Collection & Transportation News

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 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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

To facilitate the European Recovery Plan, EsPlásticos is promoting a macro-project to enhance the circularity of plastics and drive innovation. The project includes the creation of a research centre focusing on the circular economy, and the companies involved...

The project entitled “Closing the loop. Integrated strategy for the transition from the current tourism model to a circular model” seeks to attract up to 185 million euro from the Next Generation recovery fund. Some...

The Ecoembes social inclusion programme “Recycling to change lives” seeks to achieve equal opportunities for men and women in the world of work. In the last three years, the number of women at risk of social...

Ferrovial Services will treat the waste from street cleaning in the municipalities that make up the metropolitan area for the next three years. The contract is worth over €23 M. El Área Metropolitana de Barcelona...

The Galician Regional Government is to build its fourth biowaste treatment plant in the Pazos Business Park in the municipality of Verín. The announcement was made yesterday by the Regional Minister for the Environment, Territorial...

The report, adopted today with 574 votes in favour, 22 against and 95 abstentions, is a response to the Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan. Binding 2030 targets are needed for materials use and our consumption footprint,...

Ecovidrio, a non-profit organisation responsible for the management of glass packaging waste recycling in Spain, has submitted the project "Glass: 100% recyclable, 100% sustainable, 100% ready for the future" for European recovery funds. The 13 initiatives...

In recent years, concern for the environment and the search for a more responsible and sustainable model of society for the planet, based on what is known as the circular economy, have come to...

The RepescaPlas project has ended its third year with a total of 4,218 kg of marine litter recovered from the ports of Marín in Galicia, La Restinga in El Hierro and Gandia in Valencia...

While awareness, concern and action over how we dispose of plastics in the marine environment and elsewhere have grown enormously in recent years, there are many other and less known impacts of plastics, including...

Recyclia colabora con el Ayuntamiento de Madrid en una campaña de información y de refuerzo de la señalización de estos puntos de recogida.

Elche-based company Greene Waste to Energy is participating as a partner in the Eco Challenge project, an initiative that brings together different companies in the footwear sector. Amongst other objectives, these companies are seeking...

The new legislation incorporates the reforms introduced in 2018 by EU Directives governing both waste streams, particularly the obligation to implement economic instruments for the application of the waste hierarchy in the management of this waste

    An UNTHA XR3000C mobil-e shredder is now in operation at Geocycle’s co-processing facility in Córdoba, Argentina, as the innovative waste handler continues to progress towards a zero-waste future. The team – a 100% daughter company...

Integrated waste management is one of the greatest challenges facing the metropolis of Barcelona. This includes prevention and taking the steps necessary to move from a linear to a circular economy in which the...

Evolving towards a circular economy is a very important challenge for any society due to what it involves: more efficient use of resources and reducing the exploitation of raw materials in order to guarantee...

The main objective when covering mining waste is to minimize the total oxygen penetration through the sealing layer to the underlying mining waste and thereby limit weathering and leaching of, for example, heavy metals....

Awareness has grown in recent years of the need to increase the recycling rate in Spain and the necessity for recycled material to be in the production cycle for longer periods, which are two...

This year, over 200 bottling companies from the beer, wine, spirits and cider sectors, amongst others, have signed up for Ecovidrio’s Business Waste Prevention Plans 2020-2022. Ecovidrio is the non-profit organisation responsible for managing...

From today, Spain has machines in operation which will provide rewards each time they are used to recycle cans and plastic beverage bottles. When citizens deposit these items in the machines, not only will...

  The award ceremony, that took place in the "Rastro Madrid" location, was chaired by His Majesty the King Felipe VI, who emphasized in his message that this award shows the commitment of Spanish companies,...

According to Carlos Moreno-Figueroa, General Secretary at FECE, “this agreement enables us to cut costs, provide better service to consumers and comply with legal obligations related to the collection of electrical and electronic equipment”. In...

Six football clubs from the Santander and SmartBank leagues are collaborating with the environmental foundation Ecopilas in the recycling of used batteries and supporting the drive to raise awareness of this practice amongst citizens....

  In 2019, SIGNUS managed 188,631 tonnes of end-of-life tyres, converting them into useful new products for different applications. Of the tyres collected, almost 12% were prepared for reuse (second-hand or retreaded tyres) and the...

According to the United Nations, 53.6 million tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was generated worldwide in 2019. This is the equivalent of 7.3 kg per capita, 21% higher than in 2014,...

  LIFE4FILM and LIFE PLASMIX In this report, we will describe the different stages and processes of two European LIFE projects based in Granada in which FCC is participating as project coordinator. The initial classification stages...

