"The mountain brought forth a mouse", the federation claims.

FEAD strongly supports the Council's continued recognition that pre-consumer and biobased plastics must not count towards the recycled content targets. Including such materials would divert attention from real recycling efforts and create a false sense of progress. Post-consumer plastic waste must remain the baseline to support meaningful investment in ELV recycling and ensure measurable circularity.

Yesterday, the European Parliament voted in plenary on a revision of the Waste Framework Directive to make the textile industry more sustainable.

FEAD has announced that Herwart Wilms will succeed Claudia Mensi as President of FEAD in 2026.

The inter-municipal waste management organization ZZO Włodawa uses three Bobcat telehandlers for their waste recycling in East Poland.

With European demand for critical raw materials growing alongside geopolitical tensions and supply risks, a major analysis offers fundamental new data on the rapidly expanding size and value of Europe's "urban mine" of electronic waste.

The session was opened by divisional President Paul Coyte (Hayes Metals, NZL) who highlighted changing trade flows and the different mechanisms that were impacting on them. "Non-ferrous material flows are a lot like trade winds," he said. "It's really hard to work out the future direction of wind flow if you don't have accurate information. Similarly, in our businesses, without accurate information, it's really hard to spot future trends."

The new DynaShape technology responds to changes in feed material shape and bulk density by automatically adjusting the machine to get the best possible results from the polymer. During exhaustive test runs that simulated different stages of production, including changes in the input material, Pure Loop clocked an increase in productivity of up to ten percent.

Tomra Recycling has published its latest eBook titled "AI in Recycling: Unlocking New Possibilities". The digital guide focuses on the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning, in transforming recycling processes and advancing material circularity.

The recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) market has seen its least volatile year since pre-COVID times, with seasonal trends replacing the extreme spikes and troughs experienced in recent years.