Material Recovery

It is possible to process mixed waste streams in individual aggregates and in process chains.

ESWET
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is right, we need to prioritise resource recovery in WtE
ESWET welcomes the recent opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) “From waste plants to resource plants” about transforming waste management to prioritise resource recovery and circularity.
Diana Butron
California and Other Four Environmental Groups Filed a Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution
The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.
TOMRA
Latvia's deposit return scheme achieves 80% return rate at two-year anniversary
New milestone achieved for drink container recycling program
Experts / Involved Parties
Dr. Atul Kumar
ICWMR, TERI School of Advanced Studies
Dr. Dominik Leverenz
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Claudia Lucia Morales Flores
Biosfera Gt
AVA Abfallverwertung Augsburg GmbH
Material AND Energy Recovery at its best, the Example of AVA Augsburg, Germany
The waste management companies of the city of Augsburg, the district of Augsburg and the district of Aichach-Friedberg, Germany, are active around the clock for the approx. 1.2 million inhabitants in their disposal area. With the initial operation of a biowaste fermentation plant in 2013 and 2016, AVA has become one of Germany's largest players also in the field of material recycling. The reciprocal supplementation and interaction of the plant components result in extremely positive synergies.
Diana Butron
Recent efforts to clean up 'Las Vacas' river, one of the most polluted rivers worldwide
About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.
European Environment Agency
Safe and sustainable alternatives could reduce use of PFAS in textiles and enhance reuse and recycling
Reducing the use of PFAS —known as forever chemicals— in clothing, furniture and other textile products, is important to increase recyclability and the transition to a more circular economy according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today.
Diana Butron
The Slovakian government plans to change the country's deposit return system for single beverage containers
Several associations are strongly concerned about the proposed changes and are asking for them to be withdrawn.
IMO
Recycling of ships and the Hong Kong Convention
How the Hong Kong Convention will ensure safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships at the end of their operational lives
Kanadevia INOVA
The Kompogas®dry fermentation system in Nanjing, China
This system is used to convert organic household waste into biogas, which is then used to generate electricity.
European Council
Waste framework directive: Council set to start talks on its revision
The Council adopted its position (‘general approach’) on the targeted revision of the waste framework directive, with a focus on food and textile waste.
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Using mechanical textile recycling to reduce fashion waste
German Federal Environmental Foundation provides roughly 160,000 euros in funding for project at Leibniz University Hannover’s Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy.
ESCI, EI, Scopus, CSCD indexed
A special issue of the "Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy" Journal for which Professor Themelis was editor
Including several important papers, one of which is the summary of WTE development world wide by Prof. Themelis
BEEAH
Through the BEEAH Recycling vertical, the BEEAH Group has made great headway towards a zero-waste solution, in Sharjah currently achieving a diversion rate of more than 76%
BEEAH has developed a self-sustaining model for the management of waste and zero-waste strategies
KreisAbfallVerwertungsGesellschaft mbH Minden-Lübbecke (KAVG)
KAVG - a modern municipal waste management company in the Minden-Lübbecke district
Closing material cycles through the interplay of waste utilisation and renewable energy generation.
The World Bank
World Bank’s New Outcome Bond Helps Communities Remove and Recycle Plastic Waste
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) today priced a seven-year $100 million, principal-protected Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond.
ZMS Zweckverband Müllverwertung Schwandorf
Slag processing at the waste-to-energy plant ZMS Schwandorf
Modern processing technology captures metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) almost completely
German Environmental Agency
The German Ecodesign Award 2023 goes to twelve pioneering projects
Federal Minister for the Environment Lemke and UBA Vice President Busse honour the award winners.
German Environment Agengy
“Invisible” e-waste: Furniture, clothing or smart-home products can also be electrical appliances
Plan E campaign provides information on correct disposal – collection volume and recycling must increase
Wastes remaining after all recycling and composting: POST-RECYCLING WASTES Prof. Emeritus Nickolas J. Themelis
Keynote presentation at MatER Conference on Final Sinks, June 5, 2023, Piacenza, Italy
Argus GmbH
Methodology, Design and Implementation of Solid Waste Analysis (SWA), Turkey
The ARGUS approach consists of a well developed sampling and sorting methodology and an evaluation process to predict the accuracy of the SWA results. According to the local circumstances we can propose three different methodologies for SWA. The differences are found primarily in taking the sampling units.
ESWET
EP ITRE vote on NZIA recognises the full potential of Net-Zero Technologies and unlocks the contributions of the Waste-to-Energy sector
The European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted its position on the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) proposal.
Diana Butron
In November 2020 IKEA opened its world's first secondhand pop-up store in Sweden
This pop-up second hand store was part of IKEA's effort to become a circular business by 2030.
Diana Butron
EU Commission Published Delegated Legal Act
At the end of July, the EU Commission published its delegated act to concretise the taxonomy regulation which was approved in principle at the middle of the same month.
Council of the EU
Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
The regulation will regulate the entire life cycle of batteries – from production to reuse and recycling – and ensure that they are safe, sustainable and competitive.
Umwelt Bundesamt
Better recycling of boats
Digital product passport can help recycle fibre-reinforced composite materials
European Union
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
Identifying Members States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling target for municipal waste, the 2025 recycling target for packaging waste and the 2035 municipal waste landfilling reduction target
ChatGPT
ChatGPT - the Truth about Zero Waste Initiatives
While zero waste initiatives have gained popularity in recent years, the truth is that achieving zero waste is not always possible or feasible.
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