Technology
COWI and Viridor complete pre-FEED phase of CCS project
| COWI has completed the pre-FEED stage on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Runcorn.
Novafiber starts up textile recycling and airlay lines from Andritz
| Andritz has delivered, installed, and commissioned a mechanical textile recycling line and an airlay line at Novafiber’s nonwovens production mill in Palín, Guatemala.
New metal sorter from Redwave
| The Redwave RF fine sorting machine can detect and sort a blend of non-ferrous metals starting from a size of 4 mm, to produce products such as pure copper, brass, zinc and precious metal fractions.
Neste completes second series of runs at Porvoo refinery
| Neste has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
Cemex and Regenera Mexico rely on Lindner shredders for RDF production
| In Mexico, waste, including industrial waste, is still frequently disposed of in landfill sites.
Novelis drives decarbonisation in Switzerland
| Novelis and its partners at the research and development laboratory Net Zero Lab Valais, successfully completed the first year of operations, launching key energy projects aimed at enabling scope 1 and 2 carbon-neutral production at Novelis´ Sierre plant in Switzerland.
New Cat 926, 930 and 938 wheel loaders
| The next generation of Cat 926, 930 and 938 Wheel Loaders offer a range of new technologies and features designed to boost productivity by simplifying machine operation.
Recycling wind farms with state-of-the-art technology
| The EoLO-HUBs solution will use and green chemistry processes to recycle composite materials and optimize, through advanced software, the dismantling of wind farms.
Major research project to give electric vehicle batteries a ‘second life’
| Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is part of a £4.5 million research project to establish a process to recycle or reuse electric vehicle batteries to help prevent up to nine million tons of battery waste per year going to landfill.
Tomra opens second test facility in Germany
| Tomra Recycling Sorting opened a second test facility at its headquarters in Germany to meet growing demand for material trials.
Optimise raw material reuse and recovery in electronic products
| A consortium has commenced an ambitious four-year project to create a data platform that will share detailed information on these products.
European textile reuse & recycling industry urges caution on EU interpretation of used textiles...
| The European Environment Agency (EEA) recently published a briefing on EU trends on exports of used textiles.
Europe’s used textiles an increasing waste and export problem
| Discarded textiles in Europe, including used clothing and footwear, are an increasing waste and export problem.
Plastic upcycling to close the carbon cycle
| A new PNNL-developed process produces fuel quickly at mild temperature, with few by-products.
