Saudi Arabia: New Integrated Waste Management Plan with Eastern Province Municipality

The goal is to recycle 81 percent of municipal solid waste and 60 percent of construction and demolition waste by 2035. In January, the Saudi Arabian National Waste Management Center, Eastern Province Municipality and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) – signed a tripartite memorandum […]

India’s Sewage Treatment Policy: Between Dysfunctionality and Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity

India’s expanding agriculture, industry and modern communities require increasingly large amounts of water. For the country facing a most serious water scarcity, polluted rivers as well as contaminated ground water, the cleaning and recycling of water seems the only solution. But the era of commonly functioning sewage treatment plants has just begun. According to the […]

Tehnix: Planet Earth Is our Common Home

Ecology is a science that deals with the protection of the planet. Sustainable development is achieved by the application of circular economy. European Union policy combines theory and practice to the fullest possible extent to develop and apply technologies and practical solutions that, in stopping climate change, can produce the best results in achieving circular […]

Planned: Recycling Facility for Polystyrene in USA

Ineos Styrolution, the styrenics branch of the multinational chemicals group Ineos headquartered in London, will cooperate with the American company Agilyx to realize a polystyrene (PS) chemical recycling plant in Channahon (Illinois). In 2018, the two companies had signed a memorandum of understanding for deploying Agilyx’s de-polymerization technology at or near to an Ineos Styrolution […]

Ljubljana’s Wastewater Treatment System to Be Updated with Exelys

In January 2020, Danish environmental group Krüger A/S announced plans for the installation of a new factory-built wastewater treatment plant in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. The technology and capacity of the existing wastewater treatment plant in Ljubljana are no longer sufficient. The new facility will combine wastewater sludge treatment with the production of biogas for electricity […]

CDEnviro: Soil Remediation on Contaminated Land

CDEnviro’s on-site equipment solutions wash and treat contaminated soil and sludge. Soil pollution is typically caused by industrial activity, agricultural chemicals or improper disposal of waste. The risk of contaminants leaching into water sources can lead to direct contamination of human drinking sources or lead to bioaccumulation of chemicals in animals, which can eventually make […]

COEXPAN Joins the Chilean Plastics Pact

Coexpan Coembal Chile has become a member of the Chilean Plastics Pact, an initiative that falls within the framework of the Plastics Pact global network launched by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2018. The initiative, signed in April 2019 and led in Chile by the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (Ministry of the Environment) and Fundación […]

ERI is the “Recyclers’ Recycler”

ERI, the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the United States, continues to provide a full suite of e-waste recycling services to other recycling companies. Known in the industry as the “recyclers’ recycler,” ERI is the first organization in the world to be NAID, e-Stewards, and […]

More Recycling in São Paulo

The manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals, SC Johnson, collaborates with reverse logistics startup Molécoola to sponsor recycling centers in São Paulo (Brazil). According to the information, consumers can return empty products from any of SC Johnson’s brands at any of Molécoola’s locations and earn points that can be redeemed using app […]

Sorton: Turn-Key Facilities by Calaf Constructura

Starting in 2020, Calaf Constructura will use the brand Sorton for the design and construction of turnkey waste treatment facilities. The brand already offers all the solutions for the design of industrial facilities dedicated to the selection of waste or other materials. We also have a long journey through different sectors, such as mineral facilities, […]

Tire Recycling: Breaking the Sulfur-to-Sulfur Bonds

“The chemistry of the tire is very complex and does not lend itself to degradation – for good reason,” argues Michael A. Brook, a professor in the Chemistry Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. “The properties that make tires so durable and stable on the road also make them exceptionally difficult to break down […]

New Plant in India

Austria-based company Constantia Flexibles officially unveiled a new plant in Ahmedabad (India). The firm’s Ecoflex plant opened in November last year after more than two years of intensive preparations. In total, it has an area of 24,500 square meters and currently employs 50 people. The number is expected to triple by the second quarter of […]

Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) – a technical coalition of global companies working together to advance environmental sustainability within the beverage sector – has published a Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling. According to the US-based BIER, the guide “is designed to be relevant to any facility, in any industry, in any […]

Coronavirus Update: BIR Calls on Governments to Recognize Recycling Industries as Essential Activities

The Bureau of International Recycling is the global federation of recycling industries and represents directly or indirectly over 30.000 recyclers in more than 70 countries around the world, including 36 National Associations. BIR Member Companies collect, sort and process recyclables such as ferrous and non-ferrous metals including stainless steel/alloys, paper, textiles, plastics, e-scrap and rubber/tyres. […]

Joint Venture in China

Danish Bjørn Thorsen A/S group and Chinese Chongqing Tech­xanadu Industrial Co., Ltd. have launched a new joint venture, the company Nordic Grafting & Compound Solutions Co., Ltd. (NGCS), located in Chongquing (China). Based on licensing agreements with its European founding partners, NGCS will be scoped to produce advanced specialty compounds and compatibilizers (which can be […]