The global recycling industry continues to advocate for free and fair trade as a prerequisite for efficient material flows and sustainable resource management.

The organisations call for stronger safeguards to ensure fair competition in public procurement across the European Union. They warn that the growing use of in-house procurement and public-public cooperation without competitive procedures reduces market access for private companies and weakens investment incentives in key sectors.

The update marks an important step for the tire pyrolysis sector. It establishes a clearer certification pathway for the fossil share of ELT-derived tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) and complements the established relevance of the biogenic share linked mainly to natural rubber content.

The reports, "Navigating Europe's twin transition — opportunities and challenges of digitalisation in the green transition" and "Artificial intelligence and sustainable consumption in Europe", examine how digitalisation affects climate policy, resource efficiency and economic resilience.

The European glass packaging industry also wants to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. This is a challenge in a traditionally energy-intensive industry. The European association FEVE has outlined the path to a low-carbon glass packaging industry in a paper. Low-carbon and affordable electricity is particularly important.

The recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ features Starlinger's biggest single extruder size, reaching an output of up to 2,700 kg of bottle-grade pellets per hour. The PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system is equipped with a pre-drying unit, high-vacuum degassing, a continuous filtration system, and an underwater pelletizer. The viscoSTAR SSP reactor installed at the end of the recycling process further increases the viscosity and level of decontamination of the produced pellets. The entire recycling process is based on the FIFO principle, ensuring uniform treatment of every single flake at the front end and each pellet at the back end for outstanding food-contact decontamination.

Public procurement plays an important role in the European economy. At the same time, it also has a considerable influence on the use of sustainable products. This is especially true in the construction sector. However, as the "Green Public Procurement in Construction" study conducted by Ramboll on behalf of the Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) shows, there is still a lot of catching up to do here.