Saudi Investment Recycling Company Expands

In April this year, the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) has announced that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Global Environmental Management Services (GEMS). GEMS, owned by Jadwa Waste Management Opportunities Fund, is active in the industrial waste management sector in Saudi Arabia, providing hazardous waste-management, industrial and […]

Saudi Arabia: Integrated Waste Management and Recycling Plan for Riyadh

It is planned to recycle 81 percent of municipal solid waste and 47 percent of construction and demolition waste by 2035. The initiative, which was launched in July this year, aims to improve the collection and recycling of the waste in the city of Riyadh as part of Saudi Vision 2030 goals to preserve and […]

Cambodia Refuses to Be a “Waste Bin”

In July this year, Asian channel CNA reported that the Kingdom of Cambodia would send back 1,600 tons of plastic waste found in shipping containers to the USA and Canada. The Southeast Asian country does not consider itself as a bin for “out-of-date technology to be dumped in”, a spokesman of the Cambodian environment ministry […]

How the Plastics Value Chain Can Reduce Plastic Waste

The existential threat to oceans and marine life is a good enough reason to cut plastics waste, profitable new business opportunities are another, the company Tomra Sorting Recycling says. In June, the Norwegian-based company has published a new eBook, which shares transformational ideas for reducing plastic waste throughout the plastics value chain. The free-to-download publication […]

South Korea: The Aim Is a Resource-Circulating Society

By the time China banned the import of several types of waste due to the “National Sword Policy”, South Korea had to deal with a waste problem, in particular regarding used plastics and recovered paper. In April 2018, nearly 50 recycling companies in Seoul and the surrounding region had stopped collecting plastic waste, and the […]

Molinari: Shredders and Granulator “Made in Italy”

At Ecomondo 2019, which takes place in Rimini (Italy) from 5th to 8th November, the Italian manufacturer of recycling machinery, Molinari, will present its portfolio. The company provides a complete range of shredders and granulators, “able to face any challenge of shredding”. According to the manufacturer, these machines “have been designed to treat various types […]

Indian Circular Economy Award for Saahas

Indian non-profit company Saahas has won the Indian Circular Economy Award 2019 under the category “Not for Profit“. The Indian Circular Economy Award, which was launched by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is India’s exclusive awards program on Circular Economy to identify and reward organizations and individuals in India that […]

Perfect Shredding with the Komptech Terminator

With the Terminator, Komptech offers the ideal machine for the defined preshredding of waste for recycling or thermal reclamation. It is very tough, contrary-resistant and highly flexible – qualities that make this universal shredder successful in a wide range of applications. Generally speaking, waste needs to be shredded before it can undergo further processing, whether […]

AMCS: A Complete Waste Management Solution

AMCS provides an enterprise grade cloud and software platform to help waste and recycling companies worldwide profit from the circular economy since 2004. The company, with offices in 22 countries, offers a single digital platform that combines an industry-specific back-end (ERP) software, mobile technology, route optimization, digital engagement, and analytics. Moreover, the company’s digital technology […]

CDEnviro Presents Solutions at Ecomondo 2019

Waste management company CDEnviro will share its expertise in landfill diversion, technologies, methodologies and circular economy practices when it is taking part at the green expo in Rimini for the first time. CDEnviro will be joining its international peers to support and share circular economy innovation when it exhibits at this year’s Ecomondo 2019 Show […]

Tecnoidea Impianti: A Closed-Cycle Water Depuration System Made in Italy

Since day one, the company Tecnoidea Impianti, an acronym for Tecnologia Impianti di Depurazione Acqua, has focused on the design and production of plants for water purification and the treatment of sludge. Nowadays, the Italian-based company stands out due to over 30 years of know-how, world-wide applied innovative solutions and steady creativity. Nevertheless, GLOBAL RECYCLING […]

>>venture>> Prize for DePoly

Startup DePoly has won the 2019 >>venture>> Grand Prize. The company aims to close the loop on PET plastic recycling through its novel solution that allows the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its two main components. The process results in ethylene glycol in clear liquid form and terephthalic acid as a white powder; […]

IEG: Here are the 2019 Ecomondo “Beacon Conferences”

It will be the “Beacon Conferences”, that outline the main slant of the scientific contents of Ecomondo 2019, the most important expo in the Euro Mediterranean area dedicated to the circular economy, being held at Rimini expo centre from November 5th to 8th, organized by Italian Exhibition Group. A program, drawn up by the Scientific […]

Danish AffaldPlus Signed Contract for European RDF

In the coming three years, Geminor will deliver a total of 150,000 tons of secondary fuels to Danish energy producer AffaldPlus. The recently signed agreement between both companies will commence in January 2020, according to the Norway-based provider. Geminor will annually deliver 50,000 tons of Refuse-derived Fuel (RDF) from countries such as the UK, Italy […]

New Contract in New Zealand

The international firm Veolia has signed a ten-year contract (annual value: converted about 11 million US-Dollar) with New Zealand company Wellington Water to operate and maintain the four wastewater treatment plants that serve the capital city of New Zealand. The metropolitan area comprises four local authorities: Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua. The population […]