IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

The Paper value chain is ready to take circularity to a new level with 2030 recycling rate target

Representatives of the European paper value chain gathered yesterday in Brussels have pledged to recycle 76% of all paper consumed by 2030. The commitment was taken during the 8th edition of the...

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The remanufacturing of used machines is to Herbold Meckesheim like steel to its plants

Herbold Meckesheim has been thinking about the circular economy from the very beginning. When the special machine builder offered its first solutions for plastics recycling some 40 years ago, not...

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Issue 04/2018

The right technology for our environment

Dear Readers,The RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund 2018 casts its shadow ahead. At the fair, which will take place from 7 to 8 November together with the SOLIDS, a total of around 500 companies will present...

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The secret of accurate commissioning and timely project delivery

The pursuit of a circular economy to address the global waste issue is driving a growth of the recycling industry and an increasing complexity in its demands. Environmental services providers and...

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Issue 03/2023 Textile circular economy

The sorting challenge

To this day, only a tiny fraction of discarded textiles is recycled. While the clothing industry has doubled production in the last 15 years, the time garments are worn has fallen by more than 30 %....

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Issue 05/2021 From the idea to the environmental award

The success story of a young enterprise

In the beginning, there was an idea and a man who grasped an opportunity, with his experience and his employees, and closed a recycling gap. He even received Berlin‘s Green Tech Award for the solution...

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The UK’s First ‘Super Shredder’ launches at Barking Riverside

Envac has launched the UK’s first ever residential cardboard shredder at Barking Riverside, one of Europe’s largest housing developments. The move will allow residents from approximately 2000 homes to...

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The unbearable complexity of defining recycling

By Kalle Saarimaa, CEO Tana Oy What is recycling and how can it be measured? This question may sound quite trivial at first but on a closer look turns out to be rather complex – and vital. Why is...

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The vital role of aluminum recycling in achieving carbon neutrality goals

From the recycling process itself to the innovative technologies supporting it, aluminum recycling offers a myriad of benefits for producers, processors and recyclers alike. Here, Frank van de Winkel,...

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Issue 01/2022 After the storm flood came the flood of waste

The VZ 850 DK at Remondis in Bitburg does the proper clean up

At the beginning of July 2021, Western Europe suffered a catastrophe due to severe flooding and rising water levels in several river basins. Unfortunately, the floods had a devastating effect in the...

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