K 2022

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Essity and McDonald’s are closing the loop for paper cups in Germany

Hygiene and health company Essity and McDonald’s are writing circular history with a recycling project that turns used paper cups into a new resource. Starting in 2020, the project consisting of a...

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B.C.’s scrap tire recycling program celebrates 30th anniversary

Tire Stewardship BC (“TSBC”), a not-for-profit group dedicated to the collection and recycling of scrap tires in British Columbia/Canada, announced that B.C.’s scrap tire program has been recycling...

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Continental and Pyrum Innovations further expand circular economy in the tire industry

Continental is consistently expanding its activities in the area of circular economy. To this end, the premium tire manufacturer has signed a development agreement with Pyrum Innovations, a specialist...

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Primobius and Mercedes-Benz intend to launch technology partnership for battery recycling

Primobius intends to enter into a cooperation with LICULAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, aimed at maximising the recycling rate, reducing resource consumption and creating a more...

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Nett Zero targets under threat

The threat to oil and gas supplies from Russia with the war in Ukraine means a rethink on sustainable energy and net zero emissions is inevitable, according to Ranjit Baxi, Founder of the Global...

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UNTHA grows: record results for Salzburg mill manufacturers

Untha shredding technology GmbH, the Austrian premium manufacturer of industrial shredding systems, has achieved a new high in the company’s 50-year history with sales increasing to around 70 million...

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Issue 02/2022 Evaluation of plastics in the circular economy

Current work focus of the VDI guideline committee 4095

In 2020, the guideline committee VDI 4095 „Assessment of plastics in the circular economy“ was founded to develop practical and legally compliant recommendations for action for the circles concerned....

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Issue 02/2022 Making recycling processes more efficient

Study on the automated type detection within lamp waste streams for recycling

EucoLight, the European Association of collection and recycling organisations for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) lamps and lighting, has carried out successfully a study with...

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Issue 02/2022 Fully separated

Metal recovery from aluminium dross

An aluminium dross processing plant in the Middle East has purchased an Eddy Current Separator, Drum Magnet and ElectroStatic Separator to recover the valuable metal. The separation equipment was...

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Issue 02/2022 High quality product

New G.A.I.A. and IREN sorting plants in Asti and Parma

As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans investments in recycling facilities capable of bringing us closer to the zero...

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