recycling
Simply switching to a polymer bearing from a stainless-steel bearing has saved a lead acid battery recycler, Fry’s Metals thousands in maintenance costs, and far more in preventing lost production time Recycling lead batteries in high volume is a tough, corrosive working environment to work in. As such, one of South Africa’s leading lead recycling […]
A rising wave of data shows just how serious ocean plastic pollution has become. igus is minimising waste plastic and helping remove plastic directly from the ocean As a manufacturer of plastic engineering components, igus takes marine pollution very seriously and is engaged in several programmes to reduce plastic pollution. More than 171 trillion pieces […]
With their recycling platforms, igus and cirplus want to jointly promote the regenerative plastics industry in the future. Cirplus also launches first global standard for high-quality plastics recycling Plastics are super-versatile and an essential part of our everyday lives, yet even today they often end up being incinerated. A more sustainable plastics economy is needed. […]
At the world’s biggest bike expo, Eurobike 2023, igus will showcase recyclable and partly-recycled components for bicycle manufacturers, including handlebars that are about to go into production. Bicycle manufacturer Advanced is the handlebar’s first customer Following last year’s launch of the plastic igus:bike, the motion plastics specialist is now exhibiting a new product line made […]
Recycling pioneer Mura Technology is making great strides in building the world’s first HydroPRS plant, scheduled to go into operation in early 2023 British company Mura Technology aims to recover crude oil from plastic with the HydroPRS chemical process to accelerate the circular economy of plastics. Since 2020, motion plastics specialist igus has supported Mura […]
Conserving resources and extending the product life cycle are the objectives of the new igus cradle-chain E2.1.CG, which saves 28% CO2 versus current e-chain production. From cradle to cradle: The goal of the circular economy is to return consumables to the biological or technical cycle in order to conserve valuable resources and raw materials, retain […]
Recycling is vital to reduce our carbon footprint. And what better way to recycle than to recycle plastic and produce a bike, a far greener method of transportation! This week’s video of the week introduces the first all plastic urban bike. Using the igus® expertise and technology, igus have created a bike that is lightweight, […]
***VISIT IGUS’s STAND AT ENGINEERING EXPO 8th to 9th JUNE for the UK LAUNCH of the ALL NEW, ALL-PLASTIC igus BIKE*** igus will launch the world’s first all-plastic urban bicycle for the UK market at Engineering Expo on 8th June. Its debut showing was at Hannover Messe on 30th May. Using the igus expertise in […]
The “chainge” program has officially begun in the UK! Our energy chains are now been recycled in a circular way, allowing us to reuse them in our own innovation display stands! Working in collaboration with our recycling partner, MyGroup in Hull, old energy chains were remanufactured into Storm Boards – versatile structural recycled plastic boards. […]
Environmental protection is gaining more momentum today and plastic is a big part of this. Social transformation, responsibility for sustainability and the changes in our use of plastics are not going unnoticed by industry. Examples from igus, the motion plastics specialist, show how companies can use engineering and ecological innovations to tackle these issues. More […]