Technology
“We need to talk about this topic without any fear”
| FEAD hosted yesterday a conference on PFAS in the waste sector to analyse the impact of a potential ban.
Tomra presents new Innosort Flake
| Its enhanced features enable simultaneous flake sorting by polymer, colour and transparency, achieving unmatched quality even from highly contaminated inputs.
Aimplas’ social impact in 2022 was quantified at €665 million
| For the fourth consecutive year, Aimplas presented its sustainability report, prepared in accordance with GRI standards, in which it takes stock of its activity in 2022 based on ESG criteria and renews its commitment to the ten principles of the UN Global Compact and the SDGs.
New report points out limitations of pyrolysis
| A new report released today has criticised a so-called “miraculous” method of plastic waste management that has been shown to be misleading in its efficacy.
Europe’s third-largest panelboard uses Tomra’s wood sorting technology
| The third-largest panelboard producer in Europe is equipped with Tomra Recycling Sorting’s latest X-ray transmission and deep learning-based wood sorting solutions.
Aimplas develops food and cosmetic packaging products from ocean by-products
| EcoeFISHent promotes a demonstrable and replicable cluster implementing systemic solutions through multilevel circular value chains for eco-efficient valorization of fishing and fish industries side-streams.
Aimplas turns poultry feather waste into sustainable foams suitable for hydroponic crop systems
| This is just one of the developments made within the European Unlock project to boost the sustainable circular bioeconomy for rural development in Europe by creating new agricultural applications for feather keratin.
Report calls for EU-Wide moratorium on waste incinerators
| The EU has a surplus in waste incineration capacities and a moratorium on new incinerators must be considered, urges a new report by the environmental network Zero Waste Europe.
RDF exporters call for level playing field
| The RDF Industry Group has called for the UK government to commit to putting fiscal measures in place to ensure that, under incoming emissions rules in the UK, RDF Exports are subject to equivalent carbon costs to those that will be paid by UK incinerator operators.
Aimplas to hold second edition of international seminar on plastics recycling
| For two days, Aimplas will analyse the challenges and opportunities facing the plastics recycling sector at the second edition of its international meeting with the support of nearly twenty sponsors, media partners and collaborating companies.
A broad range of advanced recycling technologies keeps carbon in the loop
| Following its successful premiere in 2022, the Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 will present the broad range of advanced recycling solutions from extrusion, dissolution, solvolysis, enzymolysis, pyrolysis, thermal depolymerisation, gasification, to pre- and post-treatment, upgrading, and reactive extrusion on November 28 and 29 in Cologne.
Circular Propylene Glycol solutions
| Dow announces launch of reduced carbon, bio-based, and circular Propylene Glycol solutions to support more sustainable offerings for propylene glycol applications.
Growth and focus on electrification
| 71 years of handling and crane technology: at this year's in-house exhibition from September 19 to 22 at the company's headquarters in Straubing, Sennebogen will showcase new technological developments and investments in new and existing sites.
AI-based sorting technologies create new cycles
| Steinert and RE Plano, a subsidiary of the Remondis Group, have joined forces to establish a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Bochum.
