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Recycling materials: Turning old batteries into new ones

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project. LiBinfinity focuses on a holistic concept for recycling materials of lithium-ion batteries. A...

04.11.2022 more

Mechanical recycling is more climate-compatible than chemical recycling

In the context of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), Eunomia, a British consulting firm, determined the recyclate quantities in packaging that must come as outputs from chemical or...

02.11.2022 more

Ecological transition – a European challenge

The ecological transition requires research to understand and meet the challenges of the current period in a timely and expert manner. These challenges include climate change and adverse events, the...

27.10.2022 more

HML Recycling operate Bunting Magnetic Separators

Effective metal separation is one of many important processes in HML Recycling’s specialist metal recycling operation in Accrington/UK. HML has installed Bunting Permanent Overband Magnets in their...

26.10.2022 more

International E-waste Day 2022: Recycle it all, no matter how small!

Don’t miss: e-waste experts are available for advance interviews. They will also take part in a news videoconference Thursday, 13 October, 2022, 10 AM US EDT / 3 PM UK Summer Time / 4 PM CEST To join:...

13.10.2022 more

International E-Waste Day to focus on small electronic items

This year, the main focus of International E-Waste Day (#ewasteday) taking place on 14 October, will be those small electrical devices that we no longer use but keep in drawers and cupboards or often...

13.10.2022 more

Funding circular economy innovation in Europe

The European Commission is taking part in Ecomondo 2022 – from 8 to 11 November 2022 at the Rimini Expo Centre – to bring visitors up to speed with the latest European funding opportunities for the...

24.08.2022 more

Parry & Evans recover metal with Bunting Magnetic Separators

Recycling specialist Parry & Evans has installed Bunting magnetic separators to recover metal from pre-sorted domestic waste. At their Deeside plant in the United Kingdom, the company uses a Permanent...

19.08.2022 more

Plastics Recycling Show Europe Attendance Tops 5000

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2022 exhibition and conference held recently in Amsterdam, The Netherlands attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe and 80 diff...

04.08.2022 more

European project on increased use of recycled plastics in electronics has started

Increasing the share of recycled plastics in new products is a central aspect of the European Strategy for Plastics, adopted by the European Commission in 2018 as a part of the first Circular Economy...

03.08.2022 more

Aquapak calls for an accelerated investment in sorting and separation technologies to help unlock plastics recycling

Dr John Williams, Chief Technology Officer, Aquapak, the speciality polymers business which develops innovative materials enabling the circular economy, comments that for many years the waste industry...

01.08.2022 more

Two ANDRITZ ADuro QZ shredders for kitchen waste treatment successfully commissioned

Grandblue Bioenvironment Co., Ltd. has successfully started up two ANDRITZ ADuro QZ1600-BIO shredders at its mills in Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, and Xiaogan City, Hubei Province/China. The two...

28.07.2022 more

Fine Metal Recovery with Bunting at RWM & Letsrecycle Live

Separating and recovering fine metals is Bunting’s focus at the RWM & Letsrecycle Live show (14 to 15 September 2022, NEC Birmingham/UK). On stand R-N50, visitors will see metal separation equipment...

26.07.2022 more

Waste Free Oceans launches its first projects in the Caribbean

Following the success of the WFO African Roadshow, which started in 2021 and which ends this year with projects in Egypt, Kenya and Tanzania, Waste Free Oceans is proud to announce new projects in the...

22.07.2022 more

Call for papers: Freiberg conference „Processing and Recycling 2022

The conference "Processing and Recycling 2022" will also take place in 2022 as an attendance event on 10 and 11 November 2022 in the lecture hall at Chemnitzer Str. 40 in 09599 Freiberg. As in the...

15.07.2022 more

WCEF2022 invites the world to Africa to build circular economy solutions

For the first time ever, the Global South will be in focus as this year’s World Circular Economy Forum takes place in Africa on 6 to 8 December 2022. Titled From Africa to the World, the forum will be...

13.07.2022 more