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As Euric points out, sound management of hazardous substances in waste management and recycling activities is at the core of the circular economy.

The company has been named ‘worst corporate dumper’ in a recent report by NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has been awarded the contract to supply the combustion and boiler system for the new KEBAG Enova Emmenspitz Energy from Waste plant being built by KEBAG AG in Zuchwil, Canton Solothurn.

Industrial imaging specialist EVK and OP Teknik, specialized automation and robotics, have joined forces to developed a stand-alone solution for sorting of construction and demolition waste.

Over the past couple of years plastics have become the public face of the waste pollution crisis, prompting an unprecedented consumer and regulatory backlash that shows no sign of stopping.

In a publication titled “The largest textile waste nations in Europe”, the fashion label Labfresh aims to identify quantities and backgrounds of textile consumption and textile waste in Europe. This requires a special dilligence, which from the GftZ’s perspective was not given within the scope of this documentation.

A strong trend towards the use of recycled PET (rPET) due to increased demand is projected in the report by sustainability consultancy Eunomia, done in collaboration with EFBW, Petcore Europe and PRE.

According to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrap yards in 2019.

Researchers have published guidelines on how to rethink chemistry for a circular economy in a Science article.

Copex announces the opening of a sales office in Saarbrucken, Germany, to develop sales of shear balers.

Through its new software and the fifth evolutionary stage of the tried-and-tested Unisort PR, Steinert wants to offer improvements in performance and maintenance.