The transition from a linear to a climate-neutral circular economy is a core goal of the Europe-an Green Deal. For Austria, the transition offers both opportunities and challenges, as a large part of emissions come from raw material processing, especially in energy- and process-intensive industries such as steel and cement production. Circular processes reduce energy demand and emissions and facilitate decarbonization with electrification. The Integrate project, funded by the Climate and Energy Fund, examines the effects of increased use of secondary raw materials in key industries and shows ecological and economic advantages, provided that suita-ble political framework conditions are created. The aim is a transformative innovation policy that promotes economic, institutional and societal changes in addition to technology in order to achieve a climate-neutral circular economy by 2050.

Building on the performance and legacy of the R Series secondary shredder, the newly introduced R-MAX3300 is specifically engineered for handling low-density waste streams. These include Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Commercial and Industrial (C&I) waste, Bulky waste, Legacy waste, Wood waste, and Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste.

Since its inaugural launch on June 5, 2025, Nextloopp Americas has been mobilizing stakeholders across the packaging and plastics value chain - including recyclers, converters, brand owners and recycling equipment providers - to establish the infrastructure, technologies, and regulatory pathways needed for safe, scalable recycling of food-grade PP via the proprietary Ppristine resin process.

It is true that Germany has been obliged to collect organic waste separately since 2015. However, the quantities have hardly increased in recent years, as a large part of the waste still ends up in the residual waste. Therefore, the question arises as to how both the quality and quantity of the collection quantities can be improved. The report "Investigation of the effectiveness of waste advice, control and sanction mechanisms and other measures to increase the quantity, proportion and purity of separately collected biowaste in different settlement structures" by Infa and L-Q-M on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency attempts to answer this question.

Digital Product Passport (DPP) will be a game changer for Europe and its industries. As a standardised unique digital record of a product, mandated by the European Union to provide comprehensive information about a product's life cycle, it is meant to increase transparency, promote a circular economy and streamline regulatory compliance. It will contain data on a product's origin, conformity, materials, environmental performance, and be accessed through data carriers like QR codes.

A comprehensive new report published today by BB-REG-NET reveals that certified biodegradable plastics offer a viable pathway to reducing long-term microplastic accumulation in the environment, challenging concerns that these materials simply accelerate plastic fragmentation.

The consortium warns that without an environmental impact assessment, the EU's unchecked rush to scale up biogas and biomethane production risks locking in pollution, fuelling industrial livestock farming, and undermining climate goals.

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 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.

The proposal introduces several measures, including limiting tariff-free import volumes to 18.3 million tonnes a year (a 47% reduction compared to 2024), doubling the level of out-of-quota duty to 50%, and introducing a Melt and Pour traceability requirement to prevent circumvention. Once reviewed and adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, this regulation would replace the EU's current safeguard on steel, which expires in June 2026.

Researchers checked supermarkets in 13 European countries to assess the availability and price of products carrying the EU Ecolabel and three equivalent national and regional labels. These certifications guarantee products with lower environmental and health impacts through their whole life cycle - from design and manufacturing to use, recycling and disposal.

Despite a modest stabilisation in production volumes in 2024 (+0.4% to 54.6 Mt) after a record contraction in 2023 (-7.6%), Europe's global market share has continued to erode — collapsing from 22% in 2006 to just 12% in 2024. Industry revenues have also fallen sharply, from €457 bn in 2022 to €398 bn in 2024 (-13%).

Starting in early 2026, sorting centres and downstream waste traders involved in preparing waste for plastic recycling processes will have the opportunity to apply for this certification.

In response to this challenge, the H₂ODOR project was created, an initiative led by Aimplas, which pursues a twofold solution: reducing these types of odors and, at the same time, promoting the use of recycled materials in the automotive sector.

BASF has developed a chemical recycling process that sets new standards in the recycling of technical plastics and demonstrated the capabilities in a pilot project. This process makes it possible to recycle even heavily used and contaminated plastic parts - in this case also ZF Group used oil pans from end-of-life vehicles - efficiently and sustainably at the end of their life cycle. At the core of the process is depolymerization, where the long polyamide chains are broken down at their inherent cleavage points into their original building blocks - the monomers. In the subsequent step, the monomer caprolactam obtained from the depolymerization of PA6 is purified.

A comprehensive new report published today by BB-REG-NET reveals that inconsistent definitions of "plastic" across UK regulations are creating uncertainty for bio-based and biodegradable material manufacturers and potentially hindering innovation in sustainable alternatives.

For PreZero the Sollenau project is a strategic investment aimed at strengthening Austria's regional recycling infrastructure. Its location was selected to fill a geographic gap, enabling shorter transport routes, reduced emissions, and more efficient waste management. Designed to process 104,500 tonnes annually across two modules, the facility combines innovation and scalability to help Austria achieve its sustainability ambitions.

The newly launched Urraco Evo series in its latest design combines proven Lindner technology with a multitude of new features. Modular design, robust construction, quality and precision manufacture - Lindner has focused more on automation and robotics while ensuring efficient processes and maintaining the high quality of the core components.

PTFE is mainly disposed of via incineration, landfilling, and defluorination. However, incineration requires high energy and involves the release of hydrogen fluoride, which is highly corrosive. Meanwhile, landfilling leads to an environmental burden of undegraded PTFE. By contrast, defluorination, in which PTFE is converted into its constituent fluorine compounds, is eco-friendly as it enables polymer recycling. Unfortunately, traditional PTFE defluorination either requires high-temperature reactions (>500 °C) or complex reagents for the more manageable low-temperature reactions (<100 °C). Moreover, in either case, the efficiency of fluorine recovery has not been explored.

Founded in 2018 by experienced professionals from the waste and construction sectors, Rogaland Gjenvinning operates a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Soma, the western part of the large municipality of Sandnes, Norway. The company offers tailored waste and recycling solutions to both private individuals and businesses, with a strong focus on customer service, competitive pricing, and environmental stewardship.