The recycling industry wants a delay of at least six months to DIWASS, warning that low registration rates in Asia could jeopardise European recovered paper exports.

European waste paper markets are seeing rising prices, even though demand from the paper and packaging industry remains subdued.

Prices of recycled commodities such as metal scrap, plastics, aggregates, paper and cardboard have dropped significantly, yet the cost of processing recyclables has remained steady or even risen due to the higher prices of fuel raw materials.

The consequences of climate change are increasingly affecting infrastructures, material flows and the supply of secondary raw materials.

Europe is looking for ways to break away from fossil dependency. In doing so, the continent overlooks a domestic raw material: waste. Waste containing plastic and biomass contains a lot of carbon. Industry urgently needs this element in order to produce without climate-damaging substances.

The directive for waste electrical and electronic equipment is getting on in years. For some time now, Brussels has been working on a revision.

Residual waste sorting is becoming an increasingly important element of modern resource management.

Digital technologies are a key driver of a functioning circular economy.

Energy-intensive industries are at the heart of European climate, environmental and industrial policy.

Incorrect waste separation is a major obstacle to high-quality recycling in Europe. With the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the EU is striving for uniform symbols for the first time.