The third annual International E-Waste Day, held on 14th October, has been the most widely publicised yet.

A leading group of stakeholders in the e-waste sector is calling on the EU to fundamentally change its policy on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

"The risks right now are much higher than the opportunities," stated BIR Textiles Division President Martin Böschen of Switzerland-based TEXAID * Textilverwertungs AG in delivering his latest market summary to a divisional webinar on October 15.

Presona is launching a new baler design which promises to reduce recycling costs while increasing operational efficiency. The new MP 270 MH baler is the first Presona baler built using a new design concept that creates high capacity while being cost effective.

IRODDI is a new BBI JU project in the area of circular bioeconomy aimed to take advantage of the residual streams of oils and fats refining to produce bio-based products in a more sustainable way.

Finning UK & Ireland and Veolia are trialing two Cat 950M Wheel loaders with joystick steering at Veolia's recycling depot in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Major cities including Budapest, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Oslo, Prague and Tirana have signed the European Circular Cities Declaration, recognising the need of accelerating the transition from a linear to a circular economy in Europe.

Chemical Recycling Europe welcomes Recycling Technologies, a United Kingdom based company as a new member. The company has developed a technology which turns hard-to-recycle plastic into an oil used as a feedstock for new plastic production.

A new Food Contact Module for plastics recycling processes of the EuCertPlast Certification drives further harmonisation of the plastics recycling industry.

ZenRobotics and Remeo deepen their long-lasting collaboration to build one of the world's most advanced and fully automated materials recovery facility by the end of 2021.