Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

04-05-2021

Recycleye on mission to remove ‘dull, dirty, dangerous’ sorting jobs

How recyclables are sorted is becoming ever more important as waste streams become more diverse and contaminated. According to Victor…

04-05-2021

Plastics

Delays in amending waste shipment rules is hitting EU exports to non-OECD countries. Plastic scrap trade from Europe to non-OECD…

04-05-2021

Column

Junkyards and scavengers are everywhere in the film series. So why do they waste so much valuable scrap? Originally published…

29-04-2021

Business

The US Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) plans boost the nation’s glass recycling rate to 50% by the end of the…

26-04-2021

Gallery

WolKat has been recycling textiles – now about 25 000 tonnes per year – for four generations. The Dutch business,…

22-04-2021

Business

Australia’s Visy Industries is spending AU$ 35 million (EUR 22.5 million) to enhance operations at its glass recycling centre in…

20-04-2021

Business Plastics

The US Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a cross-industry partnership, is providing US$ 1 million (EUR 830 000) in grants to three…

20-04-2021

CORONA VIRUS Plastics

A start-up is transforming the use of recycled plastics in Nigeria by switching from exports of pellets to domestic production…

13-04-2021

Business E-scrap

Metal processing company Metal Shredder Hungary (MSH) plans to build a factory in Becej, Serbia, by 2023. The company will…

09-04-2021

Business

The second edition of eREC, the digital recycling expo and conference for circular economy and waste management, will take place…

05-04-2021

E-scrap

Costa and Desiree Airaga set up Desco Electronics Recycling in 1992 and it has grown into one of the biggest…