IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Lybover expands range through partnership with German Westeria

The Lybover Group is well-known for its customised layouts and implementations in the field of recycling and bulk handling. In striving to create projects of great value, the family-owned business...

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LyondellBasell and KIRKBI invest in APK to develop recycling technology

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the global leaders in the chemical industry and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announced they have signed an...

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Issue 02/2020 “Without a doubt, it’s paid off”

Magnet and sensor-based processing technology for incineration bottom ash

STORK is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019 and adding state-of-the-art magnet and sensor-based processing technology for incineration bottom ash to its Leipzig site. Given the company’s aim to...

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Issue 06/2021 Demand for raw materials is increasing

Magnetic separator for lithium battery powder

Lithium is extracted from salt lakes such as the Salar de Atacama in Chile, where there are huge reserves of brine containing lithium. Some large producers process this lithium into a powder that...

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Issue 03/2024

Magnificent

Dear readers, I would say it was the best IFAT I have ever attended – IFAT 2024 in Munich at the end of April. And I‘m not so quick to use superlatives. It was clear to see that the global industry is...

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Maintain your optical sorters for optimum efficiency

Author: Clinten van der Merwe, VP and Head of Service for TOMRA Recycling Sorting Today’s optical sorters are finely tuned machines. Their software and hardware components work together in a...

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Coverstory recovery 4/2017

Major contract from Switzerland: Non-ferrous metals in incinerator bottom ash are turned into valuable resources

BHS-Sonthofen planned and implemented a turnkey plant for the processing and refinement of metals derived from waste incineration plant slag and other metal-bearing fractions. Recycling machines from...

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Issue 05/2024 Added value through composting

Making sensible use of fermentation residues from biogas plants

Biogas is a success story: 9000 biogas plants in Germany currently cover around 4.5 % of the national electricity demand and make a significant contribution to the energy transition. Another benefit...

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Marking International Day of Zero Waste: Driving Change at Textiles Recycling Expo

As the world prepares to recognise the International Day of Zero Waste on the 30th of March 2025, there has never been a more critical time to spotlight the need for sustainable solutions in the...

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Masotina chooses ZenRobotics as partner for AI-based sorting of plastic waste

Italian waste management frontrunner Masotina has partnered with ZenRobotics to retrofit their plastics sorting facility (PRF) with an AI-powered robotic sorting station for the recovery of clear PET...

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