Sustainability & Recycling

University of Birmingham and Stopford Announce New Funding for Novel Plastics Recycling Technology A research consortium comprising technologists from the University of Birmingham and engineering firm Stopford has been awarded a further £300k of funding from Innovate UK to develop a novel plastic recycling technology. The...

Textiles Recycling: The Sorting Challenge To this day, only a tiny fraction of discarded textiles is recycled. While the clothing industry has doubled production in the last 15 years, the time garments are worn has fallen by more than 30%. At the same time, the...

Back to the Cycle: #tide Turns Ocean Plastic into High-Quality Recyclates Interview with Marc Krebs, Co-Founder & CCO, Tide Ocean SA Plastic is a resource without which our life today would not be possible - and thanks to recycling, we can even use it several times...

Starlinger Presents First Sustainability Report The Vienna-based machine manufacturer and world market leader in the field of woven plastic bag production plants has presented the first sustainability report for the year 2022. It provides information about the CSR policy that Starlinger has included in its...

STADLER: The Secret of Accurate Commissioning and Timely Project Delivery The pursuit of a circular economy to address the global waste issue is driving a growth of the recycling industry and an increasing complexity in its demands. Environmental services providers and waste management companies need...

Saving Trick for Plastic Recycling by Bacteria Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg have developed a more efficient, carbon dioxide-saving way for the bacterial utilization of ethylene glycol, a component of the plastic PET. They equipped the bacterium Pseudomonas putida with a new...