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Sorting is a crucial yet daunting task, especially when the goal is to accurately identify and separate various materials from a chaotic mix.

Recently, the fashion industry has made a major shift towards the concept of fast fashion. This development has led to the introduction of clothing collections in the market for short periods.

Collection and recycling rates are important. However, the question is how reliable these figures are.

Hydrometallurgy is widely utilised for extracting metals from end-of-life products at low energy consumption with the possibility of recovering by-products.

For the first time, the judges have announced two Plastics Recycling Ambassadors as well as the four product and two innovation category winners.

Starting commercial production in Q4/2027, Mures Magnesium (MMg) will become the first sustainable EU magnesium producer since EU-based Mg production ceased over 20 years ago. 

Recovered carbon black is an alternative to the production of carbon black, which generates high levels of carbon emissions.

Eurostat has analysed the extent to which the EU is on track to meet the SDGs. The results are rather sobering.

The days of linear consumer and production models are numbered if we want to live on a planet where resources do not run out and can be used by future generations. 

The scourge of plastic pollution is a commonly acknowledged fact of modern life. Unlike climate change, however, it is not generally met with denialism by those political and industry players who stand to benefit from the status quo.

Hyundai Motor Group, Polysecure and SKZ have conducted a feasibility study on a new type of sorting technology.