Michael Brunn

European countries are improving their methods to prevent household trash and other municipal waste from ending up in landfill sites. Recycling rates, in particular, have increased considerably across Europe over the past decade, due in part to European environmental policies, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment.

RE-APAGA, Armenia's first Electronic-Waste recycling campaign, initiated by UWC Dilijan College student, Cedric Solms, kicked-off in the resort town of Dilijan, Armenia.

According to the latest report by Research and Markets, the market size of waste heat recovery system (WHRS) is projected to reach USD 65.87 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.90% between 2016 and 2021.

Avery Dennison has collaborated with partners throughout the supply chain namely Viridor and PET UK, to help Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) reduce waste, costs, and the carbon footprint of Smartwater production in the United Kingdom.

The manufacturer of magnetic separators, metal detectors, vibratory, fluid filtration and sampling equipment undertook an external audit by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) involving all processes and departments within the business.

In order to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability in the packaging value chain, Dow Corning, wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical has announced its new collaboration agreement with Reculiner, an Belgian company that developed and patented a recycling technology which converts paper release liner waste from self-adhesive labels into different end products such as insulation material.

The 16th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2017 will take place from January 17 - 20, 2017 in Salzburg, Austria.

With over 1.8 million tonnes of collected and recycled PET bottles, the 2015 European PET collection and recycling volumes have increased by 5% compared to 2014.

Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and ECOS urge EU Member States to lay down European quality standards EN 50625-2-3 and TS 50625-3-4 in national waste legislation

According to the latest industry data, published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) - the average glass recycling rate in the EU28 zone has reached the 74% threshold for the first time. This means that over 11.6 million tons were collected throughout the European Union in 2014 or 3.5% more than in the previous year.