Michael Brunn

A year ago, on the 3rd of July 2021, was the deadline for the transposition of EU-wide bans and marking rules into national legal frameworks of the EU Single-use Plastics Directive (SUPD).

CIWM has marked the inauguration of its next President, Dr Anna Willetts, with the launch of her 2022 Presidential Report, 'Improving the way we regulate circular resources in the UK', which focuses on how best to streamline and give confidence in the End of Waste process.

RecyClass extends its scope with the first European-wide audit scheme for plastic recyclers based on EN 15343 and fullfilling the requirements for conformity assessment described in ISO 17065.

Of the 30 million tonnes of household waste that is produced in Italy every year, close to 50 percent goes to landfill.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have now demonstrated how the carbon atoms in mixed waste can replace all fossil raw materials in the production of new plastic.

Founded in 1882, the wood processing company Fantoni Spa has been focusing on sustainability and recycled materials in its production for over 20 years.

Nextloopp has successfully undertaken the first full-scale packaging production trials using its unique PPristine food-grade resins.

RREUSE welcomes the approval of the action plans developed by the partners of the 2LIFES project, which aims at promoting re-use through public policies.

This year, the main focus of International E-Waste Day (#ewasteday) taking place on 14 October, will be those small electrical devices that we no longer use but keep in drawers and cupboards or often toss in the general waste bin.

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.