Appointment of a new Chair of BIR's International Trade Council
BIR President Susie Burrage OBE has appointed Emmanuel Katrakis as the new Chair of the organization's International Trade Council.

BIR President Susie Burrage OBE has appointed Emmanuel Katrakis as the new Chair of the organization's International Trade Council.
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For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source.

Neste, Borealis and Covestro have signed a project agreement to enable the recycling of discarded tires into high-quality plastics for automotive applications.

ZenRobotics has reached a significant milestone in their global expansion by securing a major deal with a prominent metals recycling company based in the United States.
The World Benchmarking Alliance's (WBA) first Heavy Industries Benchmark, published today, reveals that the companies' emissions intensity reductions are currently not aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Scrutinising the current landscape of circularity and recycling practices, Resourcify's report "State of circularity for enterprises in Germany" quantifies the commitment and progress of 313 leading German companies.

Eggersmann Anlagenbau has completed the largest plant for processing lightweight packaging waste (LWP) in Denmark for the waste disposal service provider ReSource Denmark Aps.

The RECRITIC Project aims to find the best recycling methods for recovering metals from mobile phone batteries and discarded motherboards, and to use these materials for new technological applications.

After roughly ten months of construction, Liebherr has commissioned a new assembly hall especially for the manufacture of battery-electric wheel loaders at their plant in Bischofshofen.