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Five innovative future recycling strategies that could save our earth
| The climate crisis is becoming even more of a talking point among businesses and consumers, with recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showing that around 64% of adults in Great Britain have been worried about how climate change is impacting the planet.
Tanrıkulu enters PET bottle-to-bottle market
| The plastics recycling company based near Istanbul, Türkiye, commissioned its new Starlinger Recostar PET 215 iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling system in the last quarter of 2023.
SA Recycling relies on Steinert sensor sorting technology
| SA Recycling processes 6 million metric tons of residential and commercial scrap metal every year at more than 140 sites.
EU exported 32 million tonnes of waste in 2022
| This was a slight decrease of 3% compared with 2021. Imports of waste from non-EU countries decreased by 5% since 2021, amounting to 18.7 million tonnes.
Efficient cable recycling at Loacker
| Loacker Recycling based in Wonfurt, Germany, is part of the Loacker Recycling GmbH family business headquartered in Götzis, Austria, and specialises in waste cable recycling.
Heraeus Precious Metals enters hydrogen business
| Heraeus Precious Metals has announced the establishment of a new dedicated Business Line, Hydrogen Systems, effective 1 January 2024.
Geminor launches new waste treatment company for the offshore industry
| Geminor and its partners are now establishing Risavika Gjenvinning, a company that will develop new technology solutions for the treatment and recovery of waste from the petroleum industry.
EU economy emissions in 2022: down 22% since 2008
| In 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by economic activities of EU resident units stood at 3.6 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2-eq), indicating a 22% decrease compared with 2008.
Neste doubled the amount of waste plastic processed during 2023
| In its efforts to scale-up chemical recycling, Neste has successfully concluded another series of industrial-scale processing runs with increasing volumes of liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
Geminor France sends first shipment of RDF to Germany
| Germinor’s first stream of Refuse-derived Fuel from France to Germany opened this month.
ICIS: Cautiously optimistic future for plastics circularity
| The circular economy has been one of the most powerful megatrends affecting the plastics industry over the last few years and is widely anticipated to keep building momentum in the future.
Material cleaning with state-of-the-art sorting technology
| Austrian recycling experts have joined forces for the consistent recycling of PET.
APEAL regrets lack of support for recyclability shown by European Council
| APEAL regrets a lack of ambition regarding recyclability measures in the European Council’s General Approach to Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
EUBP unveils the results of the 2023 Market Data Report
| Main findings show that after a period of stagnation, the overall plastic production is picking up again.
