Plant design automation and technology advancements lead to increased purity rates, while requiring fewer manual sorters.

Today, the European Plastic Pact has been officially launched under the aegis of the Environment Ministries of, amongst other countries, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Denmark.

By turning waste into valuable resources and hence saving massive amounts of GHG and energy, plastics recycling is at the core of the circular economy.

Global Recycling Day, taking place on 18th March 2020, has already inspired 24 (and counting) organisations and communities across the globe to organise events and initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of recycling and the ways we can turn 'waste' into a valuable resource.

Andritz has successfully completed the start-up of a Universal Shredder FRP in the Kinnarps AB furniture production plant in Kinnarp, Sweden.

An innovative method for aluminium recycling has been boosted by research showing the microscopic changes that take place when molten alloys cool. 

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have recently signed a joint development and commercialization agreement in order to develop, demonstrate and commercialize an innovative PET monomer recycling process for all types of waste PET-based materials, including bottles, films, trays or textile (polyester).

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact.

From 2 to 23 June 2020, BIR organised a series of 11 online commodity sessions. 1470 members participated online. Now highlights and full video archives are available for all BIR members.

New EU guidelines for the recycling of fabrics and textiles have been in force since 2018. The aim of this very important project for the environment is to reuse all textiles worldwide from 2025.