the waste, recycling and resource management industry, announced the launch of the AMCS Platform Spring 2022 release. AMCS Platform for Metal Recycling is a new generation cloud-based solution designed with leading scrap recyclers to automate all aspects of their operations from scales, compliance, pricing and contract management, […]

ALPLA Group Significantly Expands Its PET Recycling Capacity in Germany

The packaging and recycling specialist acquires Texplast and the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen. The ALPLA Group has become one of the largest PET recycling companies in Germany. With the acquisition of the recycling company Texplast from the FROMM Group and all of its shares in the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen, the […]

CEFLEX Awarded UK Research and Innovation Funding for Flexible Packaging Design Testing Programme

The major collaboration will co-fund investigations into how flexible packaging can be designed for sorting and recycling as well as boosting circular economy applications. CEFLEX has announced a major collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to co-fund investigations into how flexible packaging can be best designed to be sorted and recycled. An extensive testing […]

Perstorp and Project Air Renew EU Application for Major Green Chemistry Investment

Sweden’s leading chemistry group Perstorp, and partner companies Fortum and Uniper, today submitted an EUR 97 million application to the EU Innovation Fund for Project Air. This unique project aims to build a production facility for sustainable methanol in Stenungssund, Sweden, which could reduce global CO2 emissions by 400,000 tonnes, equivalent to approximately 1% of […]

Hygienic Shields Become High-Quality Recycling Resources

A great number of hygienic shields, commonly known as sneeze guards, is being used in industrial and trade facilities, as well as in the catering trade and restaurant business. Now the disposal of these highly transparent plates, which may consist of very different plastic material, is becoming an issue. Krall Kunststoff-Recycling has foresightedly prepared for […]

Keep the Downstream in the Digital and Sustainable Flow: PRC Europe 2022 Congress Agenda

Digital transformation and sustainability goals keep being prioritised on the Downstream market. These subjects, and many more are going to be discussed at the Petrochemical and Refining Congress: Europe 2022 on May 30- June 1, 2022. Enhancing the plant’s efficiency to increase the asset utilization, technology’s adaptation to the present market requirements, and predictions to […]

In-House Automation at the LM-GROUP

With the acquisition of TIG Automation, the LM-GROUP has further extended its market position. The Meppen-based LM Holding GmbH & Co. KG (LM-GROUP) takes control of TIG Automation GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, with retroactive effect dating to 01.01.2022. With the 100% takeover, the LM-GROUP has gained a strong partner in the field of automation technology. […]

MENA PET Recycling Giant BariQ Signs Contract for New Starlinger Recycling System

Based in Giza, Egypt, one of the biggest PET bottle-to-bottle recycler in MENA region is expanding and upgrading its existing plant with another Starlinger PET recycling system and an additional solid-state-polycondensation (SSP) reactor. The new recycling system, a recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ including a viscoSTAR 350 SSP reactor, reaches an output of 2700 kg/h […]

Kraft Heinz Agrees to Virgin Plastic Reduction Goal

The Kraft Heinz Co., the third-largest food and beverage company in North America, has agreed to set a goal to reduce total virgin plastic use following the filing of a shareholder proposal and engagement with As You Sow. The proposal asked Kraft Heinz to report on how the company would reduce plastic packaging, including planned reduction strategies or […]

Greenglass Invests 10 Million EUR to Open a New Recycling Facility and to Increase the Recycling Capacity to 260,000 to/year

Greenglass will start the construction of the second post-consumer glass waste facility in Romania, increasing its production capacity to 260,000 tons / year. The total processing capacity of the company will cover the collection target that Romania has to meet for glass packaging waste, including the quantity to be collected from the Deposit – Return […]

WEEE Waste Plastic and SRF Recovery

To assist with material decontamination of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) material processed at Enva’s plastic recycling and recovery facility in Lincolnshire, UK. Enva employed the services of Impact Air Systems to provide a material separation solution that would remove contamination, improve current capacity, and enable operations to continue to grow. Enva recycles […]