Market

Recent survey by DNV and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) reveals that circular economy is rising on corporate agendas across geographies.

Waste management is currently one of the main challenges faced by the African recycled polymer supply chain.

Weibold Academy article series discusses periodically the practical developments and scientific research findings in the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling and pyrolysis industry. One of the goals is to give entrepreneurs in this industry, project initiators, investors and the public, a better insight into a rapidly growing circular economy. At the same time, this article series should also be a stimulus for discussion.

Construction materials supplier GRS has secured an exclusive deal to bring to market millions of tonnes of granite arising from British tungsten mining for use as sustainable construction aggregate.

In the province of Latina, a scrap recycler supplies a nearby foundry with recycled aluminum that has been sorted by Tomra’s machines to produce a green billet with 85% recycled content.

In the age of consumerism, our homes and lives are filled with countless products, utilities, and gadgets. However, fast-changing styles and rapidly progressive upgrades mean that not too long after products are out of the box, they become out of fashion or redundant.

MikaCycle has launched the new version of their digital, recycled–plastics marketplace featuring the option for product sampling and a premium subscription option for exclusive content and additional benefits such as increased supplier information and unlimited messaging and trading.

The market analysis conducted as part of the BBI-funded CAFIPLA project, which is developing a new technology for obtaining biobased chemicals and products from biowaste, shows high potential for four customized biobased products in the initial economic assessment.

An Untha shredder is now in operation in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, as precision manufacturer Linda Tool gears up for further growth.

Swedish Plastic Recycling (Svensk Plaståtervinning) is investing in building the world’s largest and most modern facility for plastic recycling, Site Zero.

Starlinger viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger, has developed a new material to make packaging for dairy and hot-fill products fully recyclable.