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Canada: Investors Are Welcome

In Canada, there will be a new investment hub soon. In December last year, the Government of Canada informed that the country will dedicate 218 million Dollar over the next five years to increase investments that will create jobs and growth for the middle class. This unprecedented funding would support the creation of a new […]

Bollegraaf to Build Recycling Facility in Russia

Russian company MAG Group in Nizhny Novgorod – one of the largest expert companies in the field of collection, removal and recycling of municipal solid waste and bulky waste in the Russian Federation – has ordered a mega Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Recycling Facility to process the equivalent of 60 tons per hour. According to […]

Patent-Pending Separator Technology

Best Process Solutions, Inc. (BPS), a sales, engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in the US, has introduced its new RecoverMax Fines Process. According to the information, it is able to recover any piece of metal greater than one millimeter. “The heart of the system is the worldwide patent-pending RecoverMax Separator, which separates any piece of […]

Australian Company Ordered Robotic Waste Sorting System

Finnish-based ZenRobotics Ltd. will deliver a robotic waste sorting system to Sunshine Groupe in Melbourne, Australia. The three-armed ZenRobotics Recycler unit (ZRR3) will be the first of its kind in Australia and it is expected to be fully operational in spring 2017, the provider emphasized. Sunshine Groupe, founded in 1926, is a family-owned business with […]

USA: Aqua Metals Has a First Licencee for its Battery Recycling Technology

Irish-based international concern Johnson Controls International plc (JCI), one of the biggest providers of automotive batteries, has finalized an agreement covering North America, China and Europe for a cutting-edge electrochemical battery recycling technology. Under terms of a multi-faceted deal, the concern is investing in Aqua Metals. According to Dr. Stephen Clarke, chairman and CEO of […]

Shredding Technology Helps to Solve Waste Problem

An increased amount of waste forced Jeju City, the capital of Jeju Province in South Korea, to rethink their current situation. The city has grown quite rapidly since the 1970s and has a population of over 600,000. Every year, Jeju welcomes more than 14 million visitors from mainland Korea, Japan and China. However, with the […]

Efficient, Sustainable and Quiet

Following a thorough selection process, Hans-Peter Kremer, technical developer at Swiss Thommen AG is sure that he made the right choice with the fully-automatic channel baling press HSM VK 12018 R FU. With eleven sites, Thommen AG is one of the leading recycling companies in Switzerland. The subsidiary Halter Rohstoff AG in Biel collects and […]

Oman: Two New Mixed Waste Recycling Systems

In the course of this year, two mixed waste processing facilities will start up in Oman. The 220 tons per day (Ibri) and 150 tons per day (Buraimi) systems will treat municipal solid waste from the governorates of Al Dhahirah and Al Buraimi in northwest Oman. As reported, in 2016 French company Veolia and Oman-based […]

UK: LKM Recycling Ordered New Shredder from Austria

The RS150, manufactured by Austrian-based Untha, is the company’s largest four shaft shredder. It has been installed at British waste management firm LKM Recycling, headquartered in Sittingbourne, Kent. According to the information, the shredder has been procured to maximize materials recovery and revenue generation at this increasingly diverse recycling specialist. Over 40 years ago, LKM […]

United Kingdom: There are Plans to Recycle Medium Density Fiberboards

UK-based MDF Recovery Ltd. has developed a proprietary process to recover wood fibers from waste MDF (medium density fiberboard) and is convinced that the technology has moved a step closer to reality. MDF Recovery Ltd. has successfully concluded proof of concept trials to develop a commercially viable process to recover wood fiber from waste MDF, […]

Energy from Residues and Waste

There is a new path for the treatment of biomass and waste residues. The German-based Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT has developed the innovative Thermo-Catalytic Reforming TCR. This new technology is able to convert biomass into synthesis gas, biooil, biochar and water. To promote the technique, Fraunhofer UMSICHT founded the spin-off […]

Enviro Involved in Chile‘s New Law on Producer Responsibility

When Chile’s recycling law will officially come into force in 2018, the Swedish provider of recycling plants for worn-out tires and processed materials, Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB, will have been involved in the introduction of the extended producer responsibility. The goal of the new law is to increase the country’s reuse rates (currently at 10 […]

USA: Landfilling is No Longer the Easy Way Out

Communities are increasingly embracing the vision of the circular economy. Private investment in recycling infrastructure spurs transition to zero waste. In Billings, Montana, trash in every variety covered the streets around the local landfill on March 8, 2017. High winds from recent storms in the U.S. Midwest had blown it there. This was not an […]

USA: Memphis Region Recycling Gap Analysis

A new report provides an overview of a recent collaborative effort called CART – the Coalition to Advance Recovery in Tennessee. According to the company’s own information, beverage carton producer Tetra Pak is committed to supporting local partnerships and projects to help increase recycling rates. For this purpose the company published a report, which also […]

Global Trade Data Visualizer

In February, the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has launched a new web-based tool to visualize the aluminium value chain, from bauxite to scrap, including inter-regional trade flows. “In a fast changing sector, which has seen new regions of production and consumption – led by China –, grow at unprecedented rates in recent years, understanding inter-regional […]