recycling process

Issue 02/2026 A historic raw material – reimagined

Process steps and innovations in glass recycling

Glass recycling is one of the most vivid and technically advanced examples of a functioning circular economy – in a sense, its “flagship material” in the field of inorganic materials. Glass is...

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Issue 02/2026

Interview with Thomas Wesian, Product Manager at Binder+Co

In a conversation with Dr. Petra Strunk, editor-in-chief of the magazine recovery, Mr. Thomas Wesian discussed innovations and challenges in the recycling of waste glass, the differences between types...

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Issue 06/2025 Transformation into a green future

SENNEBOGEN delivers material handlers made from “green steel”

Salzgitter AG is in the midst of one of Europe‘s largest industrial transformations: the shift from conventional, coal-based steel production to virtually CO2-free steel. At the same time, the group‘s recycling company has been relying on SENNEBOGEN material handlers for decades – machines that themselves make a decisive contribution to the scrap supply cycle.

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Issue 05/2025 Central meeting place

Inauguration of the new TechCenter

In 1956, Hermann Westbrock founded Maschinenfabrik Westeria in Westbevern. At that time, the product portfolio included articulated conveyor belts with adjustable articulation angles, which were...

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Issue 03/2025 The New Generation

Fuchs A Terex Brand, presented the new G-Series at bauma 2025 in Munich

FUCHS unveiled the first machine models of the new G-Series at bauma in Munich. The MHL340 is among the top international models for recycling and scrap handling, while the MHL350 is one of the...

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Issue 06/2024 From disposer to processor

Sennebogen 826G material handler supports the processing of used tires

Here, where an asteroid impact formed a crater in the landscape 14.6 million years ago, is where the recycling company Böhm Entsorgung can be found today. A family business with around 100 employees....

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Issue 05/2024 Improved purchasing strategy

Wood processor C2R opts for a horizontal crusher from Vecoplan

The French wood processing company C2R faced a big challenge: to make production as profitable as possible, the company processes products of inconsistent quality. The problem was that the machines...

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Issue 04/2024 BEST SCREENING. BEST SORTING.

Skrotfrag sets new standards in the recycling of non-ferrous metals with SPALECK technology

Lars Johansson founded Skrotfrag in 1972 – back then the company started outin the Gothenburg region with balers for end-of-life vehicles, and soon the first scrap yards followed. A first plant for...

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Issue 03/2024 Sustainability at the Next Level

FUCHS A Terex Brand Unveils the MHL840 BATTERY+ at IFAT

Sustainability has always been integral to FUCHS. Since the delivery of the first electrically powered material handler in the 1980s, FUCHS has continually expanded its portfolio of electric machines,...

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Issue 02/2024 With ActiveFEED to the next level of sorting

Experiences from the Stena Nordic Recycling Center with the SPALECK ActiveFEED infeed hopper

Stena‘s website makes the impressive statement: “We currently recycle over 6 million tonnes of material every year – that‘s almost three Eiffel Towers a day.“ With production facilities in Sweden,...

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