Incineration

Rumpke and Eastman join forces to expand recycling of PET waste

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Partnership, Incineration, Recycling, PET, Polyester, Food packaging, Ecosystem

KINGSPORT, Tenn. and CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 8,  2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman , today announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.

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  • KINGSPORT, Tenn. and CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 8,  2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman , today announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.
  • Later this year, Rumpke will begin collecting and sorting hard-to-recycle and colored PET packaging waste, materials that are largely unaddressed in today's recycling ecosystem and will provide 100 percent of this waste stream as feedstock to Eastman's molecular recycling process.
  • Eastman will then turn this waste stream into virgin quality polyesters with its molecular recycling technology to be used across a range of packaging applications and to expand the circular economy for polyesters.
  • "Rumpke and Eastman are both committed to innovative approaches to reducing plastic waste through collaboration," said Brad Lich, Eastman executive vice president and chief commercial officer.

Syngenta continues decarbonization of global operations – US site recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Carbon, Crop protection, Steam, Agriculture, Wind, Incineration, Environment, Climate change, Water, Green Power, Farmer, EPA, Electricity, Green Power Partnership, Organization, Renewable energy

Syngenta continues decarbonization of global operations – US site recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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  • Syngenta continues decarbonization of global operations – US site recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Hydropower a major source of power at Monthey, Switzerland site
    Further progress in actions to decarbonize energy and heat in own operations, and decreasing sector’s footprint
    Syngenta Group, one of the world’s leading global agriculture technology companies, announced today that its manufacturing facility in St Gabriel, Louisiana, US, has been recognized as a top user of green power by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  • This recognition marks the latest milestone in the company’s actions to decarbonize its operations globally.
  • Dr. Tom Gray, Head of Active Ingredient Strategy and Operations at Syngenta Group, said: “We are proud to be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being a leader in the green power market.
  • “Syngenta is fully committed to a long-term journey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the running of our operations,” said Gray.

Syngenta Continues Decarbonization of Global Operations – U.S. Site Recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Agriculture, Food Tech, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Environment, Technology, Food, Beverage, Retail, Carbon, Crop protection, Multimedia, Steam, Wind, Incineration, Climate change, Water, Green Power, Farmer, Syngenta, EPA, Electricity, Green Power Partnership, Organization, Renewable energy

Syngenta Group, one of the world’s leading global agriculture technology companies, announced today that its manufacturing facility in St Gabriel, Louisiana, U.S., has been recognized as a top user of green power by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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  • Syngenta Group, one of the world’s leading global agriculture technology companies, announced today that its manufacturing facility in St Gabriel, Louisiana, U.S., has been recognized as a top user of green power by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240208924818/en/
    Syngenta continues decarbonization of global operations – US site recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Photo: Business Wire)
    This recognition marks the latest milestone in the company’s actions to decarbonize its operations globally.
  • Dr. Tom Gray, Head of Active Ingredient Strategy and Operations at Syngenta Group, said: “We are proud to be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being a leader in the green power market.
  • “Syngenta is fully committed to a long-term journey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the running of our operations,” said Gray.

Bollegraaf and Greyparrot Forge Strategic AI Partnership to Transform Global Waste Management Industry

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Technology, Packaging, Recycling, Manufacturing, Apps, Applications, Other Construction & Property, Machinery, Construction & Property, Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Sustainability, Software, Hardware, Other Manufacturing, Partnership, Multimedia, Plant, Intelligence, Analyser, Convalescence, Acceleration, Incineration, GHG, Municipal solid waste, Hand, Automation, Deep learning, Finca, MRF, Engineering, ROI

Bollegraaf , the world's largest builder of recycling plants, has entered into a strategic partnership with Greyparrot , a pioneer in AI waste analytics, to transform global waste management.

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  • Bollegraaf , the world's largest builder of recycling plants, has entered into a strategic partnership with Greyparrot , a pioneer in AI waste analytics, to transform global waste management.
  • In a development set to transform waste management, this marks a momentous acceleration in the global shift from a linear to a circular economy.
  • Greyparrot’s Analyzer gives 100% visibility into waste composition to unlock a new, more intelligent level of insight about waste that Greyparrot calls waste intelligence.
  • With automated, real-time waste monitoring and digitised systems powered by AI, the industry can tackle the issue of 'invisible waste' and transform a traditionally labour-intensive process.

TotalEnergies Converts Feedstocks from Plastic Waste into Circular Polymers at Texas Plant

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Partnership, BTP, Polymer, Certification, Pyrolysis, Incineration, TotalEnergies, Plastic, BASF

HOUSTON, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in the United States, TotalEnergies has converted feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at its polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas.

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  • HOUSTON, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in the United States, TotalEnergies has converted feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at its polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas.
  • The petrochemical feedstock was provided by New Hope Energy's ISCC+ certified advanced recycling facility in Tyler, Texas.
  • The feedstock was converted into monomers at the BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals (BTP) facility – a 60/40 joint venture between BASF and TotalEnergies based in Port Arthur, Texas – before being transformed into circular polymers at TotalEnergies' polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas.
  • TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy have also signed a multi-year agreement under which New Hope Energy will supply TotalEnergies with petrochemical feedstock made from plastics to produce recycled polymers.

Clean Earth and Veolia North America Sign First-of-its-Kind Hazardous Waste Treatment Agreement

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Sustainability, Green Technology, Recycling, Consulting, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Nuclear, Professional Services, Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Environment, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Other Manufacturing, State, Local, Urban Planning, Public Policy, Other Policy Issues, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Other Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Government, Coal, Alternative Energy, Energy, Waste management, Multimedia, NVRI, Carbon, Incineration, Research, Renewable energy

Clean Earth, a division of Enviri Corporation (NYSE: NVRI), and Veolia North America, have executed a long-term collaborative agreement for significant incineration capacity at the new state-of-the-art thermal facility in Southwest Arkansas.

