Michael Brunn

Thousands of consumer products are made from commodities: raw materials extracted from natural resources.

EU officials want to make durable, repairable, and recyclable batteries the norm.

The EuRIC Brochure presents key facts about end-of-life (ELT) mechanical tyre recycling, which is a major enabler of circularity and climate mitigation for the entire tyre value chain.

Meldgaard Recycling is sending a mobile plant to Portugal to process 30.000 tons of incinerator bottom ash (IBA).

Zero Waste Europe and Reloop, in partnership with the University of Utrecht, have released a report showing that reusable packaging - such as bottles, crates, jars, and others - produce far fewer carbon emissions than their single-use counterparts.

In collaboration with companies in the sector, AIMPLAS and ITC are applying eco-design criteria to produce reusable containers, as well as a new recycling system for managing waste when the container reaches the end of its useful life.

The Initiative "Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland" (ERDE, or Crop Plastics Recycling Germany) will be taking back polypropylene baler twine nationwide from 2021, predominantly for mechanical recycling.

Starlinger viscotec, PET-MAN and the dairy pro- ducer Biohof Zauner developed the first white yoghurt cup made from 100% rPET, which can be recycled after use and made into a yoghurt cup again.

Mexico is one of the world's ten biggest producers of Municipal Solid Waste on account of its vast size and large population.

As business leaders strive for sustainability, systemic problems such as poor working conditions, unfair distribution of profits and wasteful consumption patterns will undermine Europe's quest for a fair and truly circular economy.