Chemical recycling needs careful consideration and well-informed, market-based policies to ensure that it complements rather than competes with traditional recycling methods, it has been stressed by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in its latest position paper. Mechanical recycling must remain the preferred method on a large scale whereas chemical recycling should be used only ..read more

On April 25, the European Parliament passed the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), recognising and strengthening Waste-to-Energy’s role towards a greener Europe. ESWET* welcomes the EU’s ambition that led to this bold move and acknowledges the cooperation of the European institutions to get this legislation over the line. NZIA will accelerate the deployment of technology ..read more

The Republic of Ghana is on the road to circular economy. In 2021, the West African country had more than eight million households. The daily produced quantity of solid waste was estimated at nearly 12,710 tons. Only ten percent of this amount was collected and treated appropriately. As of 2021, over 3.1 million households disposed ..read more

As per a German-based consultant firm and provider of market intelligence ecoprog, the market for thermal waste treatment plants is set to grow further. The company has published the 16th edition of its annual study on the global Waste-to-Energy (WtE) sector. As stated by the market research firm, new project awardings in China and the ..read more

ESK-SIC GmbH, a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) materials, and Kyocera, a global technology company specialized in manufacturing technical ceramics and semiconductor technologies, announced that they have entered a strategic partnership. ESK-SIC and Kyocera have defined developing solutions for the sustainable production of silicon carbide and the associated products as the goal of their ..read more

Africa is hungry for energy. But according to the World Economic Forum, the energy generation capacity of the entire African continent (excluding South Africa) in 2021 was only 28 Gigawatts – equal to the Argentinian potential. Is the waste-to-energy technology able to deliver solutions? In 2018, the African Union set itself the ambition that “African ..read more

Because of the growing demand for sustainable fibers in the re-spinning and nonwoven industries, Italian company Sfilacciatura Negro Biella decided to expand its recycling capabilities and ordered a tearing line from Austrian manufacturer Andritz. Designed for processing post-consumer textile waste with automatic removal of hard parts, the new tearing line supports the company’s expansion into ..read more

According to the organizers of this year’s trade fair Chinaplas 2024, Indonesia is on its way to a lucrative market for plastics. Their market report can be read here: The industrial sector of Indonesia has been contributing to its overall economic growth, regardless of the upward momentum of its production in terms of volume and ..read more

International chemical company LyondellBasell (LYB) has been selected to receive a 40 million Euro grant from the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund. The money is to support the fully-electrified, industrial-scale advanced recycling demonstration plant the company plans to build at its Wesseling site in Germany. LYB’s MoReTec plant is one of the 41 projects selected ..read more

On 15 April, EuRIC’s tyre recycling event “Reinventing the Wheel: Advancing tyre recycling”, brought together all the value chain stakeholders to address tyre circularity challenges and collaborate on opportunities for increased material recovery in the EU. Held in Brussels, the event emphasised the significant untapped potential for tyre circularity. Key requirements include improved ecodesign of ..read more