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Das THM recycling solutions Serviceangebot:
reCyClers turn to seCond-
hand in response to Covid-19
The online marketplace Myscrapmachine.com is
now available in five languages in response to its
growing user base. As well as English, it caters
to businesses in Germany, Italy, France and the
Netherlands.
In only a few clicks, Myscrapmachine.com connects
thousands of players in the recycling, construction
and demolition industry looking to sell or buy
machines and equipment. ‘The platform gives a
second life to your machines and parts and has
become a vital partner for our users,’ says company
commercial manager Julien Jean. ‘Myscrapmachine
offers a highly qualitative buying experience.’
The site hosts a wide range of used equipment and
machinery and this has generated a lot of traffic
the last few months. This is partly because the
coronavirus is inspiring industry players to expand
their second-hand fleet rather than spend more on
new recycling tech.
‘We are already working on a new version of the
website to improve the customer’s experience
even more,’ Jean adds. This includes new member-
ship features.
battery menaCe Costs reCyClers millions
reported incidents that were self-extinguished or controlled by onsite
fire extinction measures. ‘The burden of this growing phenomenon is
very heavy for the WEEE treatment chain,’ the authors say.
The report has been prepared by EuRIC (the European Recycling
Industries’ Confederation) and the WEEE Forum (the international
voice of e-scrap producer responsibility organisations) with support
from co-signatories EERA, EUCOBAT, Municipal Waste Europe and
WEEELABEX.
‘Battery fires are one of the most important issue impacting recy-
clers currently’ says Emmanuel Katrakis, secretary general at EuRIC.
‘This fact-based report confirms that fires occur at every stage of
the collection and treatment of WEEE but we see a higher preva-
lence during treatment and at the logistics and pre-treatment stag-
es during storage.’
A roundtable to discuss the report agreed on further investigation
into the good practices and strategies implemented across the
value chain. Measures for preventing and mitigating the effects of
fires caused by e-scrap containing batteries will be set out in a sub-
sequent report.
The organisations involved in the study are also keen for an analysis
of the consequences of the issues for the reuse sector and the inter-
national carriage of dangerous goods by road. And they want a
detailed cost breakdown of damages caused by battery fires. The
feasibility of an EU-wide observatory to record battery fires is also
to be assessed.
leasing is a smart option for robotiC sorters
US-based AMP
Robotics, a provider
of smart technology
for the recycling
industry, has launched
a lease programme to
make artificial intelli-
gence and robotics
more accessible to
businesses facing
operational and eco-
nomic challenges
caused by the coro-
navirus pandemic.
‘The challenging
operating environ-
ment for recyclers has sharpened focus on key issues like worker safety, produc-
tivity, scrap quality and reducing the overall cost of recycling – all existing pain
points for the industry that the pandemic has elevated,’ says AMP’s ceo
Matanya Horowitz.
According to Horowitz, operators are looking at automated solutions not only
for an immediate and direct financial return but also to boost the resilience of
their businesses. His company hosted a webinar in June to help recyclers.
AMP has launched a new financing option, AMP Cortex Lease, which is claimed
to make their technology ‘more accessible than ever to the industry at this criti-
cal time when the pandemic has made recycling that much more important to
our domestic supply chain’.
Robotics help overcome safety issues presented by coronavirus, creating natural
barriers between employees to ensure social distancing, says AMP’s vice presi-
dent of marketing Chris Wirth. ‘Our solutions also enable facilities to operate
with smaller groups of people, helping them maintain full operations with a lim-
ited workforce,’ he adds.
Wirth emphasises that recycling businesses continue to be ‘squeezed’ by fixed
costs and low commodity prices. But by leasing technology they can reduce
variable operating costs for sorting by up to 70%, he claims. ‘On top of that,
material recovery facilities can boost productivity and flex capacity to quickly
capture high-value, in-demand commodities like paper and OCC.’
AMP’s technology recovers plastics, cardboard, paper, metals, cartons, cups and
many other secondary raw materials. The company is seeing a rapid growth in
sales and so far AMP robots have processed more than a billion recyclables.
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