Since April 2024, Cirrec (part of Faerch Group) has been processing 60,000 tonnes of PET trays/year—over 3 billion trays—into food-grade rPET. The key challenge: sorting visually similar but legally different materials.
Fornnax has unveiled one of the world’s largest New Product Development Centre and Demo Plant, spread across a 12-acre facility located approximately 30 km from the key western Indian port of Kandla in Gujarat, to advance global recycling technology. This new facility marks a significant step toward Fornnax's long-term vision of becoming a global leader in recycling solutions by 2030.
TOMRA Collection has opened a new reverse vending machine (RVM) showroom in London, giving UK retailers the opportunity to experience deposit-return technology firsthand as the country prepares to roll out its beverage container deposit-return system (DRS) in October 2027.
BRT HARTNER has launched its first optical sorting system, the BRT Hartner AS, developed in cooperation with RTT System GmbH. The solution combines an acceleration belt, advanced optical sensors and compressed-air ejection to deliver high-precision sorting of waste and recyclable materials.
A new era for mechanical recycling has begun. At K 2025, Lindner, in collaboration with Procter & Gamble, introduced Flexloop — a revolutionary solvent-based extraction technology that removes NIAS, odours, adhesives, and inks from polymer chains, delivering recyclate pure enough for sensitive packaging applications, such as cosmetics and personal care.
Waste Robotics has officially launched its WR4 End-of-Arm Tool and AI-driven gripper system, now commercially available to facilities focused on metal sorting and recovery.
The global Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) market is gaining traction as recycling automation and deposit return systems expand worldwide.
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