Tomra Recycling is expanding the field of application of its sensor-based sorting system Autosort Pulse.

Climate impacts not only affect Europe directly, but also have an impact in complex chain reactions via global supply chains, markets and political upheavals. The study "Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts" by European scientists shows at which systemic nodes these risks are concentrated. The study was published in "Nature".

The necessity of the transformation to a circular economy is hardly questioned anymore. Nevertheless, there is no practical implementation. This applies in particular to the plastics value chain. The problem is that climate neutrality by 2045 requires a completely new set-up of the value chain. However, the necessary investments can hardly be made by the players. In particular, the competitiveness of plastics recyclers is threatened. For this reason, the position paper "Options for a Functional Market for Plastic Recyclates" by the Wuppertal Institute on behalf of the German Federal Environmental Foundation examined the framework conditions required for a sustainable market for plastic recyclates.

Glass packaging collection for recycling in the European Union reached a record rate of 82.2% in 2024, according to the latest figures published by Close the Glass Loop.

Incorrectly disposed lithium-ion batteries are creating an increasing fire risk for Europe's waste management and recycling sector.

The circular economy is considered the key to resource and climate protection. But it has long been an important employment factor. A global survey of "Employment in the Circular Economy" by Circle Economy, the World Bank Group, the International Labour Organization and Page shows that up to 142 million people worldwide work in circular activities.

According to the study "Transforming textile waste into materials using fungi", textile waste streams could no longer be seen primarily as a disposal problem, but as a raw ma-terial basis for new composites. Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Estonian University of Life Sciences have shown that fungal mycelia can combine used clothing to form resilient laminate structures whose mechanical properties are significantly higher than previous mycelium materials. The study was published in "Resources, Conservation & Recycling".

The European research project REWIND has recovered more than 20 square metres of decommissioned wind turbine blade sections for reuse in industrial applications.

The discussion paper "A post-2030 climate policy framework fit for reaching the EU climate targets" by the German Environment Agency shows that the European climate protection architecture after 2030 must be made much more precise, coherent and resilient in order to actually achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.

Comstock Metals has completed the assembly of all precision equipment and process units for its industry-scale solar panel recycling facility in Virginia City, Nevada.