Waste News

At EuRIC, we are working to ensure that the forthcoming European Directive on packaging and packaging waste is reinforced with a view to increasing recycling rates, improving packaging design to facilitate recycling, and increasing the recycled material content of new packaging products.

The management model of several collective waste management systems operating under a single administrative entity has enabled this activity to be optimised by 30% in Spain. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by Recyclia to analyse this type of model. The model was first implemented in Spain a decade ago for the management of batteries and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), through Recyclia’s environmental foundations Ecopilas, Ecofimática and Ecoasimelec.

"The main players in recovery are the recycling sector companies. It is not, therefore, a question of strengthening the public sector, but of guaranteeing private activity": Mariano González, Deputy Regional Minister for the Environment and Agriculture of the Autonomous Community of Madrid

The Plastics Technology Centre is working on several projects to recover plastic waste and end-of-life fishing nets and recycle them to manufacture new high added-value products, like textiles or furniture.

Recyclia is the largest environmental platform for used electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) and batteries in Spain. It brings together the experience and knowledge of the three Environmental Foundations: Ecopilas, Ecofimática and Ecoasimelec which, as EPR systems, have been the entities in charge of offering producers the necessary coverage for the correct collection and management of this waste at the end of its useful life.

EnergyLOOP, which aims to develop an innovative value chain that provides the energy transition with new recycling solutions, will invest 10 million euros in its first facility and create around 100 jobs.

TUAWA and Quique Dacosta are joining forces to save 1.2 billion plastic bottles a year. Replacing bottled water with tap water achieves a 300% reduction in the carbon footprint associated with the manufacturing, bottling and transportation of plastic bottles.

The school that collects the most waste in this non-competitive league will sponsor a tree planting. The campaign, which coincides with World Environment Day, will take place in May and June

FCC Environmental Services, FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente’s American subsidiary, has been awarded the urban waste collection contract for the city of Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

The Commission action plan highlights that non-recyclable biomass waste can help Europe move away from imported natural gas. Now, the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament might want to reconsider its views on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive.

ESWET welcomes the European Commission’s roadmap on the carbon removal certification and would like to highlight the potential of the Waste-to-Energy sector in contributing to the decarbonisation efforts.

Plastics Europe, the European association of plastics manufacturers, launches today the second edition of “Circular Economy for Plastics – A European Overview”, a detailed report of plastics flows related to production, conversion, consumption, waste management, recycling, and use of recycled plastics in Europe in 2020.

Las instalaciones del Mercado Central de Reus cuentan desde hoy con una de las máquinas RECICLOS, el Sistema de Devolución y Recompensa (SDR) de Ecoembes, que premia el compromiso con el reciclaje de latas y botellas de plástico de bebidas.

An Allison fully automatic transmission has been specified for the UK’s first refuse collection vehicle (RCV) with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. Aberdeen City Council’s decision to couple a 250 kW Hyzon electric motor to an Allison 3000 Series™ transmission in conjunction with a 45 kW fuel cell affirms the continuing suitability of Allison’s transmissions as fleets transition from diesel-fueled internal combustion engines.

FCC Environmental Services, the FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente’s subsidiary that provides comprehensive waste management and recycling services in the United States, has been awarded the contract for the construction and operation of a municipal solid waste (MSW) environmental recycling compound in Placer County, California.

Repsol and Geregras, a leading association in the used oil collection sector, have entered into an agreement for the joint promotion of the collection of cooking oils from the hospitality sector (hotels, restaurants and cafeterias) and from homes.

The initiative to establish a common charger for electrical and electronic devices is the first step in the introduction of new legislation in this area. It will reduce the production of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)because new devices acquired will not automatically come with a corresponding charger.

On behalf of its member companies, SIGAUS recently submitted its Official Reports 2021 to the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITERD), as well as to the competent bodies of the different Autonomous Communities.

La enorme feria de cinco días, que tendrá lugar en Múnich del 30 de mayo al 3 de junio, permitirá a los delegados conocer de cerca una serie de máquinas de UNTHA, ver demostraciones en vivo de las trituradoras que tratan una serie de materiales, visitar las instalaciones de un cliente vecino para ver una instalación operativa en acción, descubrir más sobre los paquetes de servicios de UNTHA y conocer a algunos de los colegas más expertos de la empresa de todo el mundo.