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  • Clean Earth, a division of Enviri Corporation (NYSE: NVRI), and Veolia North America, have executed a long-term collaborative agreement for significant incineration capacity at the new state-of-the-art thermal facility in Southwest Arkansas.
  • The five-year agreement, structured to provide guaranteed access for Clean Earth by Veolia, is a first-of-its-kind in the industry and a positive advancement for the waste management industry and customers as the new facility, opening in 2025, will provide much-needed additional capacity.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240125023718/en/
    “This unique agreement solves some of the constraints that have challenged the industry in the past several years,” said Jeff Beswick, President of Clean Earth.
  • Veolia North America will increase waste treatment access for Clean Earth throughout 2024 to ramp up activities for a smooth transition in 2025.

Plastic Collective attracts landmark fundraising to tackle plastic pollution

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Environment, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Chemicals, Plastics, Professional Services, Sustainability, Manufacturing, Green Technology, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Recycling, Carbon, Woman, Welfare, Certification, OECD, Employment, World Bank Group, Sustainable Development Goals, World Bank, Collective, Incineration, Citibank, Nature

This innovative bond provides investors a financial return linked to Plastic Waste Collection Credits, Plastic Waste Recycling Credits (collectively, plastic credits), and Voluntary Carbon Units (carbon credits) expected to be generated by two projects.

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  • This innovative bond provides investors a financial return linked to Plastic Waste Collection Credits, Plastic Waste Recycling Credits (collectively, plastic credits), and Voluntary Carbon Units (carbon credits) expected to be generated by two projects.
  • The funding will help Plastic Collective’s mission to rid the world of plastic waste by channeling private capital to support plastic collection and recycling projects in remote and vulnerable communities to access sustainable finance and address extreme plastic leakage into nature and oceans.
  • The emergence of plastic credits, coupled with continuing education and effort to cut plastic use offer a prime opportunity to tackle this pressing environmental and social challenge.
  • Our collective effort innovatively uses VERRA-registered plastic credits to support two projects to reduce plastic pollution -- a huge global challenge with particularly devastating impacts on emerging markets.

Northwell collaborates with Envetec to become first health care system in US to implement innovative clean technology to treat regulated medical waste

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Chemicals, Plastics, Health Technology, Green Technology, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Other Health, Pharmaceutical, General Health, Medical Devices, Environment, Hospitals, Science, Biotechnology, Other Science, Health, Senior, Multimedia, Glass, Chair, GENERATIONS, Climate change, PPE, Carbon accounting, Hospital, Waste management, Biodegradable waste, Laboratory, Plastic, EPA, Patient, Transport, Carbon, Pressure, Incineration, Recycling

This groundbreaking technology is designed for the safe and effective on-site treatment of regulated medical waste including single-use laboratory plastics, glass, PPE and sharps containers.

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  • This groundbreaking technology is designed for the safe and effective on-site treatment of regulated medical waste including single-use laboratory plastics, glass, PPE and sharps containers.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240103355312/en/
    GENERATIONS unit, which will help sustainably treat over 500,000 pounds of regulated medical waste annually at Northwell’s core laboratory.
  • "As the largest hospital network and private employer in New York, Northwell Health is fully committed to leading the transition towards a sustainable healthcare future.
  • Northwell's core laboratory is adopting GENERATIONS with plans to sustainably treat over 500,000 pounds of regulated medical waste annually onsite.

Loop Industries Announces Its Loop(TM) Branded PET Resin Is Compliant for Pharmaceutical Industry Packaging Applications

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Infinite loop, Container, European Pharmacopoeia, PET, ERG, Innovation, Polyethylene terephthalate, USP, Safety, GEN, CO2, Incineration, Recycling

Test results executed by a worldwide leader in laboratory testing services confirm that Loop's PET resin has successfully met these requirements, opening new possibilities for sustainable packaging solutions in the pharmaceutical industry.

Key Points: 
  • Test results executed by a worldwide leader in laboratory testing services confirm that Loop's PET resin has successfully met these requirements, opening new possibilities for sustainable packaging solutions in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Loop's 100% recycled virgin quality PET can help support pharmaceutical companies with a sustainable packaging alternative and address the growing demand for environmentally responsible choices in the industry.
  • In addition to pharmaceutical packaging applications, Loop(TM) branded PET resin is also suitable for use in food-grade packaging, cosmetic packaging and polyester fiber textile applications.
  • 1 Source: Life Cycle Assessment of Loop GEN II Infinite Loop(TM) France done by Franklin Associates, a division of ERG, compares kg for kg Loop PET vs. Virgin PET.

Waste to Energy Market Report 2024-2034 - Available Land Space for Landfilling Is Diminishing, Necessitating Alternative Waste Management Solutions

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Thursday, December 21, 2023
Rise, Waste-to-energy, Developing country, City, Electricity, Climate change, Incineration, Equipment

DUBLIN, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Waste to Energy (WtE) Market Report 2024-2034" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Waste to Energy (WtE) Market Report 2024-2034" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The exponential growth in global population and urbanisation has led to a substantial surge in waste generation, necessitating advanced waste management solutions.
  • Waste to energy emerges as a critical market driver, offering a sustainable approach to address the mounting waste crisis.
  • These regulations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and encourage the adoption of cleaner energy alternatives, driving the waste to energy market.