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The Global Recycling Foundation has announced the launch of its video competition for Recycling Heroes 2026. This year the winners will be from two categories: 15 entries from initiatives with two years of impact, and 5 start-ups.
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Despite progress in key areas, the EU remains likely off track for most 2030 environmental goals, according to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new 8th EAP assessment. Rising climate risks, slow transitions in production and consumption system and weakening enabling conditions highlight the urgent need for stronger, better financed and faster policy implementation.
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SK Chemicals has announced that it will establish a joint venture with Kelinle, a plastics recycling specialist in Shaanxi Province, China, to build the Feedstock Innovation Center (FIC), a facility for processing waste plastics.
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Incorporating recycled plastic into food contact applications is necessary to meet upcoming targets and requires adherence to EU regulation, but for those outside the recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) market, or outside the EU, meeting those requirements will be a significant challenge.
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ZAV Recycling AG, a Swiss waste recycling company, has installed a ZenRobotics Heavy Picker at its Hinwil facility in Zurich. The advanced robotics solution, supplied through Swiss distributor AA Protun AG for dry bottom ash treatment, is delivering strong results, processing non-ferrous metals from bottom ash with improved recovery rates and increased processing capacity.
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Hosokawa Alpine has developed a new solution for the sustainable recycling of textile waste.
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Non-ferrous metalsPolitics
BIR warns against potential adverse market distortions for recycling industry
While the newly published Economic Security Doctrine and the RESourceEU Action Plan confirm the central role of recycling and secondary raw materials in securing Europe’s industrial future, BIR cautions that several measures risk undermining the very resilience and competitiveness the EU seeks to protect.
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A new World Economic Forum report concludes that the technology sector could create up to USD 800 billion in value by 2030 by reducing impacts on natural systems and addressing dependencies on natural resources.
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The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) states that the European Commission’s new RESourceEU package could align mineral policy with defence objectives and weaken environmental and social safeguards.
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European Bioplastics (EUBP) presented the Bioplastics Market Development Update 2025 at EBC25 in Berlin. The report shows continued global growth in biobased plastics production and an increasing contribution to circular economy strategies.
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The European Commission has adopted the RESourceEU Action Plan to strengthen the EU supply of critical raw materials, including rare earth elements, cobalt and lithium.
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Alpla is developing a solvent-based recycling process to produce food-grade HDPE. The company is testing the patented process at a pilot plant in Heerenveen in cooperation with the independent technological institute NTCP.
