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Stadler has officially inaugurated its new U.S. headquarters and warehouse complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The 27,000-square-foot facility reflects the company’s commitment to innovation, customer service and sustainable growth in North America.

The BIR World Recycling Convention in Bangkok hosted a spirited discussion on 28 October, with industry leaders navigating the trade barriers in a fragmented global market and emphasising the critical importance of free trade.

Free and fair trade around the world is a challenging principle to defend when sectors such as Europe’s struggling recycled plastics industry are appealing for protection, a senior member of the Bureau of International Recycling has told its Convention in Bangkok, Thailand.

How recyclers will benefit from the growing demand for secondary materials during a seismic shift in the world order has been set out at the Bureau of International Recycling’s World Recycling Convention in Singapore.

The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has announced the successful formation of the European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA), a voluntary initiative dedicated to advancing the circularity of composite materials. So far more than 160 organisations have joined the ECCA since its official launch in May 2025.

In 2023, around 130 kilograms (kg) of food per person were wasted in the EU.

Nextloopp Americas has announced that Mexican-based Alcamare International Grouphas joined the project to participate in its mission to close the loop on food-grade polypropylene.

Buying ecolabelled products is convenient, but not everyone has the same access to them, shows a new report published today by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

Stadler has completed and commissioned a groundbreaking lightweight packaging (LVP) sorting facility for PreZero Sorting Austria in Sollenau.

Urraco Evo is Lindner’s new series of mobile two-shaft shredders. Whether the assignment is pre-shredding or reducing volume, the focus is not just on wood, plastics, domestic and commercial waste but intentionally also on heavy-duty applications such as scrap metal, mixed scrap and aluminium.

Rogaland Gjenvinning, a waste and recycling company based in Sandnes, Norway, has tripled its wood processing capacity while reducing its diesel consumption and CO₂ emissions following the installation of a Terex Ecotec TBG 630E Electric highspeed Shredder.