STADLER y KRONES han colaborado para diseñar e instalar una planta de clasificación y lavado nueva para Kunststoff Recycling Grünstadt GmbH (KRG), empresa alemana de reciclaje dedicada al sector del procesado de plástico

The ATRIC 4.0 research project, which has received the CDTI grant under its Missions program, in MISSION 3. To promote Spanish industry in the industrial revolution of the XXI century, pursues the development of new solutions to respond to one of the current challenges of cities and industry: to guarantee effective recycling systems and recovery of combustion waste.

RARx ha superado muchos desafíos que le han posicionado como un producto disruptor en el asfaltado de carreteras y abanderado de la economía circular.

PreZero encargó a STADLER, empresa internacional alemana especializada en la planificación, producción y montaje de plantas de reciclaje y clasificación llave en mano, que le diseñase e instalase una vanguardista planta de clasificación de envases ligeros nueva en Eitting.

La fundación Ecopilas reactiva la campaña de recogida de pilas que permitirá crear el ‘Bosque Ecopilas’ en San Fernando, Almadén, Murcia y Lanzarote

On 17 May, Madrid will host the 1st National Plastics Recycling Congress, organised by the Spanish National Association of Plastic Recyclers (ANARPLA). With the theme "Secondary Raw Material Producers and the Circular Economy", the first event of its kind to be held in Spain will analyse and debate key issues for the sector. The congress will bring together the leading Spanish and European experts in the field and 250 key players throughout the value chain.

SIGNUS has presented the Annual Global Assessment Report on the 3rd Business Prevention Plan for End-of-Life Tyres, which spanned the period 2018-2021.

Amazon y el Departamento de Energía de EE.UU. se unen para reducir los residuos plásticos

El Gobierno aprueba el PERTE de Economía Circular para acelerar la transición hacia un sistema productivo más eficiente y sostenible en el uso de materias primas

La ciudad de París elige Allison Transmission para sus vehículos de recogida de residuos y mantenimiento de calles

Why we need to fix the plastic pollution problem This marine litter and plastic pollution endangers aquatic life, threatens human health and results in myriad hidden costs for the economy. Such a global threat requires...

Veolia participa en Power-to-Liquid, un proyecto para transformar el CO2 derivado de residuos municipales en combustibles de aviación sostenibles en Portugal

AIMPLAS acredita los ensayos de vajilla reutilizable para impulsar la economía circular con alternativas a los productos de un solo uso

Según un nuevo informe de la OCDE, el mundo produce el doble de residuos plásticos que hace dos décadas, la mayor parte de los cuales acaban en vertederos, incinerados o filtrados al medio ambiente, y sólo el 9% se recicla con éxito. En vísperas de las conversaciones de la ONU sobre la acción internacional para reducir los residuos de plástico, el primer informe de la OCDE Perspectivas del Plástico Mundial muestra que, mientras el aumento de la población y de los ingresos impulsa un incremento incesante de la cantidad de plástico que se utiliza y se tira, las políticas para frenar su fuga al medio ambiente se quedan cortas.

PreZero España ha sido adjudicataria, junto con otras empresas locales (Arias Infraestruturas, SA – Petrolam Infraestruturas, SL – Prace, Servicios y Obras, SA), de la obra de ejecución y puesta en marcha de una planta de biorresiduos en el municipio de Vilanova de Arousa (Pontevedra), por un importe de 15.109.215 euros (IVA incluido). La instalación, que se prevé comience a funcionar a finales de año, dará servicio a 26 ayuntamientos, contará con capacidad para tratar hasta 15.000 toneladas anuales de materia orgánica y otras 7.000 de podas y restos de madera.

The ‘La Campiña’ comprehensive Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) owned and promoted by the Eastern Municipalities Association of the Region of Madrid, and developed and operated by ECOMESA, 100% subsidiary of FCC Medio Ambiente, has...

STADLER y ZenRobotics han creado una nueva planta de clasificación, totalmente pionera, junto a Remeo Oy, empresa finlandesa especializada en gestión medioambiental. STADLER ha diseñado y construido la planta de recuperación de materiales (MRF, por sus siglas en inglés) en colaboración con Remeo, y ZenRobotics se ha encargado de suministrar las tecnologías robotizadas de clasificación de residuos basadas en IA.

PolyREC®, the association that monitors, verifies and reports on European recycled plastics, is now recognised as an official data collector for the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA). Thanks to RecoTrace™ data, PolyREC® will report on...

El Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico trabaja para acabar con las limitaciones que presentan los residuos de envases, textiles, neumáticos o colchones durante su proceso de reciclaje. Los resultados del proyecto NEOREC, financiado por el IVACE y los fondos FEDER, serán la solución a la acumulación de residuos complejos en vertederos.

El CPR, dirigido a la reparación y la reutilización de residuos textiles, voluminosos y RAEEs, aumentará un 30% la tasa de reutilización de Gipuzkoa

Film and flexible packaging are excellent products from a performance point of view, which accounts for their stubbornly extensive use, but they present a difficult end-of-life issue. The solution lies in the creation of...

Endesa y PreZero España construirán la primera planta de reciclaje de palas eólicas de la Península Ibérica con el apoyo de GE Renewable Energy

PreZero pone en marcha su nueva planta de clasificación de envases ligeros, puntera en Europa

Eiffage Energía is building a new recycling plant that implements Repetco's innovative technology in the Romica industrial estate in Albacete.

Cotec report shows the stagnation of the transition to a circular economy in Spain

The waste gap in Spain: The difficulties of the new law for municipalities | CONAMA | FuturENVIRO | Waste | Recycling | Circular Economy

2021, a year of significant progress in sustainability for ABORGASE

AIMPLAS desarrolla procesos de transformación para los composites termoplásticos que permitan sustituir los componentes metálicos de las baterías

The EIB, with the support of the European Commission, is financing a €30m loan for Carbios’ enzymatic recycling technology to support the circular economy

Concluye la cuarta anualidad del proyecto RepescaPlas con un sistema de gestión y valorización de los plásticos recuperados del mar

Repetco Innovations receives €30.8 million from the EIB to build a plastic delamination and recycling plant

Un proyecto convierte basuras marinas en mobiliario instalado en la Marina de Valencia

EREMA enters a new dimension with large-scale recycling plants

e-waste recycling sector reinforces its position as a creator of socioeconomic value in the green economy

EU Waste Shipment Regulation should not incentivise landfills capacity

“The collection and reuse of post-consumer clothing are key elements in the EU’s circular economy strategy”

Technology from Murcia uses insects to revolutionise waste treatment

STADLER and Reclay Subsidiary RecycleMe announce cooperation on practical recyclability

Aeversu calls on Catalan Government to maintain energy recovery as a pillar of the circular economy

Ecopilas and Fundación Ecomar ‘Ponte las pilas y recicla’ 2021 campaign collects 64% more used batteries than in 2020

Nestled at the edge of the Lower Oder Valley National Park, the  Schwedt power plant, which belongs to the EEW Energy from Waste Group, supplies the local paper  industry with electricity and process steam....

Ecoembes revolutionises incentive-based recycling with the development of the smart yellow bin | FuturENVIRO

An entire sector against eSIR | Ion Olaeta, President of FER, member of the Board of Directors of EuRIC and Vice-president of the European Plastics Recycling Board (EPRB).

UN report on plastic pollution warns of false solutions and confirms need for urgent global action

STADLER renovates the CITR waste management facility managed by FCC Medio Ambiente in Las Marinas, El Campello (Alicante) in Spain

León home to the Iberian Peninsula’s first electric vehicle battery recycling plant

Return of crowds to Vuelta a España allows Ecopilas to recycle 1.3 tonnes of used batteries

CCalaf Grup completes LIFE PST SORT project for the development of a waste recovery technology that will generate annual revenues of between 50 and 100 million euros for the European recycling sector

RECOTRANS project uses microwaves and laser welding to obtain recyclable composites for the transport industry

FER congress in Benidorm brings together over 400 representatives of the Spanish recycling industry

The largest sorting plant in Latin America, supplied by STADLER, begins operation in Mexico City

Siemens Gamesa presenta la primera pala reciclable del mundo, lista para su uso comercial offshore

Repsol produces Spain's first aviation biofuel from waste | FuturENVIRO | REPSOL

Ecopilas celebrates the success of a great Vuelta 2021, with record citizen participation | FuturENVIRO | Ecopilas

Twenty organisations warn of waste sector paralysis due to poor functioning of compulsory electronic procedures

Dry recyclables and light packaging: the sorting challenge | STADLER | FuturENVIRO

Galician Municipalities Upgrade Waste Collection fleets with Iveco and Volvo Trucks Equipped with Allison Transmissions

Petronor produces biofuel from waste for aviation for the first time in Spain

European project to recover contaminated plastics from automotive, construction and electrical appliance industry waste

“Fit for 55” – The waste management sector works together to reduce emissions

Commitment to the economy the backbone of the SIGAUS Sustainability Report 2020

The REINTEGRA project is one year into its goal of recycling light Al-Li alloys from aircraft. The constant growth of the aeronautical sector experienced in recent decades has brought with it a problem of waste...

