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A Scientific Committee has been cre-
ated to review the papers that have
been received from technical universi-
ties and research institutes: its chair-
man is Professor Christian Ekberg of
Chalmers University in Goteborg, Swe-
den, while its other members are Pro-
fessor Hsiao Kang Ma of the National
Taiwan University and Professor Peter
Rem of the Technical University of Delft
in the Netherlands.
Every year, Recycling Technology will
also give out two awards – one for the
best university or R&D institute
research project, and the other for the
best implementation of a company’s
technology in an existing plant. So
please send in your proposals and
compete for one of these awards!
Why Recycling Technology? Well, over
time, the technologies and techniques
used in the recycling industries have
changed dramatically: from hammer
and chisel in the old days to today’s
state-of- the-art identification and
sorting techniques. What new technol-
ogy does is create new opportunities
to do a job that customers want done.
During recent decades, recycling tech-
nology and machinery developments
have ranged from more efficient shred-
ders and downstream systems to eddy-
current separators; from new balers to
magnetic equipment; from detection
technologies for identifying and sepa-
rating a wide variety of materials to
newer sorting principles such as colour
recognition, near infrared spectroscopy
(NIR), X-ray transmission (XRT), visual
spectrometry (VIS) and X-ray fluores-
cence (XRF).
‘All over the world, technical universi-
ties and research institutes, but also
R&D departments of companies that
manufacture machines and services for
the recycling industry, are developing
new technologies that will enable recy-
cling companies to shred, identify, sort
and bale their secondary materials even
more efficiently,’ says Recycling Inter-
national’s publisher Manfred Beck, who
is also responsible for special products.
‘But until now, there has been no pub-
lication that offers an extensive and
comprehensive insight into recycling
technology developments.’
To fill that gap, Recycling International
will publish an extra edition called
Recycling Technology – an annual pub-
lication dedicated to new and existing
technologies used in all sectors of the
global recycling industries, including
ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
e-scrap, paper, plastics and tyres.
Written by leading researchers and sci-
entists from technical universities and
R&D institutes around the world, arti-
cles will showcase their current projects
which offer invaluable technical solu-
tions to problems while also highlight-
ing industry trends and strategies.
In addition, Recycling Technology will
contain application stories from com-
panies which have developed their
own recycling technologies; a refer-
ence section with a glossary of useful
terms and definitions; and an index of
technical universities and R&D insti-
tutes which conduct research into
recycling and waste management.
Furthermore, Recycling Technology will
feature technology news articles from
Recycling International’s regular ‘In the
laboratory’ section and other relevant
scientific articles that have appeared
in our long-established magazine.
The first edition of Recycling Technology
will be published in August/September
2015 and will have a global distribution
to: all readers of Recycling International;
delegates and attendees of recycling
congresses, conventions and trade
shows; technical universities; R&D insti-
tutes; relevant companies; the metals,
paper, plastics and waste management
industries; end users of secondary raw
materials; and selected decision-makers
and investment funds/investment banks.
All articles, application stories, advertisements
and company profiles will also be published
on our website www.recyclinginternational.
com for a period of 12 months after the pub-
lication date.
Recycling Technology keeps you
abreast of latest developments
To keep you up-to-date with latest developments in recycling
technology from around the world, Recycling International is
launching a new, annual magazine: ‘Recycling Technology’.
By Manfred Beck
Curious about this project?
Contact sales manager Judith
Wanjala for more details!
+31 263 120 994
judith@recyclinginternational.
com
US companies Kraft Foods and
Rockwell Automation took home the
highest honour in the inaugural Race for
Zero Waste competition – a ‘Seal of
Excellence’. This accolade was awarded
on 22 April (because of “Earth Day”)
and celebrates that the businesses have
‘the most successful recycling pro-
gramme’ in the country.
Between participating companies which
include Kraft Foods and Plastipak Pack-
aging, almost 11 million pounds of
material has been diverted from Illinois
landfills alone. ‘This amount is the
equivalent of saving approximately 93
000 trees, 38 million gallons of water
and 2 million gallons of oil,’ comments
event organiser Green Purpose notes. It
is now calling on other companies to
enter into the second round of the com-
petition which is set to start this week
The first part of the competition started
last November. The company to receive
the highest Zero Waste title is said to
have successfully achieved a waste
diversion rate of 90% or higher. Other
accolades cover optimising collection
schemes and boosting employee par-
ticipation in recycling.
‘We are excited to begin the next round
of the race, which will stretch from that
day to America Recycles Day on Novem-
ber 15,’ Green Purpose notes. Registra-
tions for both competitions are said to
be ‘filling up quickly’.
www.RaceforZeroWaste.com
Race for Zero Waste champions in USA
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