K 2022

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Recupac and Lindner demonstrate a successful path forward

New regulations in Chile, Colombia and, most recently, Brazil are introducing mandatory recycling and extended producer responsibility targets, reshaping the economics of the plastics industry across...

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Issue 04/2026 Mobility reimagined

Single-shaft shredder with diesel-hydraulic drive

Material streams are becoming more diverse, operators need to work more cost-effectively, and processing plants must be able to adapt flexibly to changing requirements. For Lindner, it was this development that served as the starting point for a new generation of mobile shredding technology.

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Issue 04/2026 “It’s important that STADLER remains innovative”

Interview with Julia Stadler, Co-CEO of STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH

Julia Stadler is part of the eighth generation of the family-run business STADLER, which designs and builds sorting plants for the recycling industry worldwide. Together with her father, Willi Stadler, she is Co-Managing Director of this long-established company.

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Issue 04/2026 Platform for recycling and circular economy innovation

ICM AG is hosting the “World Reuse & Recycling Forum” in Shanghai for the ­second time

The World Reuse & Recycling Forum (WRF) Asia 2026 will spotlight cutting-edge technologies and global policy trends through a high-level conference and exhibition.

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Issue 04/2026 Clear the air

A considered approach to dust management impacts the bottom line

Conveyors and transfer points are a primary and persistent source of dust generation across industrial sites, especially in waste processing and recovery facilities handling mixed dry materials. With automated conveyor systems at the core of today’s materials handling, packaging and logistics operations, the need to contain dust continues to grow.

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Issue 04/2026 Utilisation of incinerator bottom ash (IBA)

Landfilling remains the primary disposal method, but is increasing in technical structures

The data monitoring was carried out on the basis of an industry-specific questionnaire from the ITAD and BMKE associations for the 2024 reporting year and covers all 39 slag processing plants in Germany known to the associations. The survey on relevant key data in the field of slag processing covered both mineral material flows and metals.

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Issue 04/2026

Organisational realignment: Vecoplan AG plans conversion from AG to GmbH

Vecoplan AG is changing its legal form: the company will convert from a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft, AG) to a private limited company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH).

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Issue 04/2026 The NORD modular product system: From systems to solutions

Robust and economic drive solutions for environmental processes

With its modular product system, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS offers a wide range of drive solutions composed of flexibly adaptable components, ensuring reliable operation in environmental technology applications such as recycling plants, wastewater systems and drinking water treatment.

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Issue 04/2026 Motors for high-performance shredding applications

Shredder motor powers through blockages

Menzel Elektromotoren designs and manufactures motors for various high-performance shredding applications from the timber industry to the recycling sector. The company builds both squirrel-cage and...

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Issue 04/2026 K 2028 Advisory Board begins preparations for the world’s leading trade fair

Dr Axel von Wiedersperg elected as new chairman

The inaugural meeting of the Exhibitor Advisory Board has marked the start of preparations for K 2028. The world’s leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry will take place in Düsseldorf from 18 to 25 October 2028.

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