Technology

At IFAT 2026, Innovation4Waste will present an IoT ecosystem for waste collection designed to improve traceability, monitoring, and operational control.

At IFAT 2026, PICVISA presents a new development cycle focused on plastic, glass and textile sorting, alongside the introduction of the PICVISA metals vertical. The company exhibits system developments and operational case studies, including a digital representation of three industrial plants.

In Linköping, southern Sweden, the municipal utility Tekniska verken has commissioned a new MSW processing plant for mixed municipal and household waste. The facility is designed to increase material recovery and reduce the share of waste directed to thermal treatment.

A new C&D recycling facility in Northern Ireland is scheduled for final commissioning in spring 2026. The plant has been designed, manufactured and installed by Kiverco, while Pellenc ST is supplying the optical sorting technology. The process has been developed with a scalable design to accommodate increasing throughput requirements.

Nextek and Coveris have commissioned a demonstration plant for food-grade film recycling at the ReCover site in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The facility, developed with support from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, has entered full operation and marks the transition from development to industrial validation.

Steinert UniSort and Eggersmann are expanding their cooperation to improve the efficiency of recycling systems. The focus is on NIR sorting performance monitoring, integrated into the Eggersmann ESA app, which analyses sensor data from Steinert UniSort NIR sorting systems in real time and provides operational insights.

Tomra Recycling has introduced the Finder metal recovery platform, a modular system for sorting mixed non-ferrous materials. The system is designed to process input streams such as shredded end-of-life vehicles and electronic scrap. It separates copper and brass fractions, recovers insulated wire, cleans stainless steel and enables the sorting of printed circuit boards from electronic waste.

Steinert MSort has developed an upgrade for existing sorting systems that enables efficient HR glass separation. The solution allows heat-resistant glass and plastics to be removed in a single sorting step alongside ceramics, stones and porcelain (CSP). It is designed for integration into installed machines, including systems that have been in operation for 10 to 15 years.

Eggersmann Anlagenbau GmbH has been appointed exclusive plant manufacturer for the IRRT process developed by proCLIR GmbH. The process is designed for the treatment of incinerator bottom ash and focuses on recovering marketable raw materials at industrial scale.

Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe) to develop sorting and pre-processing infrastructure for post-consumer textile feedstock. The initiative aims to enable the supply of non-rewearable textiles to textile-to-textile recycling at industrial scale.

Sesotec GmbH and WeSort.AI GmbH are expanding their partnership to further develop AI-supported sorting technologies for the recycling industry. The focus is on increasing operational safety and improving process efficiency in waste treatment facilities.