Supplier News

31. BGN Technologies Announces Research Collaboration With ECOIBÉRIA For Biodegradation Of Plastic 11/4/2020

    BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), announced today that it had signed a research collaboration agreement with ECOIBÉRIA in the field of plastic recycling by bacteria, based on research from the team of Prof. Ariel Kushmaro and Prof. Alex Sivan, both from the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering at BGU

32. Waste Management Completes $4.6B Acquisition Of Advanced Disposal 10/30/2020

    Waste Management announced today that it completed its acquisition of all outstanding shares of Advanced Disposal on October 30, following the receipt of required regulatory approvals

33. New Process That Turns Waste Into Nutritional Supplements 10/29/2020

    The NUS research team led by Associate Professor Yan Ning (left) and Assistant Professor Zhou Kang (right) has developed an integrated upcycling process to produce high-value amino acids from waste materials

34. Aliplast And Nextchem Team Up For Plastics Recycling 10/29/2020

    Maire Tecnimont S.P.A. and Hera Group announce today the signing of a strategic agreement between Aliplast, Hera Group’s subsidiary for the collection, recycling and conversion of plastics, and NextChem, Maire Tecnimont Group’s company for the development of projects and technologies for the energy transition

35. Flash Graphene Rocks Strategy For Plastic Waste 10/29/2020

    Plastic waste comes back in black as pristine graphene, thanks to ACDC

36. Ecogensus Receives Notice Of Allowance From European Patent Office For Waste-To-Fuel Process 10/26/2020

    Ecogensus, LLC ("Ecogensus" or the "Company"), a leading technology company in the resource recovery and waste management industry, today announced the European Patent Office's issuance of a notice that it intends to grant a patent for the Company's process of converting solid wastes into fuel (European Patent Application No. 15 854 145.8)

37. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Announces A Permit Expansion At Its North Country Landfill 10/14/2020

    Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced that the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (“NHDES”) issued a permit modification to expand the Company’s North Country Environmental Services, Inc. (“NCES”) landfill to increase its permitted disposal capacity by approximately 1.24 million cubic yards of airspace

38. Lummus Announces Agreement With New Hope Technologies To License Waste Plastics Conversion Technology 10/14/2020

    Lummus Technology and New Hope Technologies today announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development of a leading plastic waste conversion technology based on thermal pyrolysis.

39. Kids' Scooters Made From Recycled Fishing Nets 10/14/2020

    Around 10 percent of the plastic waste in the oceans comes from fishing. Every year, an estimated 640,000 tons of nets, ropes, and other equipment are left behind in the oceans

40. Novel Study First To Tally Biomass From Oceanic Plastic Debris 10/13/2020

    Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating the “perfect storm” for microbial colonization. Introduced more than 50 years ago, plastic substrates are a novel microbial habitat in the world’s oceans.