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Aimplas attracts 160 professionals to the second edition of Plasrec
| During the two-day conference, 160 specialists in the plastic recycling sector from all over the world analysed new findings and discussed the challenges faced by the plastic industry.
Efficient Waste Management with Lidar Technology
| The Scottish waste management and recycling company, Levenseat Renewable Energy, now has real-time access to material inventory figures and, as a result, efficiently manages its logistics and processing operations after implementing a Lidar-based solution for inventory tracking.
UK-wide inhaler recycling scheme launched
| Grundon Waste Management has launched the UK’s first proven nationwide inhaler return and recycling scheme – a move expected to deliver significant carbon savings for the NHS.
Applications for 2024 Green Alley Award open
| In 2014, Landbell Group started the first Green Alley Award with the vision to invest and innovate for the future.
Making WEEE circular everywhere
| E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams. While many industrialised countries have developed appropriate systems for dealing with this waste, there is still a lot of catching up to do, especially in lower-income countries
ARC 2023: Call for Abstracts
| Taking place on 28-29 November 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online, the Advanced Recycling Conference will introduce the diversity of advanced recycling solutions.
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Starlinger: New PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line reduces production costs
| According to Starling, the new machine concept of Starlinger’s Recostar PET art saves about 21 % production costs. The machine was presented for the first time at K 2022.
Report: The price of plastic pollution
| The costs to society from plastic pollution — including environmental clean-up, ecosystem degradation, shorter life expectancy and medical treatment — exceed US$100bn per year, according to new research which sheds light on the growing global plastics crisis.
Using recycled plastic in highly stressed components
| In cooperation with Robert Bosch GmbH and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF has been investigating the use of recycled plastics in high-stress applications.
ICBR 2022: Interview with Jean-François Nogret
| Interview with Jean-François Nogrette, Senior Executive Vice President, Veolia France & Special Waste Europe for the International Battery Recycling Congress (ICBR 2022).
TrueCircle launches recyclables trading platform
| TrueCircle has announced the public launch of TrueCircle Trade, a new online platform for recyclables trading, underpinned by Computer Vision AI quality data.
BASF: Multilayer recycling is possible
| BASF publishes a study by Cyclos-HTP, according to which coextruded PE/PA multilayer films are recyclable. The results and conclusions of the investigations are available in a publication.
Three Telehandlers for Waste Recycling in Poland
| The inter-municipal waste management organization ZZO Włodawa uses three Bobcat telehandlers for their waste recycling in East Poland.
Balancing the needs of the circular economy and a toxic-free world
| Growing pressure to transition to the circular economy and the desire to eliminate legacy additives is proving to be a conundrum for the plastics recycling sector.
