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In general: Recycling Industry, Circular Economy, Recycling Technology, Secondary Raw Material, Recycling, Recycling Markets, Collection, Reuse, Waste, Waste Management, Industrial Waste, Automobile Recycling, Scrap, C&D Waste, Electronic Scrap Recycling, Screening Machines, Separator, e-Waste, Sorter, Sensor Sorter, Splitter, Crusher, Shredder, Magnetic Separators, Metal Recycling, Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Plastic Recycling, Scrap Recycling, Wastepaper, Plastic Waste, Second Hand Clothing, Textile Waste, Tyres, Hazardous Waste, Waste Processing Plants, Waste Legislation and much more.
In general: Recycling Industry, Circular Economy, Recycling Technology, Secondary Raw Material, Recycling, Recycling Markets, Collection, Reuse, Waste, Waste Management, Industrial Waste, Automobile Recycling, Scrap, C&D Waste, Electronic Scrap Recycling, Screening Machines, Separator, e-Waste, Sorter, Sensor Sorter, Splitter, Crusher, Shredder, Magnetic Separators, Metal Recycling, Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Plastic Recycling, Scrap Recycling, Wastepaper, Plastic Waste, Second Hand Clothing, Textile Waste, Tyres, Hazardous Waste, Waste Processing Plants, Waste Legislation and much more.
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Sorting by Means of AI
Northern Ireland-based company AGGAI Ltd intends to enter the global market and offers AI-powered separation systems. According to James Vaughan, founder of the engineering company with over a decade of experience in material handling, AGGAI has launched into the global market. It would deliver “advanced AI-powered separation systems that help producers recover cleaner, higher-value materials […]
Ecobat is Focusing on Core Recycling Operations
In August, USA-headquartered company Ecobat – a global leader in battery recycling – announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its battery recycling and specialty lead operations in Germany and Austria to Clarios, a global leader in advanced energy storage solutions. The transaction would include Ecobat’s facilities in Freiberg and Braubach […]
Joint Venture in Battery Recycling
German-based revomet GmbH, founded in 2023 as a subsidiary of the international Cronimet Group, and Chinese CNGR Advanced Material Co. Ltd. have officially finalized their joint venture following the Heads of Agreement signed in December 2023. “Once all conditions from the joint venture agreement have been met, CNGR will acquire a 25 percent stake in […]
Lithium Recovery from Spent Electric Vehicle Batteries
European companies cylib and Syensqo reported a significant milestone in circular battery materials processing by producing high-purity lithium hydroxide from spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries. According to the joint press release, this collaboration would mark a major advancement in the recovery of valuable materials, “as very few recycling companies today can produce lithium at battery-grade, […]
Reuse and Recycling of EV-Batteries: Meeting the EU Challenge
Stena Recycling Battery Center in Farum, Denmark, taps WireFlow Donsö system for second-life application. With at least 30 million zero-emission electric vehicles forecasted to be on EU roads by 2030, the EU battery directive aims to ensure batteries can be repurposed, remanufactured, or recycled at the end of life. Up to 18 times more lithium […]
Recycled Glass for American Solar Panels
USA-based company Solarcycle reported that Illuminate USA, the largest single-site solar panel manufacturer in North America, has signed a five-year agreement with the solar panel recycler to purchase domestically manufactured solar glass. “The glass will support the production of three gigawatts (GW) of solar panels each year at Illuminate USA’s advanced manufacturing facility based in […]
Swiss-Indian Partnership for Green Chemistry
Archroma, a global leader in sustainable specialty chemicals, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (V.J.T.I.), Mumbai, to advance research and innovation in green chemistry and sustainable technologies. As reported, the collaboration focuses on pioneering research and development in green chemistry, emphasizing the design of safer chemicals and cleaner industrial processes. […]
CDE Publishes Sustainability Report
On July 24, 2025, at Earth Overshoot Day – the day in which humanity’s consumption and use of ecological resources and services exceeds what earth can regenerate in that year – CDE, a leader in wet processing solutions for the natural and waste recycling sectors, has published its 2024 sustainability report. The self-declared report centers […]
PureCycle Has Big Plans for the Future
American company PureCycle Technologies LLC., a subsidiary of PureCycle Technologies, Inc., holds a global license for the patented dissolution recycling technology (developed by The Procter & Gamble Company) designed to transform polypropylene plastic waste (designated as #5 plastic) into a continuously renewable resource. The purification process removes color, odor, and other impurities from this plastic […]
Vecoplan: New Area Creates Space for Heavy Machinery
German-based Vecoplan AG, a company specialized in machinery and plants for shredding, conveying, and processing, is investing more than five million Euro to expand its main site in Bad Marienberg. It has enlarged its Plant I by a total of 1,900 square meters, while also investing in new production equipment. The engineering company is preparing […]
IPG Facility Achieves Zero Waste Certification
USA-headquartered IPG, a global provider of packaging and protective solutions, reported that its manufacturing facility in Chicago has been awarded GOLD certification under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) rating system. This plant “has demonstrated its dedication to best practices in recycling, reusing, and reducing waste, achieving an impressive 91.6 percent diversion rate by […]
CARBIOS Enters the R-PET Market
French biotech company CARBIOS has signed a multi-year commercial agreement with Thailand-based Indorama Ventures, a global leader in PET production. According to the French firm, this agreement covers the supply of biorecycled monomers, which will be transformed into r-PET filaments by Indorama Ventures. While CARBIOS would use its enzymatic PET recycling technology to produce monomers […]
USA: Innovation Award for “The Topper Stopper”
“The Topper Stopper” won the award at the 2025 Charlotte Hornets Innovation Summit. It is a patent-pending device, that combines barcode scanning, AI verification, and real-time analytics to eliminate recycling contamination. Invented by Marcus Wade of Genesis 1 Technologies LLC and commercialized through a partnership with Waste Wise Innovation, this recycling device secured a 25,000 […]
Solvent-based Plastics Recycling for Circular Economy
With the solvent-based recycling process developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, a wide variety of plastics from packaging, as well as from the automotive, electronics, construction, and textile sectors, can be recycled and processed into high-purity plastic recyclates. In this way, waste fractions that cannot be recycled using conventional recycling […]
Holistic Approach for Future-Proof Recycling Companies
The circular economy is a key driver of growth and innovation for the plastics industry, stresses German company Source One GmbH in this article. Competing in the European plastics market has recently become increasingly challenging. Expanded raw material prices, delivery difficulties, and declining orders are determining the development of individual companies. Moreover, rising energy costs, […]