K 2022

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Issue 02/2019

Circular Economy

Dear Readers,how much of the waste produced in industry and private households every day is really returned to the raw-material cycle? What would you estimate? Considering that the term “circular...

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Issue 02/2019 Saving time and space

Special pre-shredder reduces scrap in aluminium foundry at BMW Group plant Landshut

In the light alloy foundry at the BMW Group‘s plant in Landshut, all scrap products such as punching waste and sprue systems are recycled and then remelted. For this purpose, the die-cast parts were...

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Issue 02/2019 From a height

Expansion in our logistical potentials – vertically load of 40‘ sea containers

Modern, architecturally distinctive buildings, attractive decor – red and white predominate – one might well expect an exterior and interior design studio, but ALKU GmbH, of Maxhütte-Haidhof, focuses...

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Issue 02/2019

Robots to sort scrap metal at Skrotfrag in Sweden

Swedish scrap processing company Skrotfrag installs a robotic sorting line for scrap metal. The sorting line, equipped with a three-armed ZenRobotics Heavy Picker, will be the third of its kind in...

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Issue 02/2019

BIR Singapore: THE place to be for the international recycling industry

Following two successful events in 1990 and 2011, Singapore will once again host the BIR World Recycling Convention in May 2019. The event brings the global recycling community to the heart of the...

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Issue 02/2019 Higher capacity

Terex Trucks increases productivity at Scottish waste recycling centre

Thanks to its specially designed high-volume waste body, a customized TA300 articulated hauler from Terex Trucks is making light work of clearing waste at a recycling centre in Ayrshire/Scotland.

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Issue 02/2019

Trimet puts new recycling furnace into operation

In the recycling plant of Trimet Aluminum SE in Gelsenkirchen, a new rotary furnace for the remelting of aluminum scrap was put into operation. With a capacity of around 40 tons, the new furnace will...

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Issue 02/2019 Top achievements

German Sustainability Award 2019

The German Sustainability Award was presented in front of 1200 guests in Düsseldorf on 7 December 2018.

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Issue 02/2019

Recycling expert OZO uses mobile electrical solution in hall operation

The regional recycling company OZO in Ostrava, Czech Republic, recently commissioned a new line for processing pre-pressed plastic bales. The heart of the line is an 818 Mobile with an electric motor,...

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Issue 02/2019 Across Europe

Avery Dennison recycled PET (rPET) liners

The recent launch, by Avery Dennison, of a portfolio using recycled PET (rPET) liners has received another important boost, with four labelling constructions now available across Europe.

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