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ReSource Waste Services has significantly increased non-ferrous metal recovery at its construction and demolition waste facilities in New England through the deployment of eddy current separators from Steinert. The company now operates six units across five sites. One of the machines has been in continuous operation for nine years without major maintenance.

Stadler has completed the reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord (SKN) lightweight packaging plant in Bremen, Germany. The facility, operated as a joint venture between Nehlsen AG and PreZero Recycling Deutschland GmbH, has resumed operations following two fire incidents in 2022 that damaged substantial parts of the installation. The rebuilt plant was commissioned in early 2025.

The recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland reached 76.3% in 2023, according to the latest data published by Metal Packaging Europe and European Aluminium.

Composites Germany has published the results of its 26th market survey on fiber-reinforced plastics. The survey covers member companies of the supporting associations AVK and Com-posites United, as well as the associated partner VDMA.

The global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market has entered 2026 with soft demand, volatile freight and aggressive import competition defining sentiment across most regions. • Seasonality, freight volatility and speculative activity …

In the third quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union amounted to an estimated 828 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2-eq). This represents an increase of 1.1% compared with the second quarter of 2025, when emissions totalled 819 million tonnes. Over the same period, the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.4%.

CPM Crown will relocate its European operations to a refurbished facility at a site managed by Citivale in April. The move consolidates the company’s European activities in a single location and establishes a central operations hub for the region.

The U.S. Plastics Pact has published a framework outlining measures to advance the circularity of film and flexible plastic packaging in the United States. The document, titled “Journey to Film & Flex Circularity: A Framework of Necessary Design, Collection, and End Market Levers,” identifies system-level actions across packaging design, collection systems and end market development.

The BIR has released “Understanding the LME”, the latest instalment in its BIR Academy video series “More Knowledge Together”. The initiative provides industry-focused knowledge on market mechanisms and policy developments relevant to the recycling sector and aims to support professional development across the global recycling industry.

In industrial plastic recycling and extrusion, system efficiency, thermal management and drive reliability are essential for stable continuous operation. FAE SRL, a supplier of electrical control panels and automation systems for OEMs in the plastics sector in Italy and Switzerland, required a drive solution capable of high power density and straightforward integration into modern control environments.

At Plast India on 6 February 2026, Erema and Lindner Washtech announced the establishment of EREMA India. The new joint sales and service subsidiary responds to the growing demand for industrial plastics recycling solutions in India. By combining washing and extrusion technologies, the company provides coordinated process solutions covering the full mechanical recycling chain.