The European glass industry, which meets at Glasstec, the most important trade fair in the sector, from 20 to 23 September in Düsseldorf (Germany), has two important challenges for the future: to be environmentally more sustainable and energy efficient. Two objectives...
Recycling in Brazil is experiencing a bipolar reality. On the one hand, this country tops the world ranking of aluminum recycling (96.5% of the waste generated) and, on the other, maintains very modest rates of plastic recycling, just 23% of waste. To achieve the...
Paper has been with us since ancient times. Its invention, around 200 B.C. in China, transformed the way knowledge was transmitted from one generation to the next. From its reduced initial use it has gone to a massive use in multiple applications that makes its...
Europe has a problem with its textile waste. European consumption of textile products ranks fourth for its impact on the environment and climate change, behind food, construction and mobility. The sector, however, is at the tail end in recycling. Each European...
2025 is the key year. By then, all countries of the European Union will have to recycle 100% of their textile waste, more than 16 million tons per year, as established by the European directives on tissue recycling and waste management adopted in 2018. To make this...
We know that the "Optical Sorting" concept is not new. But what do you really know about it? Did it emerge as an exclusive technology for the waste management and recycling sector? When did it start to be applied? Brief history of Optical Sorting Optical...
SULAYR Global Service, a Granada company focused on PET plastic recycling, successfully concluded its innovative post-consumer multi-layer tray recycling project. At the beginning of the process they use a state-of-the-art PICVISA optician to reach purity levels that...
