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Urban waste in Europe: the EU increasingly promotes separate waste collection

All data and scenarios emerged at the International Meeting on the Management of Municipal Solid Waste promoted by ATIA ISWA Italy.

Which waste management companies plan to extend their market in SE Europe?

Composting, waste-to-energy, recycling industrial, agriculture, construction and e-waste, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, modernization of waste collection sites - these are some of the priorities of the national programs for more sustainable and professional waste management in the countries of South-East Europe. 

IFAT 2018: Preview of novelties in waste, recycling and municipal technologies

Plastics recycling: new solutions for sorting and treatment. Clean air in recycling plants and during waste collection.

Computerized Collection Stations

Ecofil is a new and dynamic reality in the field of waste collection and separation, with a strong focus on technology, environmental ethic and attention to the needs of citizens.

More recycling of household waste, less landfilling in Europe

• Municipal waste recycling target: 44 % today, 55% by 2025, 65% by 2035
• No more than 10% landfilling by 2035
• Separate collection of textiles and hazardous waste

Closing the loop with PET: Bottle-to-bottle recycling projected to grow

Report highlights new trends in PET collection and sorting.

Glass sorting plant by Pal Srl

The construction site of the plant for the sorting of glass waste from separate collection that Pal Srl will build for Herambiente in the province of Ravenna is about to begin.

MASOTINA and TOMRA Recycling: highly targeted plastic sorting boosts recycling volumes and purity

Based in Corsico in the Lombardy Region of Italy, MASOTINA S.p.A. operates one of Europe’s largest materials recovery facilities (MRFs) for the separation and recovery of plastic from municipal waste. The company uses 32 AUTOSORT® machines supplied by global sensor-based sorting specialist, TOMRA Recycling, to sort and recover high volumes of plastics primaily from single stream household waste collections, as well as some commercial waste. Thanks to the latest generation of TOMRA’s technology, MASOTINA is today reaping the benefits of ‘tailor-made’ plastic sorting solutions.

Boosting closed loop glass recycling in Europe: Why Deposit Return Schemes are not the way forward

Evidence across Europe shows that DRS does not maximise quantity or quality of recycled glass and we consider that including glass in a DRS could have a range of negative consequences and put existing collection and recycling systems at risk.

TOMRA’s Circular Economy Conference: Collaboration to ‘Close the Loop on Plastics’

High-quality recycling starts with targeted collection.

Record collection of glass containers for recycling hits 78% in the EU

Latest value chain data – published by Close the Glass Loop – show that the EU28 average collection for recycling rate for glass packaging grew to the record rate of 78% in 2019. This represents a growth of 2 percentage points compared to 2018 performance, which shows that the glass packaging value chain is delivering on its circular economy ambition.

Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway

TOMRA and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection. Since it stopped the separate collection for plastics in its region and unleashed the power of mixed waste sorting, the facility increased recovery rates from 28% to 82% and achieved recycling rates of 56,4%, thus meeting the EU’s 2025 recycling targets ahead of time. Today, IVAR ranks first in processing MSW by volume.