Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The companies will pair up to create a plastic packaging sorting plant located in Norway. Amland, SVP TOMRA Feedstock. “We

Packaging 130

Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 130

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

z International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever announce plans to finance and launch £1m Flexible Plastic Fund. Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers urged to join the collaboration. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling.

Retail 147

Retail Plastics Recycling Recycling 147

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Sorted plastic waste ready for shipping and recycling. The Recycling Association has slammed as “nonsense” comments made by the head of the Environment Agency which seemed to question the legitimacy of exports of recyclate. We’ve got to stop treating them as a waste, but recognise they are a commodity.

Recycling 204

Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 204

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same. What we’re doing was made possible by an open-source network called Precious Plastic , which has enabled us to use an open-source mould for our first prototype. The tech bit.

Plastics 130

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 130

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Viridor has chosen the very latest in sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA Recycling for two of its polymer recycling plants. Viridor’s Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre comprises a co-located energy recovery facility (ERF) and a polymer recycling and reprocessing plant which has an infeed capacity of 80,000tpa.

Technology 246

Technology Recycling Recycling Demand 246

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia appears to show that 83% of businesses asked were NOT aware of the tax. The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions.

Packaging 130

Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 130

Business Green

JULY 24, 2022

Firms behind major recycling plant on Teesside announce major expansion of partnership. Advanced plastic recycling firm Mura and leading chemicals giant Dow have announced they plan to work together to construct multiple large-scale recycling facilities in the US and Europe.

Plastics 81

Plastics Recycling Recycling Europe 81

Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chemically-recycled plastic could be in high demand by the end of this decade, major companies predict. In a letter published this morning, the firms said there was potential demand for at least 800,000 tonnes a year of chemically recycled plastic in Europe by 2030 from 40 firms alone.

Plastics 76

Plastics Recycling Recycling Demand 76

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

Last week at the New York State Capitol, more than 300 advocates joined lawmakers for a rally to urge the passage of a landmark waste reduction bill that proponents say is the best piece of legislation in the country aimed at lessening plastic trash. Thankfully they have not succeeded so far.”

Plastics 90

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 90

Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Consortium featuring L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe tout major plastic recycling breakthrough. As such, plastic can usually only be recycled a finite number of times, and it is estimated only around nine per cent of all plastic ever made has ever been fully recycled.

Plastics 98

Plastics Recycling Recycling Patents 98

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Essex-based waste management and recycling solutions provider, Green Recycling, has achieved its goal of becoming the UK’s first picker-less C&I MRF with the help of a sensor-based sorting system able to identify the weight and quantity of plastics, one of a number of features enabled by AI.

Recycling 263

Recycling Recycling Plastics Waste 263

Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

The manufacturer of soft drinks including Lucozade and Ribena is planning to use 100 per cent recycled plastic in the production of its 500ml bottles in Great Britain and Ireland by the end of the year, but it has also sent a warning to the industry that it faces ongoing shortages of recycled PET (rPET).

Plastics 78

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 78

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

From waste segregation to state-of-the-art WTE plants, innovative technology is helping transform trash into valuable resources. Advanced Sorting Technologies Reducing the quantity of waste in landfills and fostering a more sustainable society are both possible with advanced sorting technology for waste management.

Waste 195

Waste Waste Technology Energy Monitor 195

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

the REMADE Institute recently issued its third Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop technologies to increase the recovery, reuse, remanufacturing and recycling of metals, polymers, fibers, and e-waste. Variations in market dynamics have led to dramatic decreases in plastic recycling rates in the U.S. manufacturing.

Technology 100

Technology Investment Recycling Recycling 100

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2020

Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA Recycling considers the limitations of existing sorting methods and explores the issues facing European scrap metal processors and aluminium producers investing in equipment to sort their own scrap material.

Recycling 130

Recycling Recycling Plastics Europe 130

Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Government research body announces fresh support for plastics recycling facilities alongside £65m of industry investment. The £20m investment today has been made available through the government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Plastics 73

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 73

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. Shayle talks to CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren about carbon recycling and the big dent it could make in global greenhouse gas emissions. Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

Recycling 170

Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 170

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging, from CEFLEX (a consortium of European firms working on flexible packaging recycling) and its stakeholders, appears to demonstrate the viability of high value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process.

