Altola overhauls biomass production line
| Swiss waste management firm Altola has invested in a new Untha XR3000C wood shredder to help futureproof its biomass production line.
Tomra Sorting Recycling creates managerial role to strengthen focus on new plastics economy
| Tomra Sorting Recycling has promoted Business Development Engineer László Székely to the newly-created post of Head of New Plastics Economy.
Recylex financial information
| The Recylex Group is today releasing its sales for the first nine months of 2018 and for the third quarter of 2018.
EuPC welcomes the efforts of the EMF to tackle the worldwide ocean pollution
| On 30th Octobre in Bali, at the Our Ocean Conference, organised by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presented another chapter to its activity, called New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
Mondi joins forces
| Mondi has become one of the first signatories of The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment which will work towards eliminating plastic pollution and creating 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025.
BIR: Malaysia is said to have announced a permanent ban on plastic waste imports
| BIR has received news that Malaysia has announced a permanent ban on the import of plastic waste as from Friday 26 October 2018.
U.S. municipal solid waste management market to exceed $25 bn by 2024
| The U.S. municipal solid waste management market size will exceed USD 25 Billion by 2024, as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc.
Euric: Landmark vote by the European Parliament
| The European Parliament in plenary meeting approved in a landmark vote on 24 October 2018 a target of 35% of mandatory recycled plastic by 2025 in beverage bottles.
PET value chain urges policymakers to support its circularity
| The EU Single Use Plastics Directive Proposal is currently under the assessment of the European Parliament. The proposal foresees the consumption reduction of PET trays - a circular packaging product with a high amount of recycled content.
EuPC: Parliament vote a negative result for European market and local jobs
| Yesterday, October 24th, the European Parliament has adopted its negotiating position on the Commission proposal on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Environment Committee votes to cut funding for incineration
| Members of the ENVI committee of the European Parliament voted today on the Commission proposal about the Cohesion Fund post-2020.
European paper recycling resilient in 2017
| In view of its commitment to achieving a 74% paper recycling rate across Europe by 2020, the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) today confirmed its latest recycling figure of 72.3% in its 2017 monitoring report.
CCC criticizes European Parliament’s vote on plastics strategy
| According to the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), Parliamentarians have now created a more restrictive strategy than the one originally suggested by the European Commission, and are about to start negotiations with the European Council.
September sees another increase in crude steel production
| World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 151.7 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2018, a 4.4% increase compared to September 2017.
Parliament gives green light to recycled content in plastic bottles
| The European Parliament has approved the report which would make it mandatory to produce beverage containers composed of at least 35% recycled plastic by 2025.
