Technology
New study: Clothing reuse has a 70 times lower environmental impact
| A new life-cycle assessment (LCA) commissioned by the European textile reuse and recycling industry has confirmed the significant CO2 and water savings of reusing textiles compared to producing new clothing.
Stadler shares its vision of the recycling industry
| Stadler’s strategic objectives for 2023 remain focused on anticipating the changing needs, developing solutions to address new requirements as they arise, consistently delivering added value for its customers.
Quick-change mixed waste processing
| Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center efficiently sorts both MSW and single stream using the same circuit with Tomra Autosort units to successfully reduce landfilling
“Forum Plastic Recyclates” to take place on March 29 and 30
| The fifth “Forum Plastic Recyclates” event to be held on March 29 and 30, 2023 focuses again on the field of mechanical recycling with topics such as the “recycling market and recycling standards”, “improved quality thanks to additives” and “applications for recycled plastics”.
New Bobcat L85 wheel loader for paper recycling
| Since the beginning of the 1940s, the Rua family business in Spain has been dedicated to the management and recovery of paper and cardboard, later expanding the activity to plastics, metals, wood, and other industrial waste.
Recycled glass and road safety
| Redwave supplies a new processing plant for the production of premium reflective glass beads.
EU REPurpose project on safe and sustainable design of elastomeric plastics from recycling of...
| REPurpose aims at developing and validating the production of a platform of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design, additive-free thermoplastic elastomer prototypes for consumer goods, automotive and building applications.
Aimplas produces plastic film from coffee waste
| The research project is part of WaysTUP!, a European project that seeks to convert urban biowaste into food additives, condiments, insect protein, bioethanol, biosolvents and bioplastic for packaging.
Horizon 2020: Portable robotic Materials Recovery Facility
| The RECLAIM project will combine recycling processing mechanical equipment and AI-powered robotic sorters in a container box which can be easily transported where needed and be ready for operation within a few hours.
Renewcell applies new textile fiber preparation system using Andritz ADuro technology
| Renewcell has produced its first fiber material with the ADuro textile fiber preparation system from Andritz at its new site in Sundsvall, Sweden.
Stadler: Light packaging sorting plant for TBM in Japan
| Stadler has designed the facility to automatically sort light plastic packaging and Limex, a limestone-based material developed and produced by TBM.
First commercially available plastic pellet from 100 per cent recycled ocean plastics
| Ocean Legacy has announced that they have produced the first commercially available plastic pellet in North America, called Legacy Plastic.
Recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets
| RecyOuest, France, has started up the world's first recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets at its mill in Argentan.
Most plastic consumption in Europe lacks direct policy targets and data
| Plastics are used across Europe in everything from construction materials to consumer products.
