Innovations

Powering the circular economy
Recycling waste and using more secondary raw materials holds the key to transitioning from a linear to a circular economy and driving the progress necessary to halting climate change

Coolrec’s new separator transforms discarded appliances into guaranteed quality plastics
Coolrec, a subsidiary of Renewi and European market leader in WEEE (waste from electrical and electronic equipment) recycling, has invested €0.5 million in an electrostatic separator in order to generate more kinds of high-value secondary raw materials.

Renewi best-in-class ESG approach recognised by S&P
Standard & Poor Global Ratings (S&P) has increased Renewi’s ESG evaluation score to 83. The updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation recognises our best in class position.

Renewi invests in the plastics value chain in the Port of Ghent
Last year, in addition to a brand new plastics sorting line, a new building was constructed for a state-of-the-art processing line for hard plastics on the Moervaartkaai site in the port of Ghent.