Issue 05/2024

Dear readers, “Zero waste design” and the circular economy are the buzzwords of our time. But what exactly is behind them and how far have we come as a society and as an economy in implementing this...

The French wood processing company C2R faced a big challenge: to make production as profitable as possible, the company processes products of inconsistent quality. The problem was that the machines...

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order to supply a dry fiberboard recycling line to Sonae Arauco’s mill in Mangualde/Portugal. Start-up of the fiberboard recycling line is...

Product manufacturers have a major role to play in the success of recycling. Both TOMRA and Henkel recognize this and are working together to test the consumer-goods producer’s packaging for...

Handling machines are indispensable in the recycling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This is no different at the scrap metal company Van den Brouck-De Sutter in Ninove. The company has invested in...

After more than a decade on the market, the Eriez® Shred1™ Ballistic Separator is continuing to revolutionize the recycling industry. By delivering premium, low-copper shred, the Shred1 enables scrap...

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe is taking part for the first time at ECOMONDO, the international trade fair for recycling and environmental technologies (Hall C3, Stand 510). The Japanese...

This year‘s IFAT Munich provided the perfect stage for IFE Aufbereitungstechnik GmbH to introduce their new product line i-STEP. This innovative platform cleverly combines sensors with machine data...

PET and hollow plastic bottles have been sorted at Müller Recycling AG in Frauenfeld for over 30 years. The two sorting systems from 2004 and 2015 are currently being converted and supplemented with...

Coperion’s new ZSK FilCo simplifies post-consumer waste recycling by combining filtration and compounding in one single production step, leading to higher energy efficiency and significantly reduced...

STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH, the globally active German company specialising in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, has designed and built a state-of-the-art...

The potential of increasing the sorting of plastic waste is enormous with a yearly production of about 400 million tons of plastic waste worldwide and only 10 % of the plastic waste being recycled....

Fort Worth-based Service Waste has halved its landfill costs, tripled throughputs, and boosted operator efficiency by 50 %, with the investment in a new UNTHA XR3000C stationary shredder.

“Zero waste design” is a creative approach for sustainable practices to avoid waste as far as possible or reduce it to a minimum. Essentially, this sounds like an excellent idea, but apparently there...

Sutco RecyclingTechnik GmbH launches the latest model series of its proven WENDELIN composting system, setting new standards in the efficient and sustainable treatment of biological waste. In view of...

Biogas is a success story: 9000 biogas plants in Germany currently cover around 4.5 % of the national electricity demand and make a significant contribution to the energy transition. Another benefit...

Whether working in a biogas plant, in a quarry, in agriculture or in construction, the weycor AR 680 wheel loader is powerful and reliable everywhere.