Packaging 130

Packaging Recycling Recycling Plastics 130

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. Shayle talks to CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren about carbon recycling and the big dent it could make in global greenhouse gas emissions. Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

Recycling 142

Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 142

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. What if one technology could address both challenges? Two weeks later, the professor called them back, and presented the chemical and thermodynamic reactions that now form the core of Elemental Recycling ’s technology.

Recycling 104

Recycling Recycling Hydrogen Carbon-neutral 104

Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

Company inks memorandum of understanding with Plastic Energy to explore feasibility of new facility capable of processing previously unrecyclable plastic film. The plan would see a new Plastic Energy chemical recycling plant co-located with one of Viridor's waste-to-energy plants.

Plastics 75

Plastics Recycling Recycling Biodegradable 75

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. We need to radically redesign how we make plastic. It is a day for the world to come together and put the planet first.

Plastics 64

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 64

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

A partnership between food waste disposal firm Swancote Energy and recycling equipment manufacturer TOMRA Recycling marks the first UK application of optical sorting technology in an anaerobic digestion facility. In 2021, the firm invested in an AUTOSORT® unit from TOMRA Recycling at its AD facility in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Plastics 130

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 130

GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

minute pitch of their technology to the audience. Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. Our recycling partnerships are local here in the U.S. Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste. Infinity Goods.

Startups 536

Startups Recycling Recycling Waste 536

GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. . percent of electronics are collected, refurbished or recycled worldwide. Heather Clancy.

Waste 545

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 545

Business Green

APRIL 11, 2022

Continental is preparing for the market launch of mass-market car tyres made in part from polyester sourced from recycled plastic bottles, in a move the tyre manufacturer claims marks a world-first. From now on, these will include polyester yarn from PET bottles, made in a particularly efficient recycling process.

Recycling 40

Recycling Recycling Plastics Africa 40

Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

Waste and metal recycler CEO Chris Sheppard said that decarbonisation is "key" to driving the green recovery of the global economy after the damage wrought by the coronavirus. To achieve this, we need to go on a journey that explores new technologies and ways of working, to design carbon out of our business.".

Recycling 64

Recycling Recycling Plastics Carbon-neutral 64

Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

Avonmouth facility capable of processing 80,000 tonnes of plastic every year while generating electricity from 320,000 tonnes of waste. Co-locating two such facilities in the same building marks a UK-first, and will help to drive up the amount of plastics recycled at the plant, according to the waste and recycling firm.

Plastics 36

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 36

GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. Meal kits live where technology meets the traditional food system. In the U.S., Why not the grocery model?

Packaging 545

Packaging Waste Waste Retail 545

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. PepsiCo Europe has today announced a new ambition to replace all virgin plastics used in its crisp and chip bags with 100 per cent recycled or renewable plastic by 2030.

Packaging 69

Packaging Plastics Europe Recycling 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from UKRI. UKRI estimates annual global production of plastic now exceeds 300 million tonnes, a figure which is expected to triple by 2050.

Packaging 72

Packaging Plastics Waste Waste 72

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency. UKRI estimates annual global production of plastic now exceeds 300 million tonnes, a figure which is expected to triple by 2050.

Packaging 62

Packaging Plastics Waste Waste 62

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Mark Priestman, Managing Director of Non-Ferrous at EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) writes. As the recycling industry innovates to embrace its role as a key player in the UK’s journey towards a more sustainable society, new challenges continue to emerge. The impact on EMR’s operations is – in some ways – profound.

Pollution 130

Pollution Organic Plastics Recycling 130

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 22, 2021

California’s ambitious goal of reaching 75% recycling by 2020 was unsuccessful – the state has only achieved 37% in 2019 ( 1 ). Join our discussion around transforming the waste industry with technology, passion, and people. Tom leads Brightmark’s plastic feedstock supply efforts in North America. April 21, 2021.

Waste 52

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 52

Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

The flow of plastic into the environment must be stopped before it’s too late, and a legally-binding global UN treaty backed by business is key to making this happen, writes Unilever's Richard Slater. Consumer goods companies - including Unilever - are big users of plastic. The problem is actually getting worse.

Plastics 36

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 36

GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

But we can start now by deploying commercially available electric technologies, scaling transformative industrial process technologies and continuing research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of next-generation solutions. Electric technologies can be more efficient with lower capital costs. Start with heat.

Building Energy Monitoring 467

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 467

Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Lombard Odier join forces to provide innovators with capital investment. A fund aimed at raising $500m to support the development of a circular economy for plastic has been launched by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM).

Plastics 36

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 36