Michael Brunn
Chefredakteur
Third International E-Waste Day focuses on education to raise awareness
More than 100 organisations from 50 countries worldwide will take part in the third International E-Waste Day taking place on 14th October.
BIR continuing to operate and innovate on all fronts amid turbulent times
"Visible and vigorous leadership" was essential in helping the recycling industry to navigate the "unprecedented" business conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, insisted Michael Lion of Everwell Resources Ltd, Chairman of BIR's International Trade Council, in introducing a Spotlight session based around personable but wide-ranging and informative conversations with two of the world recycling association's leading lights.
Milliken's clarifying agent for PP containers tested by RecyClass
'Millad® NXT 8000' technology is fully compatible with the polypropylene (PP) recycling processes in Europe and poses no recyclability issues, according to the findings of an independent laboratory testing.
Burkasan uses Tomra's sorting technology to recycle HDPE bottles
The plant equipped with Tomra's Autosort and Autosort Flake is capable of sorting 5 tons of waste per hour, including PET, HDPE, PP, enabling them to be brought back in the loop and the economy for further usage.
Sustainable finance should include waste-to-energy
This week, the newly established Platform on Sustainable Finance will start its work and advise the European Commission with the development of technical screening criteria for sustainable economic activities.
WEEE the changemaker
At the end of August, B K Soni, Chairman & MD Eco Recycling Ltd, spoke at the 26th annual meeting of the company.
Preparing for Zero Waste Return
As part of a refined recycling system, the Scotish parliament has voted in favour of a deposit return scheme, set to be introduced in July 2022.
FEAD : Legal study on waste-to-energy under the taxonomy regulation
FEAD has commissioned a legal study of the EU Sustainable Investment Regulation with regards to the question of whether waste incineration for energy recovery (Waste-to-Energy, WtE), fulfilling R1 energy recovery criteria, can be considered an environmentally sustainable economic activity.
New joystick steering tested in waste handling environment
Finning UK & Ireland and Veolia are trialing two Cat 950M Wheel loaders with joystick steering at Veolia's recycling depot in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
The tech industry and recycling: The need-to-knows
The tech industry holds the trump card when it comes to innovation surrounding recycling —considering they are, in fact, the innovators.