Technology
REMEDIES project wants to collect 400 tons of microplastics
| The REMEDIES project, funded by the European Union with almost eight million euros, seeks to create a new sustainable model to curb the impact of microplastics in 8 Mediterranean areas, through the design of advanced systems to monitor, collect, recycle and transform the extracted waste into new products.
New method for converting marine plastic waste into aquaculture products
| The ÑCostas Project will make it possible to reuse plastic material recovered from the sea and waste from the aquaculture industry to make walkways and platforms for fish farms, port protection products, flotation tubes, and nets and mesh for reinforcement, among other products.
Scaling up good practices can boost sustainability of plastics
| Plastics have many useful applications, but the global production and consumption trends of these materials are currently unsustainable.
Coin recovery from industrial waste, incineration and automotive scrap
| Redwave has launched the new sensor based Redwave CX Coin Sorter, a sorting system for recovering coins from industrial waste incineration (IWI) slag and automotive scrap.
Closing the loop in a circular plastics economy
| The 4th Go Circular Business Summit will take place in Rotterdam on 19 and 20 April 2023, with the support of Braskem as leading partner and the Port of Rotterdam as site visit partner.
Chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste
| Neste, Uponor, Wastewise and Borealis have successfully produced cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes using feedstock derived from chemically recycled post-industrial plastic waste from PEX pipe production.
Dutch Environment Minister to deliver keynote speech at PRSE conference
| Vivianne Heijnen, Minister for the Environment in the Dutch Government, will be the keynote speaker at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe conference, which takes place on 10-11 May 2023 at the RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Markets for many commonly recycled materials struggle in the EU
| According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published today, from the eight most common recyclables, only aluminium, paper and glass have well-functioning secondary markets.
New European project to provide blueprint for reducing textile waste by 80%.
| The tExtended project will present an approach to textile waste recycling by developing a knowledge-based master plan for optimised recycling of discarded textiles.
RecyClass revises recycling guidelines & testing protocols
| The latest scientific findings on existing and new packaging features, together with state-of-the-art recycling technologies, are at the heart of the update of both the RecyClass Design for Recycling Guidelines and the Recyclability Evaluation Protocols.
New study: Energy efficiency of EU waste incinerators appallingly low
| A new study published today by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) shows that the efficiency of electricity generation from existing EU waste incineration facilities is appallingly low.
More efforts needed to address land sources of marine litter
| Amid a rise in plastic waste, more must be done across Europe to tackle the root causes of marine litter at its source to prevent the waste from polluting in-land rivers and making its way to our coastlines and seas, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) web report published today.
ZWE biomonitoring report alerts of high level of dioxins around 3 European incinerators
| The report published today by Zero Waste Europe on biomonitoring research on waste incinerator emissions in three countries – Spain, Czech Republic and Lithuania – found high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) near incinerators.
PUReSmart project:Smart Recycling of Polyurethane
| The PUReSmart project, supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 Program, has pursued the ambition to develop technologies for EoL treatments, including a mix of chemical and mechanical recycling.
