Metals are generally easy to recycle, but apart from the base metals, recycling hardly takes place.
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste reports new waste management projects, investment activity and progress under its Strategy 2030.
Rising raw material prices, geopolitical uncertainties and ambitious climate targets are changing the foundations of industrial competitiveness.
A network of 63 community repair projects in Scotland repaired more than 13,000 items and served over 17,000 people within one year.
Whether the stakeholders achieve the ambitious targets of the PPWR depends largely on the design of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems.
A study shows economic weaknesses in European battery recycling and examines approaches for sustainable cycles.
Europe's cities are driving the transition to a circular economy. But there is still a clear gap between am-bitious goals and reality.
The economic potential of the circular economy has not yet been exploited. The EEA's report "Unlocking the circular economy: investment needs, barriers and enabling conditions" aims to show how this can be changed.
World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 155.7 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2026, a 1.7% increase compared to June 2025.
