Europe’s textiles sorting industry in crisis; urgent EU action needed
| The industry responsible for sorting discarded textiles for reuse and recycling is on the brink of collapse across Europe, with urgent alarms ringing from the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.
Aimplas organizes fourth edition of EcoFRam
| Aimplas is organizing the fourth edition of EcoFRam, an event promoted by the French Chemical Society (SCF) that will be held on 22-23 May and sponsored by PINFA and NETZSCH.
New sorting solution for textile recycling
| At IFAT, Redwave wants to launch Redwave Tex, a new sorting solution designed specifically for the textile industry.
New automated bale wire remover from Stadler
| At Ifat, Stadler wants to show the WireX, that fully automates the wire removal process and dewires crosswired bales in one pass.
LIBS sorting system for aluminium alloys
| At IFAT, Steinert will be presenting the Plasmax LIBS, which has been specially designed for sorting aluminium alloys of classes 5xxx and 6xxx in ready-to-melt qualities.
Electrification meets the needs of the future
| Tana Oy wants to exhibit two new electric shredders at IFAT, one of which will be the TANA Shark 440E.
Joint venture for electric vehicle battery recycling in Poland
| Elemental Strategic Metals and Ascend Elements have announced the formation of AE Elemental, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland.
Commissioning of the largest LWP Sorting Plant in Denmark
| Eggersmann Anlagenbau has completed the largest plant for processing lightweight packaging waste (LWP) in Denmark for the waste disposal service provider ReSource Denmark Aps.
New recycling technologies for European aluminium
| The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is leading the EU project RecAL, which focuses on sustainability, the circular economy and resource efficiency in the aluminium industry.
Recycled PET for Coca-Cola’s first 100 % rPET bottles in Indonesia
| The Indonesian plastics recycler Amandina Bumi Nusantara produces the rPET for Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and Sprite Waterlymon bottles on two recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling systems from Starlinger.
Report: An EU regulatory framework for a low carbon material economy
| Eunomia’s latest report recommends the replacement of the Waste Framework Directive with a Materials Framework Directive, and the establishment of EU-level powers on environmental taxation.
PET on the road to circularity, but disparities are creating potholes
| 2022 was an unprecedented year for the PET and rPET value chains, as shown in the latest report.
New food waste grinder XRL26
| Focused on improving the waste-handling capabilities of the food industry, animal processing, and related waste-handling facilities, Vogelsang USA is bringing its largest format grinding system, the RedUnit XRL260, to North America.
Recovery of raw materials such as lithium and gold by recycling electrical and electronic...
| The RECRITIC Project aims to find the best recycling methods for recovering metals from mobile phone batteries and discarded motherboards, and to use these materials for new technological applications.
Westeria: New generation air separator
| At IFAT, Westeria will be presenting the AirStar evolution air separator, which has been developed from scratch, to the public for the first time.
