Researchers propose an ecosystem-based framework to help SMEs select effective circular business strategies.
RECYCLING magazine 04 / 2025
Recent research highlights the complexity and interconnectedness of global sustainability challenges. Studies range from analysing long-term polymer demand and waste trends to exploring how design standards can enhance plastic recycling and how enzyme-based or chemical recycling might help transform materials recovery. Others address systemic issues — from the risks of placing export restrictions on UK recycled metals to Europe’s vast construction waste potential, governance failures driving Himalayan disasters, and the role of AI, IoT, and SMEs in advancing circular practices. Social dimensions, such as citizens’ littering behaviour and policy alignment in megacities, further underscore the fact that effective recycling and resource management depend on technological innovation, open markets, and coordinated action across sectors and scales.
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© E. Zillner Between knowledge and throwing away
A study analyses how citizens’ attitudes and perceived control influence littering behaviour.
© 2025 Martin Engineering Controlling dust in materials recycling
As the drive to improve recycling efficiency intensifies, more and more attention is being paid to keeping dust within the process flow.
© Container created with AI; data stream: E. Zillner Creating data streams from waste streams
AI and IoT technologies can revolutionise urban waste management by improving efficiency, sustainability, and traceability.
© E. Zillner Design and standards for recycling
Austrian researchers have identified design for recycling, binding specifications, and efficient sorting as key levers for plastic packaging recycling.
Manufacturing disasters: the Himalayan story
Frequent disasters in the Himalayan region are increasingly linked to poor governance and unregulated development.
Plastic eaters at work
A study critically examines the real potential and limitations of enzyme-based plastic recycling.
Recycling needs open markets
A study conducted for the BMRA assesses how potential UK export restrictions on recycled metals could affect the economy.
Rethinking recycling in megacities
Scientists show that the successful adoption of chemical recycling in megacities such as Singapore depends on the alignment of technological, political, and social factors.
© graph created by Future Needs Tackling Europe’s biggest pile of waste
C&D waste represents both a major environmental challenge and a significant untapped resource for Europe’s circular economy.
The plastic dilemma
A study analyses global polymer flows and projects demand and waste through 2100.
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