| In collaboration with six other companies from the Austrian packaging industry, the injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel founded the "Verpackung mit Zukunft” (Packaging with a Future) platform.

| Recofloor has collected in total 5,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring since the national award-winning take back scheme was founded by flooring manufacturers Polyflor and Altro in 2009.

| A virtual trade fair is offering a safe way to exchange, even in times of isolation and home offices. The digital trade fair of Star Pump Alliance draws interested parties into conversation with pump manufacturers—around the clock and with a direct line to the exhibitors.

| Amid the panic that the Covid-19 virus has placed the world under in terms of healthcare and economic survival, another pressing issue has arrived at the forefront of concern.

| The European Commission released its ​guidance on waste management in the context of the coronavirus crisis on 14th April.

| Waste-hauling challenges are piling up for many apartment communities who are dealing with bored and cautious shelter-at-home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic.

| Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit a new all-time high of 82.5%, according to figures issued by APEAL.

| Tomra Sorting Recycling has further developed its X-TRACT units to separate magnesium from aluminum in products such as Zorba and Twitch.

| Getting paper recycling to even higher levels and improving the recyclability of paper based products - this is the main mission of the European Paper Recycling Council, an industry platform gathering associations along the paper value chain. This value chain is now further completed as EuRIC is signing the declaration on paper recycling.

| According to new research by Trivium Packaging, nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable packaging.

| World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 147.1 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2020, a 6.0% decrease compared to March 2019.

| As the European Commission is poised to start developing a new ‘comprehensive strategy for textiles’ in the coming months1, today a group of 65 diverse civil society organisations has set out its vision2 for the global Textile, Garments, Leather and Footwear (TGLF) sector.

| Aurora Kunststoffe relies on ZSK twin screw extruders from Coperion to recycle and upcycle plastic processors’ production waste. The extruders have been in successful operation since early 2019, and with their high throughputs and their reliability, they have fulfilled every requirement.

| Recycling Technologies and Brightlands Chemelot Campus have announced that they have signed the first agreement towards the installation of Recycling Technologies’ first European plastic chemical recycling machine, the RT7000, within the Campus in the Netherlands.

| RREUSE has recently shared its 8-point vision with EU officials.