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Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its nature which continues to face degradation, overexploitation and biodiversity loss.

Bjorstaddalen, a Norwegian waste management company, has commissioned a new Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to provide decentralised, cost-effective household waste recycling using equipment from ZenRobotics and Terex Recycling Systems.

World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 145.3 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2025, a 0.3% increase compared to August 2024.

Bulk Handling Systems will build a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Grand Junction, Colorado. Operated by Bruin Waste, the plant will be the first fully automated MRF on the Western Slope.

SMS group has taken full ownership of battery recycling company Primobius. The move aims to strengthen its position in the growing market for sustainable battery management.

Legal frameworks and technological possibilities obviously play an important part in the transformation to a circular economy. However, the role of consumers is often underestimated. And above all, they must have confidence in the circular economy as a concept. The report “The tipping point: building trust in the circular economy” published by BSI and the University of Cambridge deals with the question of how this trust can be both created and maintained.

The Bureau of International Recycling has announced the arrival of a new member of staff, Ms Olatz Finez, who joined the BIR advocacy team at the end of August.

Kiverco has completed the installation of a new recycling plant for Binn Group, a waste management company in Scotland. This marks their fourth collaboration.

Resource conservation starts where others see only remnants. What remains in incineration plants as supposed waste actually harbors enormous potential: approximately 20-30% of incinerated material remains as bottom ash, also known as municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) slag.

CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq) in the first quarter of 2025, a 3.4% increase compared with the same quarter of 2024 (871 million tonnes of CO2-eq).

Recovering any type of materials form waste has challenges when it comes to plant cleanliness and productivity. Transforming incinerator bottom ash (IBA) into construction aggregates – and recovering metals at the same – is just one example. Yet IBA processor Blue Phoenix has found a solution to efficient operations with the support of bulk handling specialists Martin Engineering.