Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

19-04-2019

Research

Hunter instinct: sorting system ‘traps’ waste materials

Researchers at two leading US universities have created a unique recycling robot inspired by nature. They say it has a…

19-04-2019

Plastics

Group Galloo Recycling’s subsidiary Ad Rem is building the ‘largest and most advanced plastic recycling facility’ in Japan. The new…

17-04-2019

Business

Mitsubishi Corporation has announced the acquisition of 25% of shares in UK recycler ELG Carbon Fibre. The arrangement was effective…

16-04-2019

Business Research

Indian scientists have developed a technique to recycle waste plaster from hospitals and other medical centres in a more economical…

15-04-2019

An estimated 90 000 cars are deregistered in Argentina every year, according to Maximilano Marques of Nuevo Horizonte. ‘But our…

12-04-2019

Business Plastics

No less than seven industry innovators received an award at yesterday’s Plastics Recycling Europe Show in Amsterdam. Prizes recognised leaders…

12-04-2019

Batteries E-scrap

Revision of the EU’s Batteries Directive is likely after an official review found that objectives for the collection of waste…

09-04-2019

Gallery

Plastics recycling specialists gathered in London recently for the Identiplast conference. More than 120 companies entered the annual EPRO Awards….

09-04-2019

Business E-scrap

Almost 80% of leading electronics recycling companies in Europe have reported serious fires at their facilities, according to the European…

08-04-2019

Business Plastics

UK firm Recycling Technologies is helping supermarket chain Tesco to process plastics deemed ‘unrecyclable’ at 10 stores in the Bristol…

08-04-2019

Business Rubber

New Zealand has long faced an end-of-life tyres problem. Around 3.5 million used tyres are landfilled or, worse, dumped illegally….