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Optimize paper sorting with AI
| Data compiled by the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) shows that, in 2023, the recycling rate for all paper products increased to reach the record high of 79.3%.
ITC and AIMPLAS recycle fired ceramic tile waste
| The RECERCO Project has confirmed that it is possible to recover this waste, which currently goes to landfill, to manufacture new tiles, as well as composites for shutter profiles and urban furniture.
Reuse and recycle lithium-ion batteries
| The METALLON Project investigates new recycling techniques with a lower environmental impact for these batteries, which are commonly used in electronic devices and electric mobility.
Mobile sorting container to tackle river plastic pollution
| Stadler and Everwave have launched a project for the development of the world’s first mobile sorting container, SortX, to combat plastic pollution in rivers.
Cronimet acquires Metallplast-Recykling
| The purchase of 100% of the shares was signed at the beginning of August 2024 and the closing conditions were met on September 6, 2024.
Mobergs Produktkontroll AB in Sweden becomes “Member of Sesotec Group”
| After more than 35 years of sales and service partnership: Mobergs becomes an official “Member of Sesotec Group” and subsidiary of Sesotec GmbH.
Appointment of new Managing Director at EuPC
| The EuPC Board of Directors appoints Paolo Bochicchio as the new EuPC Managing Director as of 30 September 2024.
SK tes opens battery recycling facility in Rotterdam
| The new Rotterdam facility, initially spanning 10,000 square meters with potential expansion to 40,000 square meters, represents a substantial investment in addressing the material needs of the EV market.
Schneider Electric collaborates with GR3N
| Schneider Electric has partnered with GR3N to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry.
Geminor acquires Rømskog Industrial Park
| The Waste management company has acquired Rømskog Industrial Park, strengthening its logistics and potentially creating more local job opportunities.
FEhS Institute welcomes EU Commission’s 2024-2029 policy guidelines
| Pursuing the objectives of the European Green Deal in a Clean Industrial Deal, create a new law on the circular economy to intensify the use of secondary raw materials and optimize public procurement.
PET bottle-to-bottle recycling to mitigate effects of climate change
| The Indian PET recycler Ganesha Ecopet ramps up its PET bottle-to-bottle recycling capacities with two Starlinger recycling lines to a total of 42,000 tons per year.
EU waste legislation requires radical rethink
| On 25 July 2024, the European Commission called on all Member States to meet waste collection and recycling targets; its letters of formal notice to the Member States underline their legal obligation to properly and fully implement EU environmental law.
Chemical plastics recycling is ready to go
| Scientists around the world can now go full throttle in their research into chemical plastics recycling. Researchers at ETH Zurich have laid important foundations for this by showing that it’s all about the stirring.
Only partially on track
| The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations are important guidelines for many countries and regions.
