Marius Schaub

New pigments from Clariant are certified "OK compost Industrial", meaning they can be used to color plastic products, including packaging, intended to be compostable. The certification was awarded by the TÜV Austria.

Metals and mining companies CMOC, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and Glencore in collaboration with battery material supplier Umicore are piloting Re-Source, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the electric car.

Fashion for Good launches the Sorting for Circularity Project to address textile recycling. Bringing together key brands and industry leaders from across Europe, the project aims to conduct a comprehensive textile waste analysis using accurate NIR technology, while also mapping textile recycler's capabilities.

Multivac joins the cross-company initiative R-Cycle. The aim is to jointly drive forward the circular economy for plastic packaging on the basis of an open and globally applicable tracing standard.

On Tuesday this week, FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste management industry across Europe, held a successful General Assembly of its members.

Together with the recognition of anaerobic digestion, the broader inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the EU Taxonomy would have been a positive signal for the whole waste management sector, says ESWET.

Repsol plans to build Spain's first chemical polyurethane foam recycling plant at its Puertollano Industrial Complex. It will be capable of processing over 2,000 metric tons of waste per year. The plant entails an investment of €12 million and will be operational by the end of 2022.

Metal recycling firm Recycled Products this week planted 20 trees to mark Global Recycling Day on 18 March. The firm has committed to planting a total of at least 250 saplings in the Chilterns in support of a reforestation initiative run by the organisers of Global Recycling Day.

Petcore Europe, Plastics Europe, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and Vinyl Plus have mutually agreed to join forces to form the organisation PolyREC. It will monitor, verify, and report their plastics recycling and uptake data in Europe.

Since the introduction of LNP ELCRIN IQ materials in late 2019, Sabic has helped divert more than 100 million single-use PET water bottles from landfills and incinerators.