The 2019 World Resources Forum will take place in Antwerp, Belgium from Sunday 24 to Wednesday 27 February. Co-organised by the Public Waste Agency of Flanders(OVAM) and the World Resources Forum (WRF).

With less than two months to go until the second annual Global Recycling Day on 18thMarch 2019, the Global Recycling Foundation is bringing cities and organisations together from across the world to encourage everyone recognise the role we can all play in improving the circular economy.

Carbios and Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) have announced €7.5 million of funding from the Investments for the Future Program operated by ADEME to support, over a period of 39 months, the scale-up of the Company's industrial and commercial PET plastics and fibers biorecycling project.

This week CuRe has been launched by Cumapol, DSM-Niaga and Morssinkhof. The goal is to recycle used polyester waste streams in polyester suitable for high demanding applications like carpets, textile and food packaging.

According to the Circularity Gap Report by Circle Economy, only 9% of materials are reused globally.

Norwegian recycling company Geminor becomes the first to handle shipment of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) from Italy to Denmark.

Chinaplas 2019, with its aim to promote the plastics and rubber industries' development by focusing on technology and creativity, offers an international platform for the release and exchange of information related to advanced new technologies.

The Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA), the Dutch Industrial Secondary Raw Materials Association for construction and civil engineering (VIB), the Dutch recycling federation FHG and the Swedish Recycling Industries' Association (SRI) have announced their status as 'Founding Friends' of the Global Recycling Foundation, becoming some of the earliest donors of the foundation.

EuPC and 4 other partners have jointly published the "Plastics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in a Circular Economy".

In light of the upcoming votes on the Plastics Strategy and the Single-Use Plastics Products and the implementation of the Circular Economy Package, a coalition of 34 organisations and companies call for EU action on recycled content mandates for plastics to close the Circular Economy loop.