Transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into school benches is precisely the sort of topic destined to pique a school child's curiosity.

The Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for Polystyrene (PS) Containers is destined for companies who want to assess if their rigid PS packaging, like pots destined for yogurt and other types of food and beverage products.

Based in Giza, Egypt, the biggest PET bottle-to-bottle recycler in MENA region is expanding and upgrading its existing plant with another Starlinger PET recycling system and an additional solid-state-polycondensation (SSP) reactor.

The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for recycling to be recognised as an essential weapon in preserving the planet's green capital.

As the demand for recycled plastics grows, so does the size of the machines. This applies to the processing of polyolefins as well as to PET recycling.

The Basel Action Network has joined forces with academics at Columbia and Yale Universities to create the Atlas of Plastic Waste, mapping thousands of plastic waste dumps scattered around the world.

The board of the BIR Ferrous Division has appointed Mr Denis Reuter as new divisional President.

NEXTLOOPP, the project by Nextek Limited, that recently won the overall award for 'Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation' at Packaging Europe's Sustainability Awards has revealed the results of its highly successful tracer-based sorting trials held at Tomra in September 2021.

China led the world in consuming around 240 million tonnes of steel scrap in 2020.

FCC Medio Ambiente has completed the renovation of the CITR (Centro Integral de Tratamiento) waste management facility located in Las Marinas, El Campello, in the Alicante province, which it has been managing since April 2009.