IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 04/2019 Preserving value – saving resources!

Circular Economy: Hot Topic at K 2019

Plastic products have become an integral part of almost every area of life. For good reason. Plastic packaging extends the shelf life of food, plastic parts in cars reduces their weight and CO2...

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Circular Plastics Alliance recognises RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification as an official audit scheme

Converters who will record their recycled plastic data within the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) monitoring system can now certify it via the official auditing scheme – RecyClass Recycled Plastics...

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Issue 05/2019

Circular visions, small flakes and big data

Over the last decades, resources have been exploited recklessly to satisfy civilization’s infinite demand for resources and virgin products, leading to resources becoming rare and under unprecedented...

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Circulation problems? Individual solutions are available at RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund on 22nd and 23rd June.

For more sustainable production and a circular economy.

Biowaste, residual materials, glass, wood, plastics, paper, scrap metal, metal... At RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund exhibitors will present technologies for the recycling and environmentally friendly...

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Cities across the world are preparing for Global Recycling Day 2020

Global Recycling Day, taking place on 18 March 2020, has already inspired 24 (and counting) organisations and communities across the globe to organise events and initiatives to raise awareness of the...

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Clariant signs acceptance for new DIEFFENBACHER straw processing plant

Clariant, a specialty chemical company based in Muttenz/Switzerland, recently signed the acceptance for its new DIEFFENBACHER unit in the sunliquid® plant in Podari/Romania. The plant processes straw...

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Issue 01/2019 New site – new machine

Clearaway Ltd. uses the SENNEBOGEN 821 E in waste recycling

In Essex/England, recycling company Clearaway Ltd. has recently been working very successfully with a new SENNEBOGEN material handler 821 E series. The machine is being used to presort materials and...

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Closing the loop on plastics

The mechanical recycling of plastics faces several challenges, both technical and regulatory. From a technical point of view, there are questions about the availability of recyclates, ways to improve...

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Issue 04/2019

Clothes as a disposable item?

Dear Readers,Each year 53 million t of clothing are produced, less than 1 % is recirculated into new textile fibers. In India, 50 % of the pesticides used are already used for cotton cultivation. By...

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CO2 reduction in waste management

The Vanheede Environment Group in Belgium stands for sustainable innovation in waste management. The company is more than just a waste disposal service provider: with a progressive approach to waste...

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