K 2022

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Artificial Intelligence Used to Sort Plastic Waste in Gloucestershire

In December 2022, ZenRobotics have recently had some coverage on the BBC News website. ZenRobotics’ relationship with English Waste Management firm Grundon, who are currently trialling ZenRobotics...

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Ocean Legacy Foundation produces first commercially available plastic pellet in North America

Ocean Legacy, a Canadian non-profit organization that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution programs, with the goal to end ocean plastic pollution, announced that they have produced the...

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20 years of e-waste legislation in Europe

On 7 December 2022 the WEEE Forum has gathered over 170 experts representing all the actors of the e-waste value chain at its “EPR Grand Challenge” Conference, to discuss the next steps for global EPR...

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Ecomondo returns to Latin America for Ecomondo Mexico

Following the success of the first edition, Ecomondo Mexico, the environmental technology event designed for the Latin American market, returns from 26 to 28 April 2023 at Expo Guadalajara,...

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Archwey and EDPR Sunseap join forces to explore opportunities for the usage of recycled plastic in floating solar projects

As the world races to increase its use of renewable energy and end reliance on fossil fuels, PlasticBean (an Archwey company) announced a partnership with EDPR Sunseap, Singapore’s leading clean...

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AI-based robots to waste sorting

In 2022, Terex acquired ZenRobotics, one of the first companies to apply AI-based robots to waste sorting. ZenRobotics have been serving front-running recycling companies since 2007, using AI to...

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Plastics Recycling Awards Europe entry deadline extended to 13 January 2023

Organisers of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 have extended the entry deadline for all seven award categories until Friday 13 January 2023. The judging panel for the 2023 awards has also...

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Kuusakoski´s new copper centre to recycle all cables in Finland

A € 7 million processing plant for aluminium and copper containing materials will be completed next year in Heinola/Finland. This is part of the multi-year investment program which aims to increase...

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Bunting builds monster stainless steel separator

The latest Stainless Steel Separation Conveyor (SSSC) leaving Bunting’s manufacturing facility in Kansas, USA is the largest built so far. The model SSSC 12-24-462 may only be 0.61-metres wide, but...

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Recycling paths are best walked jointly

This year’s Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) showed the importance of collaboration. From dissolution to enzymolysis, gasification, pyrolysis, solvolysis, and thermal depolymerisation, ARC 2022...

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