Michael Brunn
Editor-in-Chief
Plastic contributes more emissions than aviation and shipping Industries
A new report from plastic waste prevention startup CleanHub analyses how plastic and the surrounding industry directly contributes to climate change — finding that it produces more greenhouse gasses than the Aviation and Shipping industries.
Austria is preparing for Deposit Return System
Austria will soon introduce the Deposit Return System (DRS) for single-use beverage containers, starting on January 1, 2025.
Five innovative future recycling strategies that could save our earth
The climate crisis is becoming even more of a talking point among businesses and consumers, with recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showing that around 64% of adults in Great Britain have been worried about how climate change is impacting the planet.
Tanrıkulu enters PET bottle-to-bottle market
The plastics recycling company based near Istanbul, Türkiye, commissioned its new Starlinger Recostar PET 215 iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling system in the last quarter of 2023.
SA Recycling relies on Steinert sensor sorting technology
SA Recycling processes 6 million metric tons of residential and commercial scrap metal every year at more than 140 sites.
EU exported 32 million tonnes of waste in 2022
This was a slight decrease of 3% compared with 2021. Imports of waste from non-EU countries decreased by 5% since 2021, amounting to 18.7 million tonnes.
'CÍRCULO - Associação pela Circularidade de Resíduos Especiais' from Portugal has joined FEAD as a full member.
Efficient cable recycling at Loacker
Loacker Recycling based in Wonfurt, Germany, is part of the Loacker Recycling GmbH family business headquartered in Götzis, Austria, and specialises in waste cable recycling.
Europe R-PE continues to face tough trading conditions, although some optimism remains
The majority of players expect recycled polyethylene's (R-PE) tough trading conditions to continue into 2024 due to ongoing bearish macroeconomic conditions, although many expect this to improve compared with 2023.
New EU law empowers consumers against corporate greenwashing
The EEB welcomes the restriction of misleading green claims and labels, but urges action against barriers to repair.