Technology

The findings of an independent laboratory testing of ‘EcoLam High Plus’ technology show it is consistent with recycling.

Six partners from Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Portugal and Sweden have launched the OptiWaMag project – “Optimization of waste management in urban spaces and in households”.

With landfills swelling and the ocean suffering, it has become easy to find one area to blame. Plastic has become the new target, alongside many years fossil fuel usage being highlighted as another culprit. But how accurate is this sour sentiment towards plastic?

As part of a joint effort with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), Verdex Technologies has developed innovative technology that can take recycled PET carpet (and bottles) and turn them into an array of nonwoven products such as apparel, filtration and acoustical products to name a few.

Twenty innovation projects have joined forces to boost European Union efforts towards a circular economy for plastics.

Increasing the aluminium purity and handling the specifically defined alloy concentrations in a targeted manner are becoming increasingly important when processing varied scrap aluminium.

Chemical Recycling Europe (ChemRecEurope) welcomes Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) assessment of the potential of chemical recycling to complement mechanical recycling and to overcome its limitations, as much in the plastic waste treated as well as in the high-quality of the output.

PureCycle Technologies has announced that it has successfully completed purified waste carpet from its Feedstock Evaluation Unit (FEU), transforming discarded carpet into clear, odorless, ultra-pure polypropylene (UPRP) resin through its proprietary plastics recycling technology, developed and invented by Procter & Gamble.

Extending the lifespan of smartphones and other electronics by just one year would save the EU as much carbon emissions as taking 2 million cars off the roads annually, a new study reveals.

Tomra Sorting Recycling has launched a new machine, the X-TRACT X6 FINES, for the high-purity sorting of mixed non-ferrous metal fractions at Aluminum USA.

South Australia has embraced the circular economy with a state-wide ban of single-use plastics, a commitment to renewable energy and a roster of reputable companies driving reuse.