Total focus on large-scale polystyrene recycling
Canada: French oil firm Total has joined forces with Canadian clean technology startup Polystyvert in a bid to maximise the…
Take the modular approach, trust your instinct!
Australia: A term you will read a lot more about in the near future is “microfactory”. Recycling process innovator Professor…
South Korean battery recycler riding the e-cycling wave
Asia: Metals worth more than 19 trillion won (US$ 18 billion) were extracted from South Korea’s urban mines in 2016...
New record: the biggest human recycling logo
India: In celebration of Earth Day, people in the Indian city of Chennai pulled together late last month to set...
‘Restore disc’ scheme lands e-cycling businessman in jail
United States: An e-scrap innovator from California is going to a federal prison for 15 months after a judge ruled...
To sort or not to sort…
Germany – ‘Can you imagine how many different models of mobile phones there are today?’ asked Dr Sven Connemann of...
What’s new in sensor-based sorting?
Germany – Sensor-based sorting technologies have come a long way in recent years. And yet, stricter quality demands regarding recyclables...
Major shift to wireless products has big consequences for global battery industry
Portugal – ‘I’d say the market is divided 50-50 when it comes to wireless or wired products,’ announced Colin Thirlaway...
Recycling yachts ‘in the eye of the beholder’
The Netherlands – ‘Yacht recycling needs to pick up its pace,’ argued Pierre Barbleu, manager of France’s APER network for...
Putting yachts in the cycle instead of in ‘boat graveyards’
The Netherlands – ‘Between 6000 and 9000 yachts and similar leisure boats are abandoned every year in Europe,’ said Mirna...
Younger Americans not as ‘green’ as older generations
United States – While conventional wisdom dictates the young are more environmentally-conscious than older generations, latest research suggests this might...
