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Packaging manufacturer Coveris has opened a new ReCover plant, located at Coveris’ site in Louth, Lincolnshire (UK), that uses ground-breaking technology to recycle printed polyethylene (PE) films.
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Recyclers call for a Critical Raw Materials Regulation that promotes circularity in Europe
European recyclers warn of a plethora of poorly justified proposed amendments found in ITRE’s draft report on the EU COM proposal on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) published on 26 and 30 May 2023.
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EIT RawMaterials and the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) have released a roadmap that, if followed and given an investment of at least €15bn, could supply many of the EU’s raw materials needs by 2030 and beyond.
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A “huge quantity of metals” – including many designated as “critical” – would be required to meet energy transition objectives and, as a result, security of supply had become a hot topic, explained BIR International Environment Council (IEC) Chairman Olivier François (Galloo) the body’s latest meeting.
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With the introduction of Trinamix Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution at first sorting centres in the Netherlands, Boer Group wants to further enhance the efficiency of identifying and sorting textile material streams.
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Go Champlast is a circular economy project that will produce advanced char from the waste substrate of mushroom cultivation and compostable films to replace current fossil products.
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Sorema has announced the achievement of all qualitative and quantitative parameters at the start-up of the PET post-consumer bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).
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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.
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Emerson is helping HaloSep to optimise its process that turns hazardous incinerator flue gas residue from waste-to-energy plants into usable materials.
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Regulation is required not only to create stability in supply and demand for recycled raw materials but also to assist the further development of the recycling industry, insisted BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Henk Alssema (Vita Plastics) in Amsterdam on May 24.
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Taking the proactive approach to safety was one of the key themes to emerge from the BIR Shredder Committee meeting in Amsterdam on May 23.
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Some 73% of used textiles are still destined for energy recovery or for landfilling, whereas only 1% are recycled in a closed loop.
