Some 73% of used textiles are still destined for energy recovery or for landfilling, whereas only 1% are recycled in a closed loop.

As well as celebrating BIR's 75 years in the city of its birthplace, the focus at the World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam was on a modern, connected future which puts international recycling at the heart of the circular and global economy.

Suzie Bourage became the first woman to be elected President of the Bureau of International Recycling in Amsterdam.

The RECICAUTXU Project will promote the circular economy by reusing rubber waste from end-of-life tyres to make new industrial products.

The European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC) has officially launched its Construction and Demolition branch. Aiming to represent European recyclers' interests, the new branch will evaluate and contribute to the implementation of the EU's Green Deal and Industrial Strategy by promoting a circular economy approach.

Tomra Recycling Sorting opened a second test facility at its headquarters in Germany to meet growing demand for material trials.

Interview with Stephane Burban, trader copper and precious metals recycling, Glencore.

Plastics are used across Europe in everything from construction materials to consumer products.

Keycycle, a subsidiary of the Erema Group, has worked together for two years with the Spanish company Cadel Deinking to further develop the process of removing printing inks from the surface of plastic.

European recyclers warn of major incoherences that remain after the ENVI report on the Waste Shipment Regulation was adopted on December 1.

The proposed Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) sets a robust framework to boost packaging recycling.

Over 30 stakeholders from NGOs, industry, and civil society, signed below, have urged the European Commission not to delay the unveiling of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), planned for November 30, 2022.

In its latest position paper, European recyclers have united in support of an objection raised by Japan to new international rules that risk subjecting shipments of non-hazardous e-waste to burdensome administrative requirements.

European recyclers are making an urgent plea to shadow rapporteurs as revised EU rules threaten to severely impact the trade of recycled materials, risking irreversible economic damage and job losses to Europe's leading circular economy industries.  

In the second quarter of 2022, EU economy greenhouse gas emissions totalled 905 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 3% increase compared with the same quarter of 2021.

Cyclyx International, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell have announced that they have signed an agreement to advance development of a first-of-its-kind plastic waste sorting and processing facility in the Houston area.

Redwave has supplied a waste-to-energy processing plant for Norske Skog.

Energy shortages and tougher competition across Europe are leading to record-high prices for waste wood. As winter is getting closer, the search for waste wood and new alternative fuels is more intensive than ever.

CEFLEX in collaboration with Flexible Packaging Europe, the European Aluminium Foil Association and other key actors are working  on 'Designing for a Circular Economy' guidelines for flexible packaging containing aluminium foil.

Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste launches a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site.