Issue 04/2023

Dear Readers, The energy turnaround brings many advantages and is a necessary prerequisite for being able to rely on a sufficient raw material base in the future - but it also brings many challenges....

BHS-Sonthofen is supplying BASF with a complete line for the mechanical reprocessing of lithium-ion batteries into black mass. This marks the third large-scale plant for BHS, with the first one having...

Global resource management company, Veolia, has introduced their first electric 360 telehandler in the UK. Installed at the company’s flagship Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) in Southwark,...

Climate change, energy transition, climate neutrality, mobility transition, sustainability - buzzwords that today represent overarching topics in research, business, politics, and society. In view of...

TOMRA, INEOS Styrolution and EGN Ent­sor­gungs­gesellschaft Niederrhein announced a ground-breaking project to convert post-consumer polystyrene (PS) waste into recycled polystyrene for food packaging...

TOMRA Recycling Sorting, introduced a new machine featuring dynamic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). Designed for high throughput sorting of aluminum alloys, AUTOSORT™ PULSE redefines...

In order to conserve resources, we need to reuse raw materials as often as we can. This requires recycling materials flows that have as high and as consistent a quality as possible. It is only with...

REDWAVE, one of the world leaders in XRF sensor-based sorting technology, has introduced the  next generation of sorting machines. The cutting-edge REDWAVE XRF fine sorting machine sets new benchmarks...

In Mexico, waste, including industrial waste, is still frequently disposed of in landfill sites. Regenera, a Cemex subsidiary, focuses on developing circular economy solutions for the waste industry....

In Vara, on the Västgötaslätten plain, the new and highly modern Heljeved Recycling Centre has opened, receiving waste from private households in the municipality.

BossTek helped the Methodist University Hospital (MUH) in Memphis, TN, prepare for a substantial facility upgrade by controlling dust emissions during the demolishing of its old facility on the...

Doppstadt revolutionised its shredding portfolio with the launch of the INVENTHOR series in 2018. The slow speed shredders of the INVENTHOR 6 and 9 models quickly convinced customers worldwide thanks...

The 5th International Conference on Building Materials Recycling (V.PRE = V International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment) will be held for the first time in Weimar,...

Sodom and Gomorrah in the Lüneburg Heath. Over 100 000 poison gas grenades from World War II have to be recovered. An Atlas Weyhausen explosion-proof wheel loader, the Weycor AR 480, is helping.

The 2023 ERDE collection period has been in full swing since mid-February, and the ERDE (Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland [Crop Plastics Recycling Germany]) initiative has once again set...

In West Africa, they are ubiquitous: small plastic bags called water sachets provide millions of people with an affordable source of clean drinking water. Once the corner of the bag is torn and the...

Photovoltaics are already making a major contribution to energy production and this will continue to grow, because solar energy is considered a sustainable alternative to oil and gas. However, the...

R. Heatrick Ltd, a recycling and demolition contractor based in Northern Ireland, is turning waste wood products into biomass using a Terex Ecotec TBG 530T track-mounted high-speed shredder. The TBG...

Greek renewable energy company TERNA Energy, a subsidiary of GEK TERNA Group, is one of the leading players in clean energy production and storage, and the largest investor in Renewable Energy Sources...

Following their entry into the fibres and textiles sector, as announced at K 2022, recycling machine manufacturer EREMA launched the INTAREMA® FibrePro:IV – which has been specially developed for PET...