| The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), organiser of NPE2018: The Plastics Show, have announced a 100-percent waste diversion goal for this year’s NPE, which will welcome more than 65,000 plastics professionals to the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Fla. from May 7-11.

| Henkel has begun selling its Megaperls washing powder in the resulting flexible package — called a “quadro seal bag” — that consists of an OPP/PE laminate.

| The World Steel Association (worldsteel) hasreleased its April 2018 Short Range Outlook (SRO). worldsteel forecasts global steel demand will reach 1,616.1 Mt in 2018, an increase of 1.8% over 2017. In 2019, it is forecast that global steel demand will grow by 0.7% to reach 1,626.7 Mt.

| Bulk material handling specialist Saxlund International will be showcasing a range of turnkey engineering solutions and plant capabilities covering the storage, conveying and pumping of dewatered sewage sludge at IFAT

| As nations around the globe search for new ways of handling waste following China’s decision to stop processing the world’s rubbish, a South Australian man is searching for investors to help build a commercial system that converts waste plastic into biogas.

| This critical issue was addressed at the Kasseler Abfall- und Ressourcenforum 2018. The event hosted a meeting of representatives from the national composters associations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, the four countries with the most extensive and best-established separate organic waste collection systems in Europe.

| On 10 April the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a hearing on the EU Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy in Brussels.

| At the IFAT, Eriez Europe will show the new compact TPI Suspended Permanent Magnet model and the RevX-E ST22 Eddy Current Separator.

| Organisers of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe have announced the speaker line-up for the event’s conference taking place at the RAI Amsterdam on 24 and 25 April 2018.

| Metso has received an order to supply its first Metso Lindemann EtaRip pre-shredder in North America.

| Vilniaus kogeneracinė jėgainė and Kauno kogeneracinė jėgainė have become the newest members of CEWEP. Both plants are currently under construction and should start operation in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

| The Swedish municipality of Jönköping has approved the sale of the existing wet fermentation facility (JEBIO1) to the Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) and its local partner and enabler JES & Partners AB.

| N series, Shredder Drive Assistant, cast-steel hammers - Metso once again defends its role as a global leader in recycling technology for metals processing at IFAT 2018 in Munich.

| The study shows how annual per-capita use of plastic packaging has grown simultaneously with levels of food waste since the 1950s – now at...

| RECOUP, will be challenging the delegates at their Plastics Recycling Conference on 27th September 2018, to answer the question of whether the industry is making the most of the opportunities available while the spot light remains on plastics.