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Transfer Station Management on the Island of Mallorca
| The Island of Mallorca has a modern, integrated waste management system. The initial contract signed by the Consell of Mallorca or the Government of Mallorca was signed in 1992 and awarded to Tirme SA.
Aqua Metals reinvents lead recycling with new AquaRefining technology
| US-based Aqua Metals Inc. is reinventing lead recycling with its new AquaRefining technology.
Falling prices for scrap materials prompt closure of recycling centers in California
| Mike Oldfield, an official at California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), said that over 300 of the 2,100 recycling centers in the state have been closed in the last year and a half owing to falling prices for scrap materials. rePLanet, the state's biggest private operator, closed 191 centers in past January alone.
ZenRobotics to deliver recycling robots to Australia and Sweden
| ZenRobotics Ltd has agreed on delivering ZenRobotics Recycler waste-sorting systems to Australia and Sweden. The robotic waste sorting systems will be the first of their kinds in the respective markets.
Plastic packaging recycling in Canada up 3% in 2014
| The Canadian Plastics Industry Association has said in a report that plastic packaging recycling in Canada increased 3% year on year in 2014. The report has been created by Moore Recycling Associates Inc.
Fake clothing recycling bins in the UK
| Local and national charities are being cheated out of income by ambitious criminal who have started leaving fake clothes banks in towns and cities.
Sorting technology replaces manual sorting of PET and PVC flakes
| The indonesia company PT. Rejeki Adigraha has replaced the manual sorting of PET and PVC flakes with automated sorting technology of Sesotec.
16th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2017 Call for papers
| The 16th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2017 will take place from January 17 – 20, 2017 in Salzburg, Austria.
All-time high for steel packaging recycling in Europe
| Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has reached a new all-time high of 76%, announces APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging.
Converting marble waste into high-quality paper
| Taiwan Lung Meng Technology Company Ltd. has developed a process to convert marble waste into high-quality paper. The resultant stone paper is recyclable. Its manufacturing process is also eco-friendly as the paper does not come from the trees.
New machine size scores big on manpower savings, energy efficiency
| Starlinger recycling technology unveiled its new plastics recycling line Recostar dynamic 215 for a select group of prospective customers on June 7, 2016 at the Starlinger factory in Weissenbach an der Triesting, Austria.
Geesinknorba Spain showcases six new products at Tem Tecma 2016
| On 15–17 June 2016, Geesinknorba Spain participated in the Spanish environmental exhibition – Tem Tecma – which was held at the Fira de Madrid Ifema exhibition centre in Madrid. The company had a large stand at the exhibition which showcased six new products.
High speed aerobic waste processing machine installed in India’s Bengaluru
| JERS Environment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has installed a high speed aerobic waste processing machine that can process wet municipal waste in about two to four hours in India's Bengaluru city. JERS has installed the machine in cooperation with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Recycling Post-consumer Waste and Film Waste
| For the production of high-quality regrind Herbold Meckesheim has installed a model line for Rodepa in the Netherlands that was launched at the beginning of the year. High-quality granulate for film thicknesses beneath 30 my is produced from a mix of plastic waste.
