Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

18-09-2020

Dr Wiaux scoops up honorary battery recycling award

Dr Jean-Pol Wiaux has received the annual Honorary Award for lifetime services to the recycling industry at this week’s International…

15-09-2020

Business Plastics

Blockchain tracks entire life cycle of recycled materials

US firm RecycleGO is building an open-source blockchain platform for tracking the life cycle of recyclable materials. The first phase…

14-09-2020

Business Plastics

Time to rethink hazardous plastic scrap export rules

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries want to update the rules regarding the export of hazardous plastic waste for recycling…

13-09-2020

Plastics

Transforming dirty plastics into the ‘feedstock of the future’

Chemical recycling company Agilyx is raising new funds through listing shares on the Merkur Market, part of the Oslo Stock…

10-09-2020

CORONA VIRUS Non-Ferrous Metals

CMRA expects 50% dip in China’s copper scrap imports

China’s copper scrap imports are expected to drop by half in 2020 compared to the previous year, the China Non-Ferrous…

09-09-2020

Non-Ferrous Metals VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW

IOT takes eddy current separator to next level

Dutch technology provider Goudsmit Magnetics has upgraded the Eddy Current Non-Ferrous Separator. Now, the control unit can optionally be expanded…

07-09-2020

Non-Ferrous Metals Research

Tapping into the unknown recycling powers of oranges

A group of researchers and scientists in Singapore has discovered that orange peel can be used to extract precious metals…

04-09-2020

CORONA VIRUS Non-Ferrous Metals

Lithium now on ‘critical raw materials’ watch list

The European Commission has added bauxite, lithium, titanium and strontium to its list of critical raw materials. The 2020 list…

03-09-2020

Batteries ICM conference Non-Ferrous Metals

Battery recyclers still have a lot of work to do

‘There are still huge challenges in the collection recycling of lithium batteries due to volumes and cost issues and also…

03-09-2020

Gallery

Video of the week: EV battery fires and how to stop them

Eunomia has established a consortium to explore how to best prevent fires caused by end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. They are known to…

02-09-2020

Ferrous Metals Non-Ferrous Metals VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW

Mining claims circular credit with recycled tools

Sandvik Group is striving to make the mining industry more circular by recycling steel from used cone crusher parts for…