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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.

The winners will be announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in May.

In the second quarter of 2022, EU economy greenhouse gas emissions totalled 905 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 3% increase compared with the same quarter of 2021.

At the end of October, probably the largest bag opener in the world went into operation in Chavelot.

The aim of the DRS is to help the country increase recycling rates while also bringing about a cultural change.

Andritz delivered, installed, and commissioned a full textile recycling line for Renaissance Textile in Laval, France.

With the occasion of the last Basel Convention e-waste amendments and the ongoing discussion about their integration into the OECD Decision, FEAD and EERA consider it crucial to bring the need for clear and efficient shipment rules to the negotiation table.

The EU-funded CIMPA project united experts from across the European recycling value chain to tackle the mounting challenge of managing the more than 2.6 million tonnes of multilayer plastic films that are incinerated or landfilled.

New investment to support modernization and scaling of waste infrastructure to improve the economics and efficiency of recycling.

In 2020, the total waste generated in the EU by all economic activities and households amounted to 2,151 million tonnes or 4,808 kilograms per capita.