Opportunities Offered By Separating Street Sweeper Waste
The days are past when the humble street sweeper provided a way to simply make the streets look better and free of litter.
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Separation and Sorting Technology
Separation and sorting technology innovations in waste handling and recycling operations
If there is one part of the recycling process that is not only complicated, but also hard, it is the part of separating and sorting the recyclables. Effective recycling relies on effective and efficient sorting. Separating the different elements found in waste streams is crucial for enabling the recovery of useful materials, minimizing the amount of material sent to landfill and allowing recyclable materials to find a new purpose. There is a wide range of sorting and separating technologies on the market today. This Technology Zones offers an insight into the latest innovations in separation and sorting technology.
Articles about Separation and Sorting Technology
Intelligent Sorting Due to Process Optimization
Entsorgungstechnik BAVARIA develops sorting and recycling systems for all types of recyclable materials, reliably and efficiently for more than 35 years. From waste paper to wood, LVP and plastics to commercial waste and RDF.
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TOMRA and Borealis open State-of-the-Art Plant for Post-Consumer Plastic Waste Sorting and Advanced Mechanical Recycling
TOMRA and Borealis have today announced the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany, the result of a partnership that marries chemistry with technology for unsurpassed results.
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2021 To Continue Evolving Waste Recycling Technology With PICVISA
The end of one year and the arrival of another always mark a moment to reflect on what is left behind and what is to come.
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Which Technology Is Better For My Aluminum Sorting?
In connection with the aluminum shredder fraction, one speaks of aluminum production waste and recycled mixed aluminum (Zorba) post ECS.
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Over Half a Million Fridges worth of Plastic Processed at new AO Recycling Plastics Plant
In December 2019, AO Recycling opened its plastics refinery plant in Telford, UK. After a year of production, how much plastic has it managed to process?
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Luís Seguí (PICVISA MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS, S.L.)Born in Valencia, Spain but living in Barcelona since 1991, Seguí studied informatic engineering. After finishing his bachelor’s degree, Seguí started a new technological project alongside his father and brother. This family-project evolved during the years and is now our company: PICVISA. The company started as a project for quality control through artificial vision in industrial processes. In fact, PICVISA’s first client was a ceramic company who wanted to check which tiles weren’t good enough to sell. It was between 2004 and 2006 when the company entered its current sector: optical sorting for the recycling and waste management companies.
In the company, Seguí has held different positions. He first started developing the software needed to start the PICVISA project but soon began to lead some of the most strategic clients and partners of the company. With the company entering the recycling sector, Seguí took the role of Technical Director. During these years, PICVISA grew exponentially in the national market being the only Spanish manufacturer of optical sorters and also starts selling internationally, mostly in the EU and in North and South America. In 2017, with the company modernization and restructuration, Seguí became PICVISA’s CEO, a title he still holds today.
Eric van Looy (Sense2Sort – Toratecnica)Being a technical engineer, Eric has spent more than 2 decades on the development of sensor based sorting technologies to advance recycling processes. Since 2006 he pursued automated spectroscopy technologies like XRF (at that time also together with Tom Jansen) and LIBS. Today, sorting has become possible to an unmet extend and with the second generation of Sense2Sort LIBS sorters, it has become possible to identify the elemental composition of each metal piece at high throughputs and up to 6 fractions with one machine. Sense2Sort-Toratecnica focuses on sustainable, reliable and responsible solutions for a max of eco-economical sorting sense. This also involves the design of advanced sorting plants and consultation work.
Jan Kjær (Eldan Recycling A/S)Jan is an experienced Product Area Manager with a long history of working within the mechanical and industrial engineering industry. Jan Kjær has also made a long career within International Sales, and Business-to-Business (B2B) since he graduated from the University of Southern Denmark. He has worked over 30 years for Eldan Recycling A/S, and has overseen the design, development and production of several of the company’s best-selling products, machinery and plants. Jan is customer oriented with a problem-solving attitude, and he will always try to work together with the customer to find a tailor-made solution that fits each unique project. He is a highly skilled Product Management professional, with strong inter-personal skills and knowhow of processing recycling material, as well as manufacturing profitable recycling plants with high-end technology.
Tom Jansen (TOMRA Sorting GmbH)After studying Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Tom started working as Sales Engineer at Innov-X Systems. He initially focused on selling handheld XRF equipment in the Benelux, while gradually extending the geographical territory over the years. From 2007 he was heavily involved in the pioneering of automated XRF sensor technology, bringing this new technology to the metal scrap market worldwide. Tom joined TOMRA Sorting (then Titech GmbH) in 2011 as Sales Manager responsible for the Metal Recycling market in the Netherlands and Belgium. Since then, in his role as Segment Champion for the ELV shredder segment, he has also supported the metal recycling market in the Middle East region, Italy, Greece and projects in several other countries.
Erik Kuenen (Goudsmit Magnetics Group)My name is Erik Kuenen. I am the international Sales Manager for Goudsmit Magnetic Recycling Systems. With over twenty years of experience in the waste and recycling branch, I am your specialist for magnetic and non-ferrous systems.
From Waalre, the Netherlands, Goudsmit designs and manufactures magnetic systems for metal separation and metal recovery. Having 60 years’ experience within the industry, we maintain very high-quality standards.
As reprocessing several waste flows becomes more and more refined, environmental demands get higher and higher. To keep up with the demand, our company continues to develop new types of magnetic systems that exceed customers' high standards.
We invite you to come and test your materials in our test centre in Waalre. This enables you to determine which magnetic system is best for your application.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. By phone +31(0)612150238 or email: eku@goudsmit.eu.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikkuenen/.
Separation of Non-Ferrous Metals with Absolute Purity
the reason why Guidetti is known, is the ability to separate all non-ferrous metals, with absolute purity.
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REDWAVE Enhanced Dark Glass Recovery Technology
Glass recycling in Europe has become a significant industry. By using high-end sorting technologies such as X-ray fluorescence and LED camera systems, a recycling rate of glass of up to 74% can be achieved in current glass recycling facilities.
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Environmentally Friendly Plastics – It can be Achieved under High Voltage!
Secondary raw materials are valuable raw materials that can be largely used for high quality products without problems.
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Confirming a Long Partnership – Komptech and Anlagenbau Günther Look into the Future Together
For almost 20 years Anlagenbau Günther and Komptech have had a successful collaboration that has resulted in many innovations in screening and separation technology. It’s good reason to extend the collaboration long-term and so drive the growth of star screening worldwide.
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