Technology

With a progressive approach to waste management, material recovery and green energy, the Vanheede Environment Group in Bel-gium makes an important contribution to the circular economy. 98.4% of the waste collected is already recycled or used for useful applications – a proportion that Vanheede is constantly increasing through continuous investment.

A growing fleet of Steinert sorting equipment has allowed Mid-Atlantic region recycling firm Conservit to upgrade material and expand its service menu.

Cometfer is an Italian company in the scrap sector, supplying more than 500 companies, workshops and industrial units.

It defies the ravages of time again and again and celebrates an almost endless comeback – the record. A traditional company from Haarlem is partly responsible for the previous peak in the seventies, as well as for the modern boom: Record Industry.

The European Food Safety Authority EFSA confirms the compliance of the decontamination performance of the Recostar PET art recycling process from Starlinger in a positive “Scientific Opinion” based on the new regulation in force since 2022.

The first machines in Doppstadt’s new Core Shredder Line series are now available internationally. Further developments are already being planned to expand the product line.

Most conveyors experience some degree of material loss due to spillage, leakage, dust, and carryback, collectively known as fugitive materials. This loss can range from 3% in poorly operated and maintained systems to less than 0.1% in world-class operations. Although fugitive materials cannot be completely eliminated from bulk material handling conveyors, the issue can be effectively managed, leading to cleaner, safer and more productive operations.

K 2025 sees Erema launch the Agglorema generation of machines, a new recycling system specially developed for processing heavily contaminated post-consumer waste.

Detecting wear on key components at an early stage minimises the risk of unscheduled downtime in plastics recycling. Erema’s PredictOn solutions enable predictive maintenance based on current process data in real time.

Bernhard is the first of four new recycling furnaces with which Speira is upgrading the plants in Grevenbroich and Töging, replacing ageing units with state-of-the-art systems.

At K 2025, EREMA expands its portfolio to include high-performance twin-screw extruder technol-ogy. With the new TwinPro, the company combines the advantages of a twin-screw extruder with the proven strengths of its Preconditioning Unit (PCU) to be used for specific recycling applications.