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Copper, one of the most precious metals

European Environmental Bureau
New EU Law Makes Cars More Circular, but Industry Pressure Wins Out on SUV Size
The EEB and DUH welcome new EU law on vehicles, but warn of critical gaps
WasteCulture
WtERT DSS becomes WasteCulture
As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.
Lorenz GmbH & Co. KG
Lorenz Meters – Smart Water Meters and waste reduction
All devices can be recycled by cleaning and recalibrating while about 90% of the materials can be reused.
Experts / Involved Parties
Mira Kaoussan, MBA
HSM GmbH + Co KG
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sabine Flamme
FH Münster University of Applied Sciences
Dr.-Ing. Martin Pohl
ENVERUM Ingenieurgesellschaft für Energie- und Umweltverfahrenstechnik mbH
BEEAH
Through the BEEAH Recycling vertical, the BEEAH Group has made great headway towards a zero-waste solution, in Sharjah currently achieving a diversion rate of more than 76%
BEEAH has developed a self-sustaining model for the management of waste and zero-waste strategies
WasteCulture
WtERT DSS becomes WasteCulture
As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.
Brussels Times
Fighting climate change must include a serious solution to rubbish landfills
Waste from food and other rubbish in landfills accounts for around 10 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Environmental Programme.
European Comission
Commission's Action Plan to Secure a Competitive and Decarbonised Steel and Metals Industry in Europe
Today, the Commission takes action to maintain and expand European industrial capacities in the steel and metals sectors. The Action Plan on Steel and Metals is designed to strengthen the sector's competitiveness and safeguard the industry's future.
European Comission
Commission Rolls Out Plan to Boost Circular and Efficient products in the EU
Today, the European Commission adopted the 2025-2030 working plan for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Energy Labelling Regulation.
Joint Research Centre
Designing More Sustainable Products: 18 Categories With High Potential
A new JRC report has assessed the potential of various products to be regulated under the new EU Ecodesign regulation, aimed at making sustainable products the norm in Europe. The legislation could improve environmental and market sustainability.
Diana Butron
The Slovakian government plans to change the country's deposit return system for single beverage containers
Several associations are strongly concerned about the proposed changes and are asking for them to be withdrawn.
Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München (AWM) - Waste Management Cooperation Munich
Munich as a Zero Waste City
Zero waste in Munich = refuse, recycle, reuse, repair WITH the assurance of waste disposal security through the strong recovery of residual materials through waste incineration.
Modulo Wertstoffhöfe GmbH
The First Phase of Paderborn's Recycling Center Modernization: A Covered Drop-Off Elevated Platform by Modulo Wertstoffhöfe GmbH
Thanks to the elevated drop-off platform, this facility remained operational throughout the construction work and the remaining construction phases in the rear section of the site could proceed without major disruptions.
The Waste Characterization Handbook United States Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the Global Methane Initiative
The Waste Characterization Handbook provides a practical guide for planning and conducting municipal waste characterization studies to understand waste composition and use these data to design data driven methane mitigation strategies. It explains study planning, sampling, field procedures, and data analysis, and includes an Excel tool that helps visualize results and feed them into GMI tools such as SWEET, the AD Screening Tool, and the Landfill Gas Screening Tool for evaluating mitigation options.
ZMS Zweckverband Müllverwertung Schwandorf
Slag processing at the waste-to-energy plant ZMS Schwandorf
Modern processing technology captures metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) almost completely
Dutch Waste Management Association
Dutch waste associations NVRD and DWMA want government support to combat laughing gas canisters
‘The safety of workers is compromised, the damage to plant runs into millions’
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Hong Kong Convention enters into force in 2025
After the recent accession of Bangladesh and Liberia, the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships will enter into force in two years time. The Hong Kong Convention sets mandatory standards for the recycling of seagoing ships and regarding materials used on board.
October 2022 EEC/WTERT Bi-Annual Conference took place in New York
"Sustainable Waste Management: The Forefront of Innovation" was the topic under which Prof. Marco Castaldi's organising team gathered a wide range of presentations from around the world:
A combined PVC Swelling and Ball Milling Approach for Highly Efficient Recovery of High-Purity Cu and PVC from Waste Wire Harnesses Shogo Kumagai, Harendra Kumar, Tomohito Kameda, Yuko Saito, Toshiaki Yoshioka
This work developed combined PVC swelling by organic solvent and ball or rod milling approaches for the recovery of high purity Cu and PVC from thin and ununiform cables in waste wire harnesses.
WEEE Forum
Potential for Improvement in Handling of Electronic Waste
57.4 million tons of e-waste were generated worldwide this year. This represents a new record. Despite valuable raw materials, only a small fraction is recycled.
WtERT Germany
Tunisia: How to Run an Île de Propreté?
Developing Business Models in Sheltered Container Spots for a Decentralized Waste Handling by Involving All Participants
Municipality of Siliana
On its Way to a Cleaner City, Siliana Begins Operation of Tunesia’s First "île de propreté"
Raising awareness for waste separation and environment among the population is the goal of our aesthetic and sheltered mini-recycling centers
Municipality of Planegg
Crutches for Afghanistan
Every year a high number of crutches is disposed of in Germany, as the health system intends them for single use only. Meanwhile, many people in the global South suffer from a lack of medical supplies. Especially in war countries, the quality of life of many wounded people could be significantly improved through functioning prosthesis, wheelchairs, and crutches.
CReED e.V.
EU States Debate on Batteries
On 18 March, a meeting of the EU environment ministers took place. Among other things, the EU Battery Regulation was discussed. Accordingly, the new EU Battery Regulation - as part of the European Green Deal - is supposed to include the environmental and social impacts of batteries throughout the entire product life cycle.
CReED e.V.
Global Recycling Day
On 18 March, the Global Recycling Day took place and was dedicated to the theme #RecyclingHeroes. In this context, there were many campaigns on social media to highlight the relevance of recycling.
Combining laser cleaning and LIBS: fast and precise recycling of metal alloys Chao, Madlen; Günther, Jens-Uwe; Ashan, Amit; and Bohling, Christian
In respect of a limited amount of raw material, costs, CO2 and waste reduction, high precision metal recycling is getting more and more important these days. Contaminations of the melt with unwanted or outright detrimental elements (e.g. C, S, P, Cu or Pb in steel, Cr or Ni in low-alloy steels, Li in aluminium and so forth) are a huge liability toward the ‘‘alloy-to-alloy’’ recycling goal and essentially the only option in this case, is either costly dilution with clean raw materials, downgrading or worst case scenario discarding.
Auto Recycling World
Immense Environmental Damage through Improper Disposal, Policy should Introduce a Mandatory Registration and Deregistration System
Illegal end-of-life vehicle exports from the EU are a cause for concern
WEEE Centre
The WEEE Centre in Nairobi, Kenya and 15 Other Countries in Africa
The WEEE Centre, Nairobi Kenya offers recycling services for ICT waste to the general public, business, learning institutions, government and NGOs in East Africa working closely with social enterprise Close the Gap project. The increasing amount of E-waste has created a need to recycle them in an environment-friendly way and there are opportunities to reuse the ICT products to bridge technological gaps in low-income countries. Thus WEEE Centre works on the treatment of collected ICT waste by creating possibilities of reusing, dismantling and sourcing of downstream management in environmental compliance and has safely handled more than 10,000 tonnes of e-waste since inception.
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