Technology

ReSource Waste Services has significantly increased non-ferrous metal recovery at its construction and demolition waste facilities in New England through the deployment of eddy current separators from Steinert. The company now operates six units across five sites. One of the machines has been in continuous operation for nine years without major maintenance.

Stadler has completed the reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord (SKN) lightweight packaging plant in Bremen, Germany. The facility, operated as a joint venture between Nehlsen AG and PreZero Recycling Deutschland GmbH, has resumed operations following two fire incidents in 2022 that damaged substantial parts of the installation. The rebuilt plant was commissioned in early 2025.

Nordhordland og Gulen Interkommunale Renovasjonsselskap IKS, through NGIR Næring AS, has awarded an EPC contract to Nordic Bulk AS for the delivery of a wash plant for contaminated soil and construction and demolition waste. The plant, engineered by CDE, is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Keeping materials flowing through the recycling process should be a given, but there are always points in any processing plant where materials need to be gathered, stored and funnelled into the next stage of production. Here, even well-designed systems can succumb to the problem of materials and residues adhering to the inside walls of process containers.

Fashion for Good has launched Stretching Circularity, a collaborative project aimed at accelerating the adoption of bio-based and recycled elastane compatible with circular textile systems. The initiative focuses on validating lower-impact elastane alternatives through pilot-scale testing and demonstrator garments in order to address technical barriers to fibre-to-fibre recycling.

Specim, a Konica Minolta company, has introduced the Specim FX19, a high-speed push-broom hyperspectral camera for the near- and shortwave infrared spectral range from 1130 to 1920 nanometres.

In industrial plastic recycling and extrusion, system efficiency, thermal management and drive reliability are essential for stable continuous operation. FAE SRL, a supplier of electrical control panels and automation systems for OEMs in the plastics sector in Italy and Switzerland, required a drive solution capable of high power density and straightforward integration into modern control environments.

A new technical study by Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (SSV) examines the recycling performance of opaque glass packaging in Europe and provides data on its detectability in current optical sorting systems.

As one of Germany’s largest scrap dealers, Schrott Wetzel has been active in the recycling industry for several decades. At its Mannheim site, the company has reached a further stage in the development of its operational infrastructure.

Stadler has completed the modernization of the BZB light packaging sorting plant in Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia, Spain, upgrading the facility originally commissioned in 2002.

Feeding, sorting and dismantling are core processes in scrap recycling operations. At Kovosrot Group in Prague, these tasks are carried out using a Sennebogen 830 G material handler, which is deployed across a wide range of applications in the company’s scrap and metal recycling yard.