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According to the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment the recycling rate for beverage cartons in the EU28 rose to 51% in 2019.

When shredders have to work long and hard, Vecoplan relies on its proven HiTorc direct drive.

Andritz has opened a new, state-of-the-art test and research center for the recycling industry in St. Michael, Upper Styria, Austria.

Vecoplan’s new VRZ shredder stands out in particular due to its rotor: Instead of conventional cutting tools, this unit is equipped with sickle-shaped ripper teeth.

Reconomy has signed an agreement to acquire the Noventiz Group of Companies, from German PE house SEAFORT Advisors taking the first step into the international market.

Improved economic stability in both developed and emerging nations has propelled the growth of residential and commercial sectors

Swiss-based circular economy pioneer Eberhard has made a major investment into a new recycling plant of 200 tons per hour that will convert mixed construction waste into valuable secondary raw materials as of fall 2021.

Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU).

For its solvent-based plastic recycling process Newcycling, APK AG is relying on the ZSK extruder technology and technical process expertise from Coperion. Using the Newcycling process, multi-polymer and multi-layer plastic packaging, that previously could not be recycled, can now be separated and processed into homogeneous regrind using ZSK twin screw extruders.

Following the installation of seven of Tomra’s recently launched latest generation Autosort units at its paper sorting plant in Knetzgau, Germany, Koppitz has not only increased the plant’s capacity, but is also achieving higher purity levels of recovered paper fractions than ever before.

E-waste is one of the biggest problems in terms of waste streams. There are various reasons for that. One perhaps not too often considered is the problem of IT equipment from companies and organisations