New EU law empowers consumers against corporate greenwashing
The EEB welcomes the restriction of misleading green claims and labels, but urges action against barriers to repair.
The EEB welcomes the restriction of misleading green claims and labels, but urges action against barriers to repair.
Today and tomorrow, EU nuclear energy stakeholders are meeting at the European Nuclear Energy Forum.

The third-largest panelboard producer in Europe is equipped with Tomra Recycling Sorting's latest X-ray transmission and deep learning-based wood sorting solutions.

World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 158.5 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2023, a 6.6% increase compared to July 2022.

The amendment to the Waste Framework Directive is relatively narrow this time. This is because the Commission is not making any fundamental changes, but is supplementing regulations for textiles and foodstuffs. In particular, the planned changes in the textile sector are likely to have serious consequences for companies.
Orbex, according to their own statement, has launched the world's first marketplace for globally recognised authenticated recycled metals.

Doppstadt Umwelttechnik GmbH is further expanding its range of training courses through the Doppstadt Academy.
Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial stability, and people's health.

The recovery of this waste will make it possible to obtain recycled polyester and lactic acid, both of which have a high market demand. Lactic acid is an essential component for the production of PLA.
The report published today by Zero Waste Europe on biomonitoring research on waste incinerator emissions in three countries - Spain, Czech Republic and Lithuania - found high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) near incinerators.

According to Starling, the new machine concept of Starlinger's Recostar PET art saves about 21 % production costs. The machine was presented for the first time at K 2022.

The need for more energy has become the main reason for removing national taxes on waste incineration in Scandinavia. Regardless of the political motivation, reducing taxation in the Nordics will help to limit landfilling in Europe.

PX Group has been awarded a 10-year Operations & Maintenance contract by Renew ELP at the world's first commercial scale plastic recycling plant. It is based at the Wilton International site, in Teesside, North East England.

Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria.

The new VS420E Hybrid from Edge Innovate offers significantly reduced CO2 production, reduced operating costs, reduce servicing and a higher percentage uptime for its operators.

The European project Valuewaste organizes an exchange trip gathering stakeholders and policy makers of the Murcia Region in Spain to visit the biowaste collection experience carried out in the city of Kalundborg, Denmark.

Heraeus Holding GmbH announced it has invested substantial equity to take a majority stake in perPETual Technologies, based in Kleinostheim/Germany.

The UK's first hydrogen-fuelled waste collection vehicle was revealed today in Aberdeen, in a move which continues to accelerate the city's thriving hydrogen economy.
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to divest its Metal Recycling business line to an affiliate of Mimir, an investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
The European mixed plastic waste market is expected to further tighten in 2022 amid growing use of mixed-polyolefins grades by mechanical recyclers and increased use of refuse derived fuel (RDF)-suitable reject bales by pyrolysis-based chemical recyclers.