Michael Brunn

The 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns - "Mannheim2020", taking place online from 30th September - 2nd October, will address the socio-economic and socio-cultural challenges associated with accelerating the transformation to sustainability and climate neutrality.

The findings of an independent laboratory testing of 'GreenleafTM 2nd Generation' technology show that it is fully compatible with the recycling stream of HDPE containers as it does not pose any recyclability issues.

Connected machines and cloud-based data storage is transforming how businesses collect, access and analyze data.

UK glass recycling company Recresco, has made a significant investment in the latest innovation in glass sorting technology from Sesotec.

Trinseo has announced that Trinseo and Coexpan will collaborate to validate various polystyrene recycling technologies to develop polystyrene containing recycled content that is fit for use in the global dairy industry's form fill seal ("FFS") market.

Upfront the 25th International Congress for Battery Recycling, organizer ICM has talked to Roman Stiftner, Managing Director of the Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Federation.

An innovative method for aluminium recycling has been boosted by research showing the microscopic changes that take place when molten alloys cool. 

In February 2020 Dinos d.o.o. Ljubljana, Slovenia officially inaugurated a new recycling plant for processing industrial plastic waste, in particular plastic film.

New EU guidelines for the recycling of fabrics and textiles have been in force since 2018. The aim of this very important project for the environment is to reuse all textiles worldwide from 2025.

COVID-19 crisis is influencing every aspect of the economy with growing volatility in the market across the globe.