Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Batteries from WEEE and end of life vehicles.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

Moving beyond 100% recyclable goals. Numerous companies have set 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging goals such as Colgate-Palmolive and Kellogg. Virtually all these companies, though, are not tracking whether their packaging is actually recycled and what new products their packaging becomes. Scott Breen.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Packaging-tracing technology firm Polytag says it has successfully integrated four Polytag Plastic Detection Units at Material Recycling Facilities (MRFs) in Wales. This enables brands to track exactly when and where their plastic packaging is recycled, closing the data gap in the recycling process.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. Category 2 – Incipient Systems includes countries with basic waste regulations but limited collection and end-of-life treatment infrastructure. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

UK-based Altilium is building a new EV battery recycling plant in Plymouth, as the company embarks on the next phase of its ambitious growth plans. Located in Plymouth’s Estover Industrial Estate, the new recycling plant is expected to begin operations by the end of the year.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

There are still major differences in the amount of waste generated across the world, and how it is disposed, a finding confirmed by a 2022 Global Waste Index compiled by waste management technology firm Sensoneo to mark Global Recycling Day (18 March). Illegal waste disposal is booming in Turkey.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County. Juno is proven to help solve this problem.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

Terry Keyworth is Country Manager UK and Ireland and Segment Director Metal at TOMRA Recycling, a global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions. Terry Keyworth of TOMRA Recycling provides valuable insights into the key trends in sorting and recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe – this year in their 8th run -were announced on 2 April at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. was highly praised by judges for the high percentage of post-consumer recycled content and its high potential to reduce emissions for vehicle production.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Its gas-like penetration power makes it a superior medium to decompose mixtures of complex waste plastics into value-added materials, which are feedstock for manufacturing new plastics. The technology will provide a sustainable alternative to fossil oil derived feedstocks with no CO2, emissions in the production or disposal phases.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to make back into new lab consumables. Currently, less than 1% of this waste is being recycled. Water usage is also minimised through recycling, further reducing the environmental impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Greenback Recycling Technologies , a company striving to develop circular solutions for packaging waste, has closed an approximately £8m series A financing round. The firm says it is building a globally distributed, decentralised network of advanced recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s time to update how we sort valuable materials (a.k.a.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Textiles account for 10% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, while 85% of textile waste is simply sent to landfill or incinerated. Therefore, providing an attractive technology to recycle textile waste and save building energy simultaneously holds high promise for carbon reduction.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Using waste carbon feedstocks to produce chemicals. Using CCU technologies to consume waste feedstocks reportedly can cut production costs; monetize industrial emissions; allow companies to meet CO2 emissions goals; and foster continued development of a circular economy. Elizabeth R. Wed, 05/27/2020 - 14:36.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2022

Recycling infrastructure in Europe relies heavily on manual sorting, which contributes to materials not being recycled. The consortium members will make use of an open innovation approach, preventing a potential technology lock-in. A consortium to assess the opportunity of using AI for packaging waste sorting.

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Charged

MARCH 21, 2025

US battery technology company Pure Lithium has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE)s Vehicle Technology Office to scale production of lithium metal anodes from recycled lithium metal, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Source: Pure Lithium

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report. Almost half of all plastic waste is generated in OECD countries, according to the Outlook.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Battery technology is advancing along various technology pathways, with batteries based on silicone, graphene and sodium batteries all being considered. “Hopefully, these thought leaders will shake the wider industry out of its slow adoption of technology circularity,” she said. ” .” ” .”

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ace Green Recycling , a provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, has secured a site in Mundra, Gujarat, to build what it says will be Indias largest battery recycling facility. Ace plans to establish 10,000 metric tons per year of LFP battery recycling capacity in India by 2026.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Engaging Middle America in recycling solutions. At Circularity 2020, I’m talking about how to engage people in recycling, and the two ideas are linked together. For instance, last summer the one environmental issue 27 percent of us felt we actually could do something about was plastic waste. Suzanne Shelton.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Waste sorting at a recycling plant in Sterlitamak, Russia, in 2019. Intelligent waste management start-up Recycleye has secured £1.2 CEO and co-founder Victor Dewulf, resigned as a banker at Goldman Sachs in 2019 and says he is on a mission to remove the dull, dirty, and dangerous manual jobs plaguing the recycling industry.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2022

A conversation about next-generation recycling technology, progress since China banned most imports of plastic and paper, and demand driving the industry forward.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2022

Recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4m upgrading a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an undisclosed sum from Avondale Environmental on 10 May. The Falkirk site will also process mixed household, commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Compact Syngas Solutions, a pioneer in waste-to-hydrogen technology, is set to supply 200kg of hydrogen to power a groundbreaking 40-day sea trial. The vessel will be equipped with a 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine designed by Carnot, a notable British clean technology innovator.

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Charged

JANUARY 31, 2025

US battery recycling technology firms Redivivus and Re-New-Able Technologies have partnered to establish a scalable lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Illinois. Re-New-Able is leading the project, using Redivivus’s Redi-Shred recycling technology. ” Source: Redivivus

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A new partnership aims to help develop a residual waste strategy for Scotland and build capacity within the country’s waste management system. Resourcing Scotland launched on 11 November, and says it will bring together leading Scottish waste management industry groups and the nation’s 32 local authorities.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Resource recovery technology firm Fiberight is one of the consortium partners. An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and producing a range of high-performance bio-based materials and products.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

minute pitch of their technology to the audience. The early-stage company, based in New York, focuses on the $16 billion children’s clothing market, which, like the entire apparel space, suffers from a significant amount of waste. Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. Infinity Goods.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 11, 2025

Hyundai’s Hydrogen Innovations in Georgia Hyundai Motor Group is setting a new standard in clean energy with its progressive hydrogen technologies at the Georgia Metaplant. Turning Waste into Clean Energy At the heart of Hyundais innovations is a pioneering waste-to-hydrogen initiative focused on repurposing food scraps.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A US group is developing a technology combining AI and spectroscopy, to analyze municipal solid waste in-situ and in real-time – a cost- and time-effective approach that they say could pave the way to increased waste-to-bioenergy production. closer to a waste-processing approach that is sustainable.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2022

A conversation about next-generation recycling technology, progress since China banned most imports of plastic and paper, and demand driving the industry forward.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By James Kennedy, a technology analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx. The advanced recycling market for plastics predominantly focuses on technologies like pyrolysis and depolymerization (thermal, chemical, and enzymatic). Dissolution explained Dissolution involves separating polymer waste using a solvent.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Fellow panellists include Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Maria Ciliberti, Vice President at Borealis. Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, CET on 10 December.

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