K 2022

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Issue 04/2018 “Ökoroutine“ reissued

Dr. Michael Kopatz‘s book now published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education - Monograph series (Volume 10128), author: Michael Kopatz, 414 pp., 4.50 € plus shipping (German language)

Surveys indicate that almost the entire German population desires greater commitment to climate protection, but that only few actually make a start. Dr. Michael Kopatz, project manager in the Energy,...

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Issue 04/2018 Upgrade to zero waste

Opening of the biggest plastics sorting plant in Austria

Shortly before Christmas 2017, Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG placed an order with REDWAVE for the planning and construction of the expansion and renewal of the plastic packaging sorting plant in...

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Issue 04/2018 Practice-tested

GKD filter media for microplastics or phosphorus recovery

“We are moving in the right direction,” comments Peter Wirtz, Head of Industrial Mesh at GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG (GKD), referring to the solutions presented at the IFAT fair in Munich by the family...

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Issue 03/2018

Waste as valuable goods

Dear Readers,Circular economy also in the field of composting – with regard to high-yield agriculture and with consideration of the constantly growing world population an exciting topic. The...

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Issue 03/2018 Biowaste Composting

Eggersmann Products and Technologies

Resource-efficient recycling management forms the basis for responsible and environmentally friendly action and has become an integral part of German and European legislation. In particular, the...

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Issue 03/2018 From what sources, if not from abroad?

PARFORCE – an innovative phosphorus-recovery process

In line with the federal German government‘s sustainability strategy, and in view of the 2017 amendment to the Sewage Sludge Ordinance, new importance now attaches to the recycling of...

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Issue 03/2018 Global problem

Plastic waste in the oceans – consequences and strategy solutions

What had long been considered a trivial offense has meanwhile become a very serious problem: Allowing plastic waste to enter the oceans. The following overview provides data and facts and informs...

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Issue 03/2018 Automation

Max-AI® AQC-2 available for paper sorting

The Max-AI® AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) product line has expanded with the release of the AQC-2 for paper sorting applications.

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Issue 03/2018 Preparation and recycling

Disposal of exterior external thermal insulation composite systems containing EPS

Increasingly stringent requirements made on building insulation systems and the associated rehabilitation and/or demolition projects (Fig. 1) will in the coming few decades result in significant...

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Issue 03/2018 Cleanly-sorted

Mobile non-ferrous metal separator

With the brand-new Metalfex, Komptech adds a mobile non-ferrous metal separator to its line of separating machines. Not only does it efficiently retrieve valuable NF metals, it also makes for a very...

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