The company’s main focus lies in the recycling of various kinds of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics, as well as producing recycled plastic pallets, pulpwoodplastic composite (WPC), and refuse derived fuel (RDF). In addition to...

  Eucobat, the association that represents Europe’s most important battery recycling collection systems, has once again called on the European Commission for new collection target calculation criteria for this type of waste. The request comes...

An industrial pavilion and a road section, both in the Aveiro region, are the first visible results of using waste generated in the pulp and paper industry in precast concrete structures and in bituminous...

In view of strong anticipated growth in the coming decades, the aeronautics industry is working to develop promising technologies that reduce its impact on the environment. High-performance composites have become one of the keys to...

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, SIGAUS is committed to contributing to the economic and social recovery of the Autonomous Community of Madrid in environmental terms. In the knowledge of the importance of...

STADLER has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in weeeSwiss Technology AG, which specializes in the design, construction and operation of turn-key Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling plants. With this move, STADLER...

Recycling sector compliance requirements are increasing in line with the growing diversity of materials. Alexander Korn, Managing Director of Korn Recycling, also sees it this way when defining the criteria for a new shredding...

Through two Ministerial Orders, the Spanish Government has set out new regulations on waste management during the emergence from lockdown. These Orders, passed on the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic...

Given this scenario, and for the first time in its history, SIGAUS will not finance management companies based on the volume of used oil managed in 2020, but rather the volume managed by them in...

While Spain is beginning to take the first steps towards reopening the economy, waste collection is currently classified as an essential service for the purpose of keeping cities clean. “It is a case of...

Every single minute that delays the commissioning of a new facility comes with a price tag. This well-known truism poses a challenge to many a company even under normal circumstances. What it means in...

Society is increasingly concerned about protecting the environment in which we live and more and more Spaniards are taking action to demonstrate that another future for the planet is possible. In achieving this objective,...

RCS is a company based in Werne, Germany, specializing in recycling management. With over 40 years’ experience, it provides companies efficient and sustainable solutions for the disposal of commercial waste with its three core...

In the exit from lockdown, the LIBERA Project, coordinated by SEO/BirdLife in collaboration with Ecoembes, is asking people to reflect not only on the importance of protecting personal health and the health of third...

Recyclia has just published this information and views the figures very positively, particularly bearing in mind the decrease in waste streams arising from the current lockdown situation, the reduced mobility of citizens and the...

  From these figures, Ecopilas infers that the growing levels of citizen awareness of the importance of recycling have not been affected by current circumstances. Neither has the capacity of collective management systems to maintain...

Two Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) retrofitted with Allison Transmission’s latest FuelSense ® 2.0 software have gained fuel savings of 8.85%. This demonstrates how mid-life software upgrades can significantly reduce vehicle fleet running...

The “Adopt a container” initiative sends containers and informative materials to centres wishing to participate. Training workshops are also provided for students, who represent one of the most important groups in terms of fostering...

Since the beginning of the State of Alarm on March 14, citizens have increased their use of the yellow container to recycle tetra-brick, plastic and metal packaging. This figure, compiled from information collected at...

Following Royal Decree-Act 10/2020 of March 29, which stopped all activities considered to be non-essential in order to reduce public mobility in the context of addressing COVID-19, SIGUAS, the integrated management system responsible for...

The inauguration ceremony of the plant, held on 10 March, was hosted by Dansk Retursystem Chief Executive Officer Lars Krejberg Petersen and attended by guests of honor Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and Lea...

80% of the revenues were generated by privately-owned companies, with the remaining 20% corresponding to companies in which public authorities have a majority shareholding. The number of MSW treatment and disposal plants in Spain...

  The Spanish ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge has issued recommendations on the management of domestic waste from the homes of COVID - 19 isolated or quarantined persons. These instructions have been communicated...

MAPLA (Medio Ambiente Agricultura y Plásticos – Environment Agriculture & Plastics) has been set up with the primary objective of organising and helping to finance a new system for the management of non-packaging agricultural...

Valoriza Medioambiente, an environmental services subsidiary of Sacyr, has been awarded the contract for municipal solid waste collection, street cleaning and maintenance of waste bins and containers in the municipality of Collado Villalba (Madrid), worth...

The new legislation will help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 on zero hunger, and a target of reducing food waste by 50% has been set for 2030. The act is pioneering in European terms because,...

It is estimated that between 640,000 and 800,000 tonnes of mfishing gear is lost worldwide annually and may remain in oceans for up to 600 years. This may well account for over 10% of...