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Bernhard is the first of four new recycling furnaces with which Speira is upgrading the plants in Grevenbroich and Töging, replacing ageing units with state-of-the-art systems.

Today, Europe’s Environment Ministers bowed to pressure from the automotive industry by voting to weaken a crucial regulation to make the sector more circular, warn environmental NGOs.

Legal requirements, above all the EU packaging and packaging waste directive (PPWR), and the sustainability goals of global brands are increasing the demand for post-consumer recycled pellets to be used in sensitive applications such as food or cosmetics packaging, as well as in secondary packaging. These specifications increase the demands on the production capacity and process stability of recycling plants in order to guarantee high output volumes with a consistently high quality.

A joint initiative of EuPC, EXPRA, EPRO, NMWE, PETCORE Europe, and UNESDA has led to the publication of a comprehensive guidance document to support waste management operators and sorters in setting up third-party certification of quality assurance systems for recycled materials and articles.

In the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, the Verein für Abfallentsorgung (VfA for short) and Terre Suisse process green waste from the surrounding region to create high-quality fresh compost and potting soil. In the municipality of Buchs, the VfA shreds and mixes organic waste and places it on compost heaps.

European Plastics Converters (EuPC) has announced the appointment of Federica Gallicchio as new Managing Director.

Stuttgart, June 2025 – The University of Utrecht has chosen a Coperion STS 25 Mc11 twin screw extruder for a chemical plastics recycling research project. A research group headed by Assistant Professor Dr. Ina Vollmer will undertake comprehensive investigations of the mechanical-chemical conversion of mixed plastic waste using catalysts. Thanks to its intensive mixing effect and efficient energy intake, the Coperion STS twin screw extruder will assume a central function in this promising and relatively unexplored area.

As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, solar panels, and other technology continues to surge, so does the need for the materials that make them work. This year, International E-Waste Day – taking place on 14 October 2025 – will spotlight Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), the elements that are mined in only a handful of countries and that are crucial to foster the green and digital transition.

New research from Aquapak shows that the majority (70%) of British consumers admit they are confused by what packaging can and can’t be recycled.

Infinitum AS is the leading foundation that manages Norway’s deposit-return scheme since 1999. Norwegians are world champions when it comes to returning their empty bottles and cans. In Norway, all producers and importers of beverages, in either cans or non-refillable bottles (PET), can register their products in the deposit system.

At K 2025, EREMA expands its portfolio to include high-performance twin-screw extruder technol-ogy. With the new TwinPro, the company combines the advantages of a twin-screw extruder with the proven strengths of its Preconditioning Unit (PCU) to be used for specific recycling applications.

Steel for Packaging Europe has confirmed the highest ever EU recycling rate for steel packaging, bringing the steel packaging sector even closer to fully closing the material loop.