European Green Deal: Commission proposes transformation of EU economy and society to meet climate ambitions

With an eye to the future, STADLER recently signed an agreement with Orizon Valorização de Resíduos to build the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil. The agreement is of particular importance and aims to...

Pilot campaign underway to promote reuse of end-of-life mobile phones rather than accumulating them in the home

Over 3,200,000 Spaniards can receive sustainable and social incentives by recycling their beverage cans and plastic bottles through this Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in the more than 14,600 yellow bins equipped with RECICLOS technology....

El reciclaje de aparatos electrónicos resistió la ralentización impuesta por la pandemia en 2020 y Ecopilas bate su récord de recogida

STADLER designs and builds the integrated sorting line for the LIFE4FILM project at the Granada plant operated by FCC Medio Ambiente

AIMPLAS coordinated the European LIFE ECOMETHYLAL Project, which has ended with the construction of a plant capable of extracting up to half a kilo of methylal from each kilo of non-recyclable waste. Methylal can...

Spanish Government ratifies 1st Circular Economy Action Plan with budget of €1,529 M

Collectively, EU Member States collect and recover more discarded electrical and electronic equipment than most of the world. But the EU risks missing its more ambitious e-waste collection targets. A review by the European...

This system uses the latest and best available technologies to ensure the best possible environmental practices. The project to install the new system was approved in 2016 and the system, which required total investment...

For the first time in the history of Spanish legislation, the Bill sets out limitations on single-use plastics. It establishes restrictions on the use of such plastics for certain products, a tax to prevent...

Mass citizen “1m2 contra la basuraleza” (1plus2 against litter in nature) movement returns on June 12

Greene Waste to Energy is now working as the scientific and technological coordinator of a project for the production and storage of renewable energy from waste. The Almagreen project will study the recovery of...

Repsol se une a Enerkem y Agbar para construir una planta de valorización de residuos en Tarragona

BASF, Quantafuel y REMONDIS unen esfuerzos para cooperar en el reciclaje químico de residuos plásticos

FCC Medio Ambiente participates in a wind-turbine blade recycling project to promote circular economy

Nuevos acolchados compostables facilitarán la gestión de los residuos plásticos en el sector agrícola y lo proveerán de compost de calidad

The MICROPLASTICS_2020 Project is working on the development of a new methodology to detect, identify and quantify microplastics in industrial processes

ASELIP reclama al Gobierno 10.000 M€ para cumplir con los objetivos de reciclaje de la UE y la Agenda 2030

STADLER has designed and installed the new 50,000 m2 mechanical waste sorting plant that will serve the island of Ibiza. The facility was ordered in December 2020 by UTE (temporary consortium) GIREF, which is...

El Congreso aprueba el Proyecto de Ley de cambio climático y transición energética

The European DAFIA Project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, provides the automotive and food packaging industries with sustainable solutions by developing biopolymers, flame-retardant additives and barrier packaging. This project is in line with circular economy criteria...

Ecoembes lanza TheCircularCampus, el nuevo espacio de formación para empresas sobre economía circular

Innovative technology for chemical recycling of mattresses

The WEEE Forum, which represents e-waste Producer Responsibility Organisations throughout the world, is continuing to grow its global membership with the recent addition of new members from Colombia, South Africa, Spain and Lithuania. With worldwide...

BBVA has promoted the recycling of almost 90,000 cards, thanks to a collaboration agreement with environmental foundations ECOASIMELEC and ECOPILAS, both of which form part of RECYCLIA, Spain’s largest organisation for the management of waste electrical and electronic...

Luz verde a 581 M€ para proyectos de saneamiento y depuración, implementación de normativa de residuos y corrección de tendidos eléctricos

The development of a circular economy to address the plastic waste emergency hinges on the creation of demand for high-quality recyclates. STADLER, a leading supplier of sorting plants for the recycling industry, has experienced...

Since the beginning of the health crisis, Veolia has implemented service continuity plans to guarantee essential services, prioritising the health and safety of its employees and customers. The company has increased both the amount of...