The European paper recycling industry currently encounters an extremely difficult market situation.

Over 300 participants gathered in Brussels to debate plastics recyclability and latest plastics recycling developments.

That's the general consensus among some of Europe's leading plastic industry commentators - the very people working to re-shape the industry.

"The alarm bells are ringing louder and louder" for plastics recyclers amid worrying economic developments and wider uncertainties, warned BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Henk Alssema of Netherlands-based Vita Plastics in his introductory remarks to the body's latest meeting in Budapest on October 14.

The sorting of black plastics into pure grades to close recycling loops will be the focus of Steinert's presence at K Trade fair.

Ecocern produces folders, CD cases, car litter bags, carry bags, envelopes, stationery, copy paper, counter rolls, table cloth, place mats and many more. It is natural unbleached post-consumer recycled paper collected from australian households and industry.

Plastics Recyclers Europe has published a paper identifying the prerequisites for increasing recycling of flexible polyethylene into a high-quality raw material while ensuring a sustainable and cost-effective process.

The shortlist for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2019 has been published. The winners will be announced on 11 April, during the secondday of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe taking place at the RAI Amsterdam.

Mondi has become one of the first signatories of The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment which will work towards eliminating plastic pollution and creating 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025.

Waste management company Waste Cost Reduction Services (WCRS) Ltd has called for a more consistent approach to recycling across the United Kingdom following a recent report by the BBC into the variations in recycling practices.

The company says it will be the first pressure sensitive labelling material supplier to introduce liner made from recycled PET (rPET) commercially in Europe.

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.

RECOUP, will be challenging the delegates at their Plastics Recycling Conference on 27th September 2018, to answer the question of whether the industry is making the most of the opportunities available while the spot light remains on plastics.

Tomra Sorting introduces its new Laser Object Detection (LOD) system that, when used in combination with Autosort and Finder, boosts the circuit's sorting capabilities, allowing waste and scrap recycling operations to reach extraordinary final product purity levels.

The Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) has started up its new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Supplied by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), the technologically-advanced recovery system processes up to 80-tons-per-hour (tph) on two lines.

BIR's International Environment Council (IEC) meeting in New Delhi was devoted almost entirely to the issue that is preoccupying great swathes of the recycling industry: China's import ban affecting certain secondary raw materials.

One of the main topics at Electronics & Cars Recycling WRF 2017 conference in Macau (China) will be the import restrictions currently imposed by the Chinese government. Beijing apparently plans to extend these restrictions to include e-waste.

The European Quality Association for Recycling (EQAR) for the third time offers the European innovation award for construction material recycling in Europe.

Amut Group Recycling Division will present its range of washing plants for the treatment of PET, HDPE and PP plastics and urban and industrial waste sorting equipment.

The members of The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) welcome the European Parliament's vote on the revision of EU waste legislation, which recognises the benefits of bio-based packaging materials and sets the conditions for increased collection and recycling of beverage cartons.