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Design for recycling: the way forward for the plastics industry

Over 300 participants gathered in Brussels to debate plastics recyclability and latest plastics recycling developments. With 94 % of the European citizens declaring that products must be designed to...

17.01.2020 more

IFAT 2020 – Code of Conduct: “Make the fair as sustainable as possible”

IFAT in Munich is the world's largest trade fair for environmental technologies – and, on its own account, has long been committed to sustainability as well. This endeavor is now reinforced by a Code...

13.01.2020 more

BIR unveils redesigned website to promote global recycling industry

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has launched its new website www.bir.org after a major redesign in order to enhance its information services for its members, the public, the media and...

09.01.2020 more

High-quality plastic bottle sorting with the STADLER Delabeler

Plastic has become an indispensable feature of modern life, and has many redeeming qualities: it is flexible and strong, as well as light; it can be used in place of natural resources such as ivory or...

13.12.2019 more

Free registration opens for plastics industry expos in Essen/Germany

Free online registration has now opened for four exhibitions focused on plastics extrusion, recycling, compounding and testing. Organised by AMI, the Compounding World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World...

09.12.2019 more

STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS – Expert panel discussion at "K 2019"

Polystyrene (PS) is a transparent, foamed white, amorphous or semi-crystalline thermoplastic. PS is the raw material for numerous products and is used in a wide variety of applications, such as...

09.12.2019 more

Global Recycling Foundation announces ‘Recycling Heroes’ theme for 2020

The Global Recycling Foundation has revealed that the theme for the third Global Recycling Day, taking place on 18th March 2020, will be ‘Recycling Heroes’. The Global Recycling Foundation wants to...

09.12.2019 more

Electronic waste disposal is so cool and easy

The majority of people in Germany do not – or only incompletely – know, how and where to dispose of old electrical equipment correctly. On average, 22 kg of electronic waste is generated per person...

09.12.2019 more

TES announces expansive new battery recycling services

TES announced the opening of two new battery recycling facilities – TES B in Singapore and Recupyl in Grenoble/France. The approximately $ 25 million investment positions TES as a leader in the...

29.11.2019 more

Plastics Recycling Awards Europe – entry deadline extended to 6 December

Organisers of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020 have extended the entry deadline for all seven award categories until Friday 6 December 2019. The judging panel for the 2020 awards has also...

26.11.2019 more

Mobile metal separation is increasingly becoming the norm

More and more recyclers are considering mobile metals separation from their recycle materials. More and more depth is being sought in the recycling of these materials, which is why more and more...

22.11.2019 more

IFAT India 2019: reflecting the thriving spirit of the Indian environmental technology industry

9633 trade visitors and 311 exhibitors – these are the record figures for the seventh edition of IFAT India 2019, which ended on October 18, 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai. At...

20.11.2019 more

STADLER® opens new global headquarters

STADLER®, the market leader in designing and assembling sorting plants for the recycling and waste disposal industry, opened new global headquarters in Germany on 18 October 2019 at a key-handover...

25.10.2019 more

Schenck Process also completes their SIMPLEX Flat Bottom (FB) feeder family

The new SIMPLEX FB 650 is the perfect solution for feeding plastic flakes, cellulose, hemp, glass or carbon fibers and other virgin or recycled materials for plastic film or compounding applications....

24.10.2019 more

High-quality key extrusion components form basis for Circular Economy

3S is an Austrian manufacturer of screws, spirals and spindles for the extrusion and oilfield industries. They are meeting the increase in demand by investing in the expansion of their manufacturing...

17.10.2019 more

Krones and Stadler are turbo-starting a strong circular economy

Used PET bottles and other plastic waste can be a valuable resource for the packaging sector and other industries. However, currently this resource remains unused in many areas. In order to bring...

17.10.2019 more