Technology

In a circular economy, the aim is to avoid waste, reuse products and recover resources.

Black Country SME Alphadrive Engineering Services is working with Aston Business School to help customers embrace the sustainability agenda.

The EuRIC Brochure presents key facts about end-of-life (ELT) mechanical tyre recycling, which is a major enabler of circularity and climate mitigation for the entire tyre value chain.

Meldgaard Recycling is sending a mobile plant to Portugal to process 30.000 tons of incinerator bottom ash (IBA).

Zero Waste Europe and Reloop, in partnership with the University of Utrecht, have released a report showing that reusable packaging – such as bottles, crates, jars, and others – produce far fewer carbon emissions than their single-use counterparts.

In collaboration with companies in the sector, AIMPLAS and ITC are applying eco-design criteria to produce reusable containers, as well as a new recycling system for managing waste when the container reaches the end of its useful life.

Starlinger viscotec, PET-MAN and the dairy pro- ducer Biohof Zauner developed the first white yoghurt cup made from 100% rPET, which can be recycled after use and made into a yoghurt cup again.

The PrintCYC initiative wants to offer cost-effective solutions for a circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films. The process promises significant improvement of recycling by a PU based ink system.

Mexico is one of the world’s ten biggest producers of Municipal Solid Waste on account of its vast size and large population.

Thanks to steady improvements in emission reductions and renewables uptake, the European Union is likely to achieve two of its three 2020 climate and energy targets, namely reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting renewable energy, according to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) Trends and Projections report.

The first phase of a brand new, state-of-the-art waste management facility for Tangiers has been inaugurated.