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Yesterday, the Environment Council held a first discussion on the Commission’s proposal for a batteries and waste batteries regulation.
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The German plant engineering company is building its new reactor plant for the recycling of end-of-life mattresses for and in cooperation with RetourMatras from the Netherlands.
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Repsol plans to build Spain’s first chemical polyurethane foam recycling plant at its Puertollano Industrial Complex. It will be capable of processing over 2,000 metric tons of waste per year. The plant entails an investment of €12 million and will be operational by the end of 2022.
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Metal recycling firm Recycled Products this week planted 20 trees to mark Global Recycling Day on 18 March. The firm has committed to planting a total of at least 250 saplings in the Chilterns in support of a reforestation initiative run by the organisers of Global Recycling Day.
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Petcore Europe, Plastics Europe, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and Vinyl Plus have mutually agreed to join forces to form the organisation PolyREC. It will monitor, verify, and report their plastics recycling and uptake data in Europe.
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MarketPoliticsTechnology
FEAD welcomes Council’s Conclusions on Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted Conclusions on the new EU chemicals strategy for a toxic-free environment.
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The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for Recycling to be at the forefront of discussions when World leaders gather for the COP26 meeting in the UK in November 2021.
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Construction & demolitionMarket
Why recycled asphalt is now being highly preferred by road construction engineers
Processing of recycled asphalt is done by trampling on the surface layer of the existing asphalt site. The reprocessed or reused asphalt is utilized for purposes such as refurbishment and resurfacing.
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ACE, The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, has set the industry’s vision for the future: we will deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular.
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MarketSteel
Leading metal Recyclers mark 4th Global Recycling Day by setting ambitious net zero emission targets
Every year, recyclables save over 700 million tonnes in CO2 emissions, according to the Global Recycling Foundation. The organisation projects this will increase to one billion tonnes by 2030.
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For World Consumer’s Day, an alliance of environmental organisations has released an open letter demanding that ambitious policy be put in place to enable the implementation of robust reuse systems. …
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The range of viable waste management processes is increasing each year. Technologies that were once experimental are now mainstream.
