EEE
New cable recycling plant for East Bohemia
| THM Recycling Solutions has delivered acable recycling plant to the Czech Republic.
European fedarations demand bootsting of technical plastic recycling
| As Euric and EERA point out, the plastics recycling industry has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Technical plastics recycled from ELVs and WEEE are no exception.
ICBR: A bridge between old and new mobilities
| ICBR 2020, the 25th International Congress for Battery Recycling is holding its 25th anniversary edition in Salzburg, Austria, from 16 – 18 September 2020.
Global e-waste still increases
| According to the current Global E-Waste Monitor by United Nations University, United Nations Institute for training and research, International Telecommunication Union, ISWA, in 2019 approximately 53,6 million tonnes of e-waste were generated, this corresponds to 7.3 kilogram per capita.
New business models for electrical and electronic sector
| Eco-leasing, product customization, better waste management and ICT tools for bidirectional communication between manufacturers, consumers and waste managers will help reduce the 12 million tonnes of waste produced by this sector each year.
20th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2021
| The Call for Paper for the International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2021 has started.
Andritz to modernize refrigerator recycling plant in Lithuania
| Andritz has received an order from EMP Recycling UAB to modernize their recycling plant for refrigeration appliances in Vilnius, Lithuania. Start-up of the new equipment is scheduled for end of 2020.
E-Scrap: Pandemic takes a heavy toll on supply
| Technology is playing a vital role in nursing the world through the current pandemic, not least by enabling businesses to continue to function through facilitating a huge increase in home-working.
Why the price of oil has no bearing on the value of post-consumer recycled...
| Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) initiatives stemming from the Polluter Pays principle are being questioned right now when it comes to post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR).
Report: Characterisation of fires caused by batteries in WEEE
| More and more electrical and electronic products in everyday life contain batteries, making life more convenient or pleasant. However, those same batteries, when damaged, also increasingly cause these products to catch fires.
Recovery of bromine from e-waste
| Grillo-Werke AG has developed an innovative process where bromine impurities from diverse waste and product streams are converted into safe bromide.
BSEF legally challenges Commission ban on halogenated flame retardants
| The International Bromine Council (BSEF) lodged formal proceedings with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg against the European Commission (EC) with respect to its recently published regulation on Ecodesign requirements electronic displays.
Cooperation on battery recycling
| Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market.
Recipo closes loop on e-waste
| Recipo has launched Recipo Material, a purpose-built recycling plant for plastic from electronic waste in Riga, Latvia.
