Michael Brunn
Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief

Plastics Recyclers Europe has published the strategy paper on the state of play of the technical plastic parts recycling.

BIR President Ranjit Baxi has appointed Henk Alssema, Chairman of Vita Plastics in the Netherlands, as new Chairman of the BIR Plastics Committee.
EERA (European Electronics Recyclers Association) calls on all stakeholders to implement ADR rules for the safe collection and transport of WEEE including batteries.

Plastic Energy Limited, has reached an agreement with the province of West Java (Indonesia) to build five chemical recycling plants.

The board of the BIR Textiles Division has appointed Martin Böschen as new divisional President.

During this year's International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC) , some 220 experts from 24 countries came together to discuss the latest trends in the world of automobile recycling.

On Wednesday, Parliament approved a new law banning single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks.

One of the key factors in the transition to a circular economy lies in "ecodesign".

Yesterday the European Parliament's plenary voted to boost the transition to the circular economy in Europe's most needy regions, with a landmark decision on the main EU's investment policy, the Cohesion Fund.

The increasing number of fraud cases of bogus bills being unearthed by Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department within 2 years of introduction of the tax reform regime in India, indicate that it could only be the tip of the iceberg.