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UNTHA and Metran: A New Lease of Life for Bobby Cars
Children love them, mostly the boys from the age of around two: What is meant are toy cars, called Bobby Cars. With UNTHA shredding technology, Metran gets the best out of rigid plastics compounds. The good news: Just because a Bobby Car is broken does not mean that it has reached the end of its […]
Meldgaard Recycling Processed IBA in Portugal
Meldgaard Recycling has sent a mobile plant to Portugal to process 30,000 tons of incinerator bottom ash (IBA). The processed material is then used in the Portuguese building industry. In December and January, the mobile plant was separating ferrous and non-ferrous metals from the bottom ash received from Waste-to-Energy plants. The produced ash aggregate is […]
Panizzolo Recycling Systems Software: Contributing to Profitability in Scrap Treatment
Panizzolo Recycling Systems integrates the internal development of a software system for the control and management of its recycling solutions. What were the reasons to add a software system to the company’s portfolio? On the occasion of the recent launch of the Compact Refining Plant, Panizzolo Recycling Systems discusses this question, among others, with Andrea […]
Ukraine: Recycling of Pesticide Packaging Waste
The Ukrainian European Business Association (EBA) announced the launch of a project on the recycling of used packaging. In Ukraine, the packaging waste of plant protection products is mostly discarded or reused for counterfeiting, the association described the current situation. “These factors significantly increase the risk of environmental pollution and adversely affect human health. In […]
Customized Recycled PET through BBE-Technology
The BB Engineering VacuFil process enables the re-utilization of PET – or polyester*) – waste into high-end textile filament and fiber products in defined qualities. Sustainable handling of natural resources is a global task, the Germany-based company BB Engineering (BBE) underlines. This would relate in particular to the further development of the circular economy for […]
Carbon-neutral Recycled PET
Austria-based ALPLA Group, is offering “the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET”. The firm switched its PET Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf (Austria) and Radomsko (Poland) to a mix of electricity from renewable sources to produce climate-friendly rPET (= recycled polyethylene terephthalate). “This step has already had a big impact on the carbon footprint of our […]
Waiting to Be Recovered: Wind Turbine Rotor Blades
At a campaign rally in late February 2020 in Colorado Springs, former President Donald Trump declared that “after a period of time, wind turbines get tired, they get old, they get rusty, and a lot of guys say hey, their useful life is gone, let‘s get the hell out of here”. However, the reality is […]
AMCS Group: Software Solution for the Paper Recycling Industry
Irish headquartered AMCS Group has created an enterprise grade cloud and software platform, which is inspired by global market trends, driving automation and delivering end-to-end standardization and optimization of all business processes. The AMCS platform is for all lines of business, the Irish group emphasizes. “It suits single waste stream companies but also scales to […]
Outlook: Global Paper Recycling Market
According to BIR Paper Division President Jean-Luc Petithuguenin (Paprec, France), the recovered paper market had a good start in 2021. Many experts agreed this would be a positive year for raw materials, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin wrote in the “World Mirror”, published in January by the Bureau of International Recycling, the sole global recycling federation. However, the […]
Malta Upgrades the Infrastructure
In December last year, the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning (MECP) of Malta had launched a public consultation addressing the Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands 2021-2030, which is mandated under the European Union Waste Framework Directive and to be transposed in local legislation. As reported by the ministry, Malta’s annual […]
Samoa: Circular Economy in Progress
The Independent State of Samoa aims at minimizing the volume of wastes generated on the islands. Moreover, the goal is to divert more materials away from disposal sites with limited capacity. The Polynesian island country, consisting of two main islands (Savaii and Upolu), two smaller inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima), and several small uninhabited islands, […]
Taiwan: Counting firmly on Circular Economy
Taiwan was once known as „Garbage Island“. In several steps, the island managed the transition from an agricultural to a high-tech industrial economy. If it is already a „Recycling Leader“ too, as media announced, remains to be seen. Taiwan, evolving from an agricultural economy to a nation focusing on the “development of foundational designs and […]
UBQ Wins Quality Innovation Award 2020
UBQ Materials, an Israeli-based cleantech startup, has been recognized as the best in “circular economy and carbon neutrality innovations” for its technology transforming landfill-destined waste into a bio-based, infinitely reusable thermo-plastic. As reported by the company in January this year, the prize was one of 25 awarded by the Finnish Quality Association after a strict […]
Swedish Firm Invested in IT-Recovery Services
In October last year, Swedish company Elanders AB signed a contract to acquire 70 percent of the shares in Swedish company Azalea Global IT AB, which is specialized in value recovery services regarding IT equipment. Azalea Global IT manages the entire chain from purchasing used IT equipment and restoring and resetting it to then selling […]
Aim: The Production of more Certified Polymers
The companies Sabic and Plastic Energy will build “the first commercial unit” to produce Sabic’s certified circular polymers, which – as part of the TRUCIRCLE portfolio – are made from the upcycling of mixed and used plastic. According to the information, the facility will be based in Geleen (the Netherlands) and put into operation in […]