How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled
| Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide.
How the fashion industry is tackling waste
| It’s estimated that around 100 billion new garments are produced globally every year, which is 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, making the fashion industry one of the largest contributors to waste in the world.
New quality levels for ferrous concentrates
| The new UMP Multipol permanent magnet from Steinert features alternating magnetic poles, enabling it to improve the quality of ferrous concentrates and effectively remove impurities.
CIWM white paper calls for reform to UK battery recycling
| Following the publication of its ‘An EPR of Everything, Starting with Batteries’ white paper, CIWM has called for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for batteries (and products containing batteries) and a targeted deposit return scheme (DRS).
Living in a plastic world: tackling the plastic pollution problem
| Plastic pollution has emerged as one of our most pressing environmental issues with the increasing use of disposable plastics.
Sort4Circle: C02-efficient technology
| Pforzheim University and Polysecure want to jointly develop a new sorting technology for the recycling of plastics and other materials.
Novelis doubles capacity to recycle used beverage cans in UK
| Novelis has announced it is investing approximately $90 million to increase recycling capacity for used beverage cans (UBCs) at its plant in Latchford, UK.
Incineration bottom ash add-on for Steinert non-ferrous metals separators
| Steinert Splitcontrol, the latest add-on for Steinert eddy current separators, optimises the sorting quality of incineration bottom ash and additional fine-grain applications.
Liebherr plans additional production site in Wildon
| Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH is planning to expand its production capacity by building an additional manufacturing plant for small wheel loaders in Wildon, Styria.
RecyClass finetunes Design for Recycling Guidelines
| A new version of the Design for Recycling Guidelines for all plastic packaging streams was released by RecyClass.
Ferrous slag-based products replace 44 million tons of natural rock
| In 2023, 35.8 million tons of ferrous slag were produced in the European Union and Great Britain.
Environmental tax revenue shows slight decline in 2022
| In 2022, environmental tax revenue in the EU amounted to €317.2 billion (2.0% of the EU’s GDP) compared with €330.2 billion recorded in 2021, indicating a 4% decrease (-€13 billion).
AI enhanced in-mold monitoring improves part quality for products with recycled plastics
| A new industry consortium called Avidens focuses on real-time detection of anomalies during the molding process, allowing in-line adjustments.
New vice-chairman for VinylPlus
| The General Assembly of VinylPlus has unanimously elected Carsten Heuer, Chief Executive Officer of REHAU Windows Solutions, as the new vice-chairman for the next two years as from May 22, 2024.
Appointment of a new Chair of BIR’s International Trade Council
| BIR President Susie Burrage OBE has appointed Emmanuel Katrakis as the new Chair of the organization’s International Trade Council.
