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Incineration overcapacity across England looks set to worsen
| A new report published by UKWIN shows that if waste reduction targets are met, English incineration capacity would exceed available feedstock by 2.6 million tonnes in 2027, with this overcapacity growing to 7.4 million tonnes by 2042, even if no additional incinerators are built.
RDF exporters call for level playing field
| The RDF Industry Group has called for the UK government to commit to putting fiscal measures in place to ensure that, under incoming emissions rules in the UK, RDF Exports are subject to equivalent carbon costs to those that will be paid by UK incinerator operators.
Indorama Ventures achieves 100 billion PET bottles recycling milestone
| Indorama Ventures has announced that it has recycled 100 billion post-consumer PET bottles since February 2011.
Aimplas to hold second edition of international seminar on plastics recycling
| For two days, Aimplas will analyse the challenges and opportunities facing the plastics recycling sector at the second edition of its international meeting with the support of nearly twenty sponsors, media partners and collaborating companies.
EPBP launches design guidelines for recyclability for ‘food grade’ opaque-white PET bottles
| The inclusion of opaque white PET beverage bottles in the targets set by the European Commission demonstrates the commitment of the industry towards a more sustainable future.
New study reveals environmental benefits of increased global aluminium can recycling
| Improvements to beverage can recycling practices in six countries around the world could help to reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 60 million metric tons by 2030, according to a new study commissioned by Crown Holdings and the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).
A broad range of advanced recycling technologies keeps carbon in the loop
| Following its successful premiere in 2022, the Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 will present the broad range of advanced recycling solutions from extrusion, dissolution, solvolysis, enzymolysis, pyrolysis, thermal depolymerisation, gasification, to pre- and post-treatment, upgrading, and reactive extrusion on November 28 and 29 in Cologne.
A roadmap for boosting waste recycling
| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation has issued recommendations for an EU circular economy. In it, Euric suggests exploring chemical recycling when no better recycling alternative available.
Stop waste management initiative in Indonesia
| in East Java, Indonesia, more than 130.000 people have received access to waste management, more than 120 permanent jobs were created and more than 5000 metric tonnes of waste were collected. The project STOP has been further expanded with a new material recovery facility in Banyuwangi.
Growth and focus on electrification
| 71 years of handling and crane technology: at this year's in-house exhibition from September 19 to 22 at the company's headquarters in Straubing, Sennebogen will showcase new technological developments and investments in new and existing sites.
CDE commissions waste recycling plant
| CDE has commissioned a waste recycling plant in the UK for NRE Aggregates part of regeneration business Peel L&P.
Tozero opens first plant in Munich
| The company has inaugurated Europe’s first hydrometallurgical battery recycling pilot plant on the company’s one-year anniversary.
Untha processes pulper ropes into recyclable material and alternative fuel
| The paper industry increasingly employs wastepaper recycling and more sustainable processes in line with the principles of the closed-loop economy.
AI-based sorting technologies create new cycles
| Steinert and RE Plano, a subsidiary of the Remondis Group, have joined forces to establish a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Bochum.
