Rubber recycling from tyres had been rendered difficult in the past because of competition from virgin, but technological advances now meant that "the momentum is really changing", insisted BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee Chairman Max Craipeau (Greencore) in his introductory remarks in Amsterdam on May 24.
In view of starting trialogue negotiations on the Waste Shipment Regulation, EuRIC recalls main messages for achieving coherence between the Waste Shipment Regulation and the future Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
During the study, 12 methods were analysed for six different biocomposites. Solvolysis and pyrolysis were the two most promising alternatives tested in large-scale production at a pilot plant.
Kimberly-Clark Professional has expanded The RightCycle Programme to the Netherlands and Switzerland.
A new report by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) demonstrates how Material Recovery and Biological Treatment (MRBT) systems are a cost-effective approach to treat (leftover) mixed waste.
The energy recovery industry in the UK will play a major part in producing much-needed energy in the future.
The Redwave RF fine sorting machine can detect and sort a blend of non-ferrous metals starting from a size of 4 mm, to produce products such as pure copper, brass, zinc and precious metal fractions.
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has called on the UK Government to provide additional support to address the rapidly expanding skills and labour shortage in the sector and help grow the green economy.
Today, the Commission proposes a comprehensive set of actions to ensure the EU's access to a secure, diversified, affordable and sustainable supply of critical raw materials.
Sorema has announced that a new recycling plant for post-consumer PET bottles has been installed in the Democratic Republic of Congo at OK Plast factory, in cooperation with Starlinger.
Despite some notably positive adjustments to the European Commission's Waste Shipment proposal, this far-reaching legislation continues to pose fundamental threats to European recyclers and Europe's burgeoning circular economy.
The Kenyan National Waste Pickers Association and the IAWP will host a march to raise the visibility of thousands of waste picker families around the world.
Redwave has launched the new sensor based Redwave CX Coin Sorter, a sorting system for recovering coins from industrial waste incineration (IWI) slag and automotive scrap.
The unpalatable fact is the UK still produces too much waste, and we don't recycle enough of it. Currently, in the UK, we're falling short of our 2050 target to prepare 65% of municipal waste for re-use and recycling, and plastic packaging is an important part of this story. As of 2021, the UK has
With a large majority, the European Parliament adopted yesterday its position on the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) revision. It includes improvements on intra EU shipments but maintains tight rules on waste exports to the industry's concern.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste.
The IERC 2023 Congress will be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 18 to 20, 2023.
Stadler has designed the facility to automatically sort light plastic packaging and Limex, a limestone-based material developed and produced by TBM.
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.
At the end of October, probably the largest bag opener in the world went into operation in Chavelot.
