Michael Brunn

Next year's annual Petcore Conference will feature an Innovation Summit where delegates from across the PET value chain will present a diverse range of ground-breaking initiatives.

The third-largest panelboard producer in Europe is equipped with Tomra Recycling Sorting's latest X-ray transmission and deep learning-based wood sorting solutions.

Recent calls for the introduction of a priority access to recycled plastics, known as "right of first refusal", have been increasingly taking space in the public debate on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal (PPWR).

The ECDB was established in spring 2023, marking an important step towards advancing sustainable practices in the construction and demolition recycling sector.

EcoeFISHent promotes a demonstrable and replicable cluster implementing systemic solutions through multilevel circular value chains for eco-efficient valorization of fishing and fish industries side-streams.

In 2021, the EU generated 188.7 kg packaging waste per inhabitant, 10.8 kg more per person than in 2020, the biggest increase in 10 years, and almost 32 kg more than in 2011.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are now presenting a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries.

The European plastic recycling industry is facing pressing challenges as the demand for recycled polymers dwindles to its lowest point recently.

According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the plastics recycling market in Europe has been heavily destabilised throughout 2023.

This is just one of the developments made within the European Unlock project to boost the sustainable circular bioeconomy for rural development in Europe by creating new agricultural applications for feather keratin.