IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

How BEWI closes the EPS loop

From post-consumer EPS to high-quality rGPPS at industrial scale

Shape, colour and quality of expanded polystyrene (EPS) can vary widely, which makes recycling challenging. However, this does not stop BEWI. The provider of packaging, components and insulation...

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How technology is reshaping metal recycling

Once defined by mechanical power, the metal recycling industry is being transformed by digital intelligence. Peter Thomas, Head of Technology at Lindemann Metal Recycling, explains how data, sensors...

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How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled

Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide. Their use has increased sharply in recent years, and...

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Issue 06/2021 It pays to have less volume

How the Schwarzach Offset Printing Plant saves 70 000 truck kilometres per year with a new HSM baling press

The packaging specialist from Rheintal in the Vorarlberg region of Austria has been recycling its paper waste as high quality used paper for decades. Thanks to a new baling press from HSM, the...

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How to obtain pure copper by recycling old motors and electrical wires?

The recycling of materials has become an increasingly central theme, as it is an effective way of reducing environmental impact and creating new economic opportunities. From this perspective, the...

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Issue 03/2025 Changing the face of e-waste processing in the UK

How UNTHA shredders are helping The Royal Mint turn e-waste into gold

It began as a single enquiry for an UNTHA RS30 four-shaft shredder, when The Royal Mint had a bold idea to change the face of e-waste processing in the UK. But several months later, thanks to the...

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Issue 02/2018

HSM: baling presses for every application

The south German manufacturer of baling presses, PET solutions and document shredders, will present its extensive range of products at IFAT. The exhibition will include the latest horizontal baling...

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Issue 05/2023

Huge

Dear Readers,This is also a very interesting idea: the employees of HAMMEL were asked for a possible name for a new machine development. The result is the RED GIANT–  sounds huge and is a 2-shaft...

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Issue 04/2023 Recycling wanted!

Huge mountains of old photovoltaic modules

Photovoltaics are already making a major contribution to energy production and this will continue to grow, because solar energy is considered a sustainable alternative to oil and gas. However, the...

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IARC 2024 – Call for papers runs until 19 February

23rd International Automotive Recycling Congress IARC 2024 will take place in Antwerp/Belgium from June 19 to 21, 2024. All experts in the field of automotive recycling are invited to join the...

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