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France setting the pace for PET chemical recycling in Europe
| France is continuing to lead the way in the development of the polyethylene terephthalate chemical recycling industry in Europe, with a spate of new facility announcements set to build out capacity in the country.
Tomra: Closing the loop on aluminum
| Tom Eng, Head of Tomra Recycling, held a presentation entitled “Closing the loop on aluminum – challenges and opportunities” at BIR World Recycling Convention in Barcelona on May 23rd.
Global free, fair & sustainable recovered paper trade is crucial for recycling industry
| The recycling industry collects and recovers paper waste into standardized quality grade recovered paper in line with the European standard EN 643 on a daily basis.
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on plastics recycling
| TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy today announced a commercial agreement under which New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas to transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock that TotalEnergies will partly purchase and convert into virgin-quality polymers, which can be used for food-grade packaging.
IFAT: Steinert.view for real-time data visualisation
| Steinert.view is a flexible and reliable monitoring solution for STEINERT sensor-based sorting machines.
From downcycling towards closed- and open-loop recycling
| The construction industry generates paramount quantities of waste. While recycling rates of construction and demolition waste (CDW) vary around the world, in all regions most of the material recovered is downcycled into low-quality materials or sent to landfill.
Recycleye brings AI-powered waste-sorting robots to Germany
| After installing the first waste-sorting robots of their kind in material recovery facilities across UK, France and Italy, Recycleye is now bringing its AI-powered computer vision system and robotic picking technology to the German waste management industry.
EuRIC comments on the revision of the “Waste Shipment Regulation”
| The proposal to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) requires substantial improvements to deliver on its key objectives, namely combat illegal shipments while boosting circular value chains.
BIR: New Deputy Director for Trade & Environment
| The Bureau of International Recycling is pleased to announce the arrival of a new member of staff, Ms Alev Somer, as from Monday, 16 May 2022.
IFAT: PreZero presents discussion program
| PreZero is addressing the topic of the circular economy - a key issue for the future - with seven exciting discussion events at the IFAT 2022.
Plastic recycling industry continues fast-paced efforts towards EU targets
| New figures for installed plastics recycling capacities reveal a 13% growth .
IFAT: 50 years of circular solutions
| At IFAT, Tomra wants to present its intelligent sorting technology and detail how these, combined with holistic approaches, support closing the loop on further material cycles.
Heraeus invests for a majority share in PET recycler
| Heraeus Holding GmbH announced it has invested substantial equity to take a majority stake in perPETual Technologies, based in Kleinostheim/Germany.
Slovakia has launched its Deposit Return System
| Since the launch of the DRS on the 1st of January 2022, Slovak citizens (5,5 Mio people) returned over 100 million plastic bottles and cans
