Posts from Kirstin Linnenkoper

23-08-2020

3D vision: let there be light

UK lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D printing specialist Batch.works to develop sustainable lampshades for its LED bulbs. The collection features five lampshades…

21-08-2020

VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW

The countdown is on: the virtual world of eREC Is waiting for you!

From the 31st of August to the 5th of September, eREC, the online expo, and conference for the recycling industry…

20-08-2020

CORONA VIRUS ICM conference

Car recycling experts to meet up next year instead

Swiss event organiser ICM has decided to postpone next month’s International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC) in Geneva to a ‘safer’…

20-08-2020

CORONA VIRUS Research

Goodbye face masks, hello liquid fuel

India’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies has found a new way to convert personal protection equipment (PPE) – such…

19-08-2020

Plastics Technology VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW

Tomra’s multi-feed system will take collection rates to new heights

Consumers can for the first time pour more than 100 empty beverage containers and bottles into a reverse vending machine…

18-08-2020

E-scrap Non-Ferrous Metals

‘Recycling more devices with less hassle’

No less than 2.2 billion phones, tablets and laptops were sold across the globe last year. With more people working…

18-08-2020

Ferrous Metals

Big oil rig scrapping job no trouble for Heerema

Dutch firm Heerema has safely removed the steel infrastructure of an end-of-life Shell oil platform, located in the North Sea….

14-08-2020

Ferrous Metals Non-Ferrous Metals

CMC constructing new micro-mill in Arizona

Commercial Metals Company is building its third micro-mill in Arizona. It says the facility will be the first in the…

14-08-2020

E-scrap Research

Separation and recovery breakthrough for solar cells

Researchers believe they have found a sustainable solution to the toxic lead (Pb) ions inside perovskite – calcium titanium oxide…

13-08-2020

Business E-scrap

Korea ramps up recycling to meet demand for PV panels

Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is building a facility for recycling photovoltaic panels which will be operational by…

12-08-2020

E-scrap Technology

Dave the dismantler for iPhones

Apple has unveiled its latest recycling innovation — a phone dismantling robot called ‘Dave’. The system was specifically designed to…