Waste oil

The European Commission plans to table its proposals on food waste prevention and improved textile waste management in the second quarter of 2023, according to the body's work programme for the coming year which was presented on Tuesday. The planned "Critical Raw Materials Act" and related measures are to be launched...

Czech chemicals group Orlen Unipetrol announced on 22 September that had entered an agreement to take over the Czech plastics recycler Remaq. No financial details about the transaction were released. Orlen expects the deal to close by the end of March 2023. Otrokovice-based Remaq was founded in 2004 and started out as...

The IFAT environmental technology trade fair was held from 30 May to 3 June at the trade fair centre in Munich, Germany. Roughly 119,000 people travelled to the event to see the products and services offered by almost 3,000 exhibitors, the organiser, Messe München announced. The last IFAT in 2018 had welcomed roughly...

Kerosene made from sustainable fuel sources can currently meet just one per cent of global demand for aviation fuel. Speaking at the Aero Friedrichshafen trade fair towards the end of April, Markus Fischer, Divisional Board Member for Aeronauticsat the German Aerospace Centre (DLF) noted that sustainable aviation...

(E) – The "impossibility" of securing affordable insurance cover threatens the success of the circular economy in Spain, according to a new report published by an organisation representing insurance brokers. The association Consejo General de los Colegios de Mediadores de Seguros, which also consults on legislative...

(D) – A new waste oil refinery in Denmark can start operating after 18 months of construction work, its operator Avista Green announced in late July. The refinery located in Kalundborg will have an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes and produce top-quality base oil, according to the company. It replaces an Avista...

(D) – The owner of German beer maker Bitburger plans to purchase a 45 per cent stake in the waste oil recycler Avista Oil AG. At the same time, Germany’s richest woman, the BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, would increase her stake in the waste oil company from 35 per cent to 45 per cent, Avista announced last week. Ms...