Metals

Copper, one of the most precious metals

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.
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
Experts / Involved Parties
MSc MBA Jacob Drejer
TCF Partners
Mr. Joane Duque
ASHCRETE TECHNOLOGIES
Finance manager Jayne Jeavons
Stancroft Trust Limited
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Several associations are strongly concerned about the proposed changes and are asking for them to be withdrawn.
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.
WtERT Germany // Kai Löffelbein
Ctrl-X, A topography of e-waste
Together with Mr. Thomas Schwarz (photo), Managing Director of Zweckverband Waste Management Region Hannover (aha) Werner Bauer and Dr. Karoline Borner, WtERT-Germany had the pleasure to visit the impressive photography exhibition "Ctrl-X, A topography of e-waste" of documentary photographer Kai Löffelbein in Hanover.
Waste Management Vol. 8
Mining Incinerator Bottom Ash for Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals and Precious Metals Jan-Peter Born
In 2012 the Dutch Waste-to-Energy sector agreed upon a Green Deal with the government to either clean the Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (MSWI) bottom ash stemming from Waste-to-Energy, or find other applications for it rather than the IBC application in embankments (closed application; IBC = isolation, management and control). As a member of the Dutch Waste Management Association, N.V. HVC was one of the companies that signed this Green deal and committed to the goal stated therein.
Fraunhofer Umsicht
A model region for waste management in Tunisia
In this project, which is being worked on by Fraunhofer Umsicht Sulzbach-Rosenberg with WtERT Germany and em & s, a recycling center is to be set up, among other things, in which various valuable waste materials, e.g. old electrical equipment can be registered.
Science of The Total Environment, Volumes 640–641
Characterization of bioenergy biochar and its utilization for metal/metalloid immobilization in contaminated soil Xiao Yang, Avanthi D Igalavithana, Sang-Eun Oh, Hyungseok Nam, Ming Zhang, Chi-Hwa Wang, Eilhann E Kwon, Daniel CW Tsang, Yong Sik Ok
This study is a comparison of the effect of biochar produced by bioenergy systems, via the pyrolysis and gasification processes, on the immobilization of metals/metalloids in soil.
SBSC 2018
Application of Optical Sensor-Based Sorting for Preconcentration of Seafloor Massive Sulphides Klaus M. Hahn, Jutta Lennartz, Rolf Arne Kleiv, Kurt Aasly, Hermann Wotruba, Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk
Due to an increasing demand for valuable and critical metals and decreasing onshore resources, the development of deep-sea mining strategies became more important during the last decade. Both polymetallic nodules and seafloor massive sulphide (SMS) deposits have been identified as potential metal resources for the future.
SBSC 2018
On-line analysis for the classification of metal and plastic scrap using Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms Jonas Petersson, Baptiste Ottino, Arne Bengtson, Bertrand Noharet, Tania Irebo Schwartz
Several approaches to machine learning algorithms for the analysis of LIBS data collected from scrap pieces on conveyor belt have been tested.
Recycling of light bulbs Z. Mrčela , G. Rozing, T. Malijurek
Abstract: The European Commission prohibits the use of classic incandescent light bulbs, and suggests their replacement by energy saving electric light or by compact fluorescent lamps (CFL).
Storage facility private households: Utilizing unexploited potential Ralf Brüning, Julia Wolf
Electrical and electronic equipment that contains private data, such as mobile phones or notebooks, is often stored in private households.
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