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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.

Nordhordland og Gulen Interkommunale Renovasjonsselskap IKS, through NGIR Næring AS, has awarded an EPC contract to Nordic Bulk AS for the delivery of a wash plant for contaminated soil and construction and demolition waste. The plant, engineered by CDE, is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Zero Waste Europe has proposed new waste reduction measures centred on a revised financing structure for Extended Producer Responsibility within the forthcoming EU Circular Economy Act.

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%.

Keeping materials flowing through the recycling process should be a given, but there are always points in any processing plant where materials need to be gathered, stored and funnelled into the next stage of production. Here, even well-designed systems can succumb to the problem of materials and residues adhering to the inside walls of process containers.

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.

A report by Zero Waste Europe and Reloop examines the introduction of an EU-wide cap-and-trade system for residual municipal waste as an instrument to support compliance with European waste reduction targets. The publication, entitled “Marginalising Waste: A trading scheme to reduce residuals”, outlines a regulatory framework designed to limit the volume of residual municipal waste generated across Member States.

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.

Fashion for Good has launched Stretching Circularity, a collaborative project aimed at accelerating the adoption of bio-based and recycled elastane compatible with circular textile systems. The initiative focuses on validating lower-impact elastane alternatives through pilot-scale testing and demonstrator garments in order to address technical barriers to fibre-to-fibre recycling.

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.