Suez wins contract for household waste recycling and recovery in Réunion
The project demonstrates the syndicate's wish to adopt a circular economy approach, by switching from storage solution to recovery. The plant, built by Suez, will also recover waste from businesses. Supporting the region in its energy transition. With 170,000 tonnes of waste deposited at Sainte-Suzanne … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Suez wins contract for household […]
Nestlé strives for 100 per cent recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025
Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, has announced its ambition to make 100 per cent of its packaging recyclable or re-usable by 2025. Its vision is that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill or as litter. Nestlé believes that there is an “urgent need” to minimise the … Source: Circular […]
Meridiam Backs Evergaz Biogas Projects
This makes the anaerobic digestion sector one of the French government's priorities “Biogas is a game changing sector bridging rural and urban communities, through the virtues of the circular economy, consistant with EU objectives and Meridiam's mission,” said Julien Touati, Meridiam's Partner and … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Meridiam Backs Evergaz Biogas Projects Meridiam Backs […]
Nestlé Waters on 'unlocking the full economic, social and environmental benefits of PET bottles as …
Nestlé says that embracing a circular economy with PET as a reusable renewable will be important for the industry going forward. “PET is a high value plastic that has the potential to achieve a circular economy model. Despite this, one out of two bottles are still not recycled, resulting in a significant … Source: Circular Economy […]
Why the fuss about nurdles?
With the focus on a closed-loop, circular economy for plastics being proposed as a way to reduce plastic pollution, there is a key issue that is being overlooked. Nurdles can be spilt at every stage of the plastic production, manufacturing and recycling process – meaning the loop isn't really closed at all. Source: Circular Economy […]
Viridor completes £1m upgrade of Scots glass recycling plant
It is also part of Viridor's drive to achieve circular economy goals. Viridor said this is one of the UK's most advanced glass recycling facilities. Paul Brown, Viridor's managing director of recycling and integrated assets, said the contract win was “a significant step in ensuring the company was able to supply … Source: Circular Economy News […]
Open Source Circular Economy Days Berlin
The „OSCEdays Berlin“ event is part of a global movement towards sustainability. In the past years, it gathered people from politics, business, science, tech & startup scene and NGOs to share, discuss and develop circularity solutions together and use open innovation to invent a sustainable future. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Open Source Circular Economy […]
The zero waste strategy for electronic equipment recycling
The METALLICA technology offers an opportunity to increase the recycling rate of e-waste and so contributes to the circular economy, driven by sustainability concerns. As Dr. Konetschnik summarises, “Instead of exporting waste and importing raw materials we can make better use of our own recycled … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: The zero waste strategy for […]
Nestlé seeks to make all packaging recyclable by 2025
To help develop a circular economy, Nestlé said laying an active role in the development of well-functioning collection, sorting and recycling schemes across the countries where it operates; as well as work with partners to explore different packaging solutions to help reduce plastic usage, facilitate … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Nestlé seeks to make all […]
Harvesting Valuable Metals From E-Waste Makes Financial Sense
The researchers also draw implications for the economic prospects of urban mining as an alternative to virgin mining of ores, based on the circular economy, or recirculation of resources. The article can be found at: Zeng et al. (2018) Urban Mining of E-Waste is Becoming More Cost-Effective Than Virgin … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Harvesting […]