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Mondelēz International Supports Global Efforts for Plastic Recycling

The American multinational food and beverage company, which is a spin-off by Kraft Foods Inc from its North American grocery-foods products, has announced its support for global efforts designed to increase recycling rates for plastic waste, including flexible films. Furthermore, the firm selling its snack and food brands in 150 countries called for greater collaboration […]

Prague to Pilot Dynamic Waste Collection

The city of Prague, capital of the Czech republic with over 1.3 million inhabitants, will pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes based on the Collection Efficiency Analysis’s result. In December last year, Sensoneo, a global provider of smart waste management solutions, has announced the first European capital with whom they will partner on […]

BRAIN by PICVISA: Production Process Consultancy through Deep Learning Technology

After the first three, we are now in what is theoretically known as the fourth industrial revolution. This new era builds on the changes generated by the Digital Revolution (the previous period) and is marked by the convergence of digital, physical and biological technologies. The advances made in Artificial Intelligence have taken this technology almost […]

Poland: New Waste-to-Energy Plant

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) and its subsidiary and consortium partner Doosan Lentjes have been awarded the turnkey contract to supply a new waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Poland. As reported by Doosan Lentjes, the new facility in Olsztyn is the first joint WtE project between the Korean EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) company DHIC […]

Tomra: Triggering Transformation to a more Resource-Friendly Future

The Norwegian multinational collection and sensor-based sorting machine manufacturer TOMRA is engaged to enable a circular economy through smart sorting technologies and close collaboration with its customers around the world. This applies also to TOMRA Sorting Recycling located in Mülheim-Kärlich (Germany), an important part of the Norwegian parent company, TOMRA. More than 7,400 TOMRA Sorting […]

Intention: Building a Recycling “Supercenter” in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate the feasibility of creating a venture in support of Saudi Arabia’s vision to maximize value from its vast natural resources. According to a press release, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is becoming a globally […]

India: First Plant for Treatment of C&D Waste

In October last year, in India, the first recycling plant for construction and demolition waste was launched. The company Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited, together with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, inaugurated the facility, which is located at sector-80, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, under a public-private partnership basis. As Indian media informed, it can recycle up […]

Goal: Platform to Track Plastic Waste and Recovery

IBM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced their collaboration to design a new data platform hosted on IBM Cloud to help track plastic waste and recovery globally. According to the Alliance, the platform – called Plastics Recovery Insight and Steering Model (PRISM) – “will aim to serve as a single source of consistent […]

Financed: 90 Renewable Energy Projects

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), one of the leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been supporting the country’s effort towards driving energy transition at home and around the world by financing innovative renewable-energy projects. As reported, the fund has consistently increased its portfolio of such undertakings. By now, it has […]

Europe: More than 2.7 Billion Euro for Circular Economy

In 2019 alone, five European national promotional banks and institutions and the European Investment Bank (EIB), which form the Joint Initiative on Circular Economy, provided a combined financing of 2.7 billion Euro for circular economy projects. The initiative, launched by the six largest public financial institutions in the EU, aims to finance at least ten […]

CELAB: Toward a Circular Economy for Labels

CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels) is an industry initiative founded by companies in the self-adhesive label industry. The aim is to create greater circularity for its products by enhancing and promoting matrix and release liner recycling worldwide. With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the […]

Patented Coal-Displacement Fuel Technology

Key patents were granted in several countries of the world as Ecogensus expands solutions for the circular economy. According to USA-based Ecogensus, a technology company in the resource recovery and waste management industry, it has been granted patents in several countries, including a patent for its proprietary coal-displacement fuel in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Argentina. […]

The Practice of Digital Trading

TradeCloud aims to bring the commodities industry into the digital world, leveraging technology to improve the trading experience and make it more accessible. Singapore-based company TradeCloud is a communications platform designed specifically for the physical commodities industry. By its own account, it provides a secure and compliant environment, open to all market participants. Furthermore, the […]

Opportunities in the Indian E-Waste Management Market

According to market research and business consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan, the e-waste management market in India is expected to offer major opportunities for existing as well as new participants in the market. With current levels of installed capacity catering just to 25 percent of the total e-waste generated in 2019, capacity additions are highly […]

“Covid-19 and E-Commerce”

A study on impact on businesses and policy responses. Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease pandemic, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims to raise awareness of the opportunities emerging from the crisis through increasing the uptake of e-commerce and digital solutions. At the same time, it has voiced concerns […]