Tomra calls for closing the loop on plastics and beyond

| Tomra demands that political framework, bold decisions and smart investments in collecting, sorting and recycling should be used to improve circularity across all material streams and to overcome today’s supply chain bottlenecks.

Liebherr presents two new wheel loaders

| At IFAT, Liebherr is exhibiting machines specially designed for operation in the waste management industry and in recycling.
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EEA: EU’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to drop

| The European Union continued to record substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions in 2020, posting an 11% drop compared to 2019, according to the latest official data published today by the European Environment Agency.

Geminor: UK secondary fuels export will stabilize in 2022

| Europe’s biggest export market for RDF and SRF reported more than 135 000 tonnes recovered overseas in March.
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AMP Robotics continues European expansion

| AMP Robotics Corp continues to expand its presence in Europe to meet the demand for its AI and automation solutions and provide dedicated local support and service for the market.

IFAT: Saving energy with progressing cavity pumps

| At IFAT, Netzsch is presenting a new system for its progressing cavity pumps: XLC-Select is designed to automatically adjust the pump's stator, reducing energy consumption by up to 30 percent.

BIR: Strong criticism of EU plans on waste shipments

| At the annual convention of the Bureau of International Recycling, all divisions criticized the EU Commission's plans for greater regulation of waste shipments: Restricting trade would endanger businesses and recycling.

VinylPlus exceeds 810,000 tonnes of PVC recycling

| VinylPlus announced today the results of the first year of its 2030 Commitment at the 10th VinylPlus Sustainability Forum (#VSF2022).

France setting the pace for PET chemical recycling in Europe

| France is continuing to lead the way in the development of the polyethylene terephthalate chemical recycling industry in Europe, with a spate of new facility announcements set to build out capacity in the country.

Project reduces CO2 emissions in the manufacture of new plastic products

| The LIFE CIRC-ELV Project has developed a new process to manage end-of-life vehicles to recover bumpers and fuel tanks, recycle the materials and use them to manufacture pipes and new parts for vehicles.

Tomra: Closing the loop on aluminum

| Tom Eng, Head of Tomra Recycling, held a presentation entitled “Closing the loop on aluminum – challenges and opportunities” at BIR World Recycling Convention in Barcelona on May 23rd.

Global free, fair & sustainable recovered paper trade is crucial for recycling industry

| The recycling industry collects and recovers paper waste into standardized quality grade recovered paper in line with the European standard EN 643 on a daily basis.

Recycling magnets from e-motors, generators and hard disk drives

| Neodymium-iron-boron-based (NdFeB) permanent magnets (PMs) are indispensable for today’s technology-driven society – and their importance is likely to increase.

TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on plastics recycling

| TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy today announced a commercial agreement under which New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas to transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock that TotalEnergies will partly purchase and convert into virgin-quality polymers, which can be used for food-grade packaging.

IFAT: Steinert.view for real-time data visualisation

| Steinert.view is a flexible and reliable monitoring solution for STEINERT sensor-based sorting machines.