ArcelorMittal buys Dutch scrap metal recycling company
The Netherlands – Riwald Recycling, a Dutch company that recycles ferrous waste metal, has been purchased by ArcelorMittal.
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Tag: circular economy
Sustainable wind farm decom digital solution on the horizon
Norway – DNV is working with Reodor Studios to develop a digital service that will make it simple to plan for sustainable decommissioning and recycling after a wind farm’s life cycle has ended.
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HyProMag develops Germany’s first rare earth magnet recycling factory
Germany – In a new project titled “Innovation Centre for Science & Economy Northern Black Forest IZWW,” Mkango Resources announce that HyProMag GmbH has been awarded grants totaling €3.7 million.
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INEOS invests €30M in Lillo polyolefins plant upgrade
Belgium – INEOS O&P Europe is spending €30 million to convert its Lillo, Port of Antwerp, plant so that it can produce either monomodal or bimodal grades of high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
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Neste’s Porvoo refinery to become renewable and circular site
Finland – Neste, a Finnish oil refining firm, has begun a strategic study to convert its Porvoo, Finland refinery to a facility for renewable and circular solutions rather than the refining of crude oil.
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Arcus supplies BASF pyrolysis oil from plastic waste
Germany – BASF SE has reached an agreement with German company ARCUS Greencycling Technologies to purchase pyrolysis oil made from mixed plastic waste.
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Turning wind turbine blades into gummy bears
United States – New composite material for wind turbine blades has been created by Michigan State University researchers. This material can be recycled and used to make gummy bears among other things.
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VTT launches Olefy to transform circular plastic recycling
Finland – VTT is spinning out Olefy technology in October after four decades of thermal conversion technology development – a process that can affordably convert most of the world’s waste plastics back to usable virgin grade materials an infinite number of times. VTT has also announced the filing of eight patent applications for the process.
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British Wood provides EPCM for US e-waste metals recovery facility
United States – Wood, a British multinational engineering and consulting business, has secured a new contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for Igneo Technologies’ new e-waste metals recovery facility in Savannah, Georgia.
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Mura Technology and Dow to boost plastics recycling in Europe and US
United Kingdom – Mura Technology and Dow are taking the next step in their collaboration to help solve the global plastic waste problem by constructing multiple world-scale 120 kilotons (KT) advanced recycling facilities in the United States and Europe.
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