Ecomondo 2026 will take place from 3 to 6 November at the Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. The 29th edition of the event will focus on the circular economy, resource management, environmental technologies and industrial sustainability.

Finnish foundry sand reclamation specialist Resand has increased its equipment financing facility with Norion Bank from €14.5 million to €25 million, supporting new customer agreements and international expansion.

Technical issues with DIWASS are causing operational disruptions because market participants are unable to submit notification requests for exports to Turkey and other third countries. The European Waste Management Association (FEAD) has now issued a statement referencing feedback from the European Commission.

The foundational technical standards for the digital product passport (DPP) are in place. At the international conference DPP4EU 2026 (June 1-3, Brussels), experts are presenting the newly published European standards to a broad industry audience and discussing concrete steps toward implementation.

PTFE is mainly disposed of via incineration, landfilling, and defluorination. However, incineration requires high energy and involves the release of hydrogen fluoride, which is highly corrosive. Meanwhile, landfilling leads to an environmental burden of undegraded PTFE. By contrast, defluorination, in which PTFE is converted into its constituent fluorine compounds, is eco-friendly as it enables polymer recycling. Unfortunately, traditional PTFE defluorination either requires high-temperature reactions (>500 °C) or complex reagents for the more manageable low-temperature reactions (<100 °C). Moreover, in either case, the efficiency of fluorine recovery has not been explored.

Founded in 2018 by experienced professionals from the waste and construction sectors, Rogaland Gjenvinning operates a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Soma, the western part of the large municipality of Sandnes, Norway. The company offers tailored waste and recycling solutions to both private individuals and businesses, with a strong focus on customer service, competitive pricing, and environmental stewardship.

The second half of 2025 could see renewed investment in pyrolysis oil after the EU set out its approach to mass-balance accounting in early July. It has proposed a fuel-exempt model. A consultation on the proposals ended on 19 August. The Commission is currently conducting a review before presenting a final draft to its technical, with the aim of adopting the proposals under an implementing decision in autumn 2025. It is currently unclear the extent of any changes to the SUPD proposals resulting from the consultation