Carbon Black Recovery from Waste Tire Pyrolysis
Carbon Black is a commercial form of solid carbon that is produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as coal tar, FCC tar or ethylene cracking tar.
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New Sustainable Raw Material Kaumera Launched
On Wednesday 2 October 2019, water authorities, science institutions and trade & industry presented a new raw material from waste water: Kaumera Nereda® Gum.
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Colorado Glass Recycling Sees Resurgence in Technology and Sustainability
Over two million pounds of glass has avoided Colorado landfills in July and August thanks to a partnership between the End of Waste Foundation (EOW), Rocky Mountain Bottling Company and Momentum Recycling.
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How Much is A Catalytic Converter Worth in Scrap?
How much is a catalytic converter worth in scrap? Pricing transparency results in best results for all sides. Read how prices are determined.
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Ioniqa Takes First 10 Kiloton PET Upcycling Factory into Operation
With the commissioning of the first 10 kiloton plant in the Netherlands Ioniqa honours their promise, made earlier this year, to achieve endless upcycling of PET plastics on an industrial scale.
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Can the Global Plastic Waste Export Market be Revived?
With the introduction of plastic import bans across South East Asia, the global export market has slowed hugely over the last 12 months.
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Urban Mining – City Waste as New Source for Raw Materials
Urban mining can be described as the process of reclaiming elements and compounds from products, buildings and waste that exist around us. Recycling experts have discovered a business in recovering raw materials from sewage sludge, building rubble, old electric devices or heating pipes. Urban mining has a huge potential for enabling more efficient resource […]
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European Waste Paper Sorting Market to Grow by 2025
Up to 220 sorting plants for paper and cardboard wastes will be commissioned in Europe by 2025. This growth will be based on the further expansion of separate waste collection systems and the renewal of the already existing plants. This is one of the results published in a new report by consultancy ecoprog.
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Quality is King: The Evolving Economy of Recycling
Over the past 20 years, China has been the key factor in driving most of the recycling markets throughout the world. As the country modernized its infrastructure, demand for recovered paper, scrap plastic, nonferrous metals and a raft of other recyclables grew rapidly. It is estimated that as recently as 2017 China imported around 40 percent of all the United States’ recyclables, and as much as two-thirds of all the plastic scrap collected globally.
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Carpet Recycling UK: Landfill Diversion of Carpet Waste Rises
The volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK has shown a modest increase with 175,252 tonnes reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2018, according to Carpet Recycling UK.
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