Technology

UBQ Materials has patented the world’s first thermoplastic material consisting entirely of unsorted household waste, including organics.

A project that will develop an AI-powered battery detection system utilising data from x-ray detectors and pick-and-place robots has commenced on the 1 September.

At this year’s K trade fair, the company has introduced a further step in plastics processing.

With e-waste continuing to be the fastest growing waste stream in the world, Tomra Recycling’s Segment Manager for Metal Recycling, Terence Keyworth, looks at the ways in which the latest advances in sensor-based sorting can provide new opportunities for e-scrap recyclers.

In the second quarter of 2022, EU economy greenhouse gas emissions totalled 905 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 3% increase compared with the same quarter of 2021.

At the end of October, probably the largest bag opener in the world went into operation in Chavelot.

Andritz delivered, installed, and commissioned a full textile recycling line for Renaissance Textile in Laval, France.

Urgent action is needed to reduce material use in key industries to avoid unprecedented climate change, according to new research by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) and Eunomia Research & Consulting.

The EU-funded CIMPA project united experts from across the European recycling value chain to tackle the mounting challenge of managing the more than 2.6 million tonnes of multilayer plastic films that are incinerated or landfilled.

New investment to support modernization and scaling of waste infrastructure to improve the economics and efficiency of recycling.

Just like humans, wastewater treatment plants can get sick, due to viral attacks.