News archive
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A new report, commissioned by the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS and Zero Waste Europe, exposes serious methodological failures in a recent study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on plastics recycling technologies.
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Fuchs has unveiled the MHL340 and MHL350, debut models of its new G-series.
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An increasing number of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can cause fires at sorting plants. In the DangerSort project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS are using a sensor-based sorting system to remove hazardous items and make recycling plants safer.
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The new Horizon Europe-funded GRECO project provides innovative biobased, biodegradable and recyclable food packaging based on novel PLA copolymers, functional coatings, additives and green catalysts. GRECO aims to demonstrate the life cycle and techno-economic feasibility of greener and safer bioplastics value chains for the food packaging sector, based on a safe and sustainable-by-design strategy.
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With advanced technologies, specialised expertise, and tailored solutions, Stadler supports the region’s efforts to achieve its ambitious recycling and circular economy goals.
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The European Union imported phosphorus fertiliser and phosphate worth close to 1 billion euros from Russia in 2024, making up 25 percent of total imports, an analysis by environmental company Ragn-Sells has found.
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Fast-paced growth of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) recycling came to a halt, with capacities plateauing in 2023. This finding is highlighted in the latest report1 released by Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) in collaboration with ICIS, providing detailed data on production, collection, and recycling for the EU 27+3 region.
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Doğa PET, a recycling venture by Doğa Holding, is using Tomra Recycling’s sensor-based sorting solutions to produce high-quality PET flakes and rPET granules which are suitable for food and textile applications.
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Politics
Coalition of stakeholders demand inclusion of circularity provisions in Clean Industrial Funding Framework
A broad coalition of circular economy stakeholders, led by Tomra, today calls on the European Commission to integrate provisions that support circularity measures under the draft Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF). Despite being recognised as one of the four pillars of the Clean Industrial Deal, circularity is notably absent from the CISAF’s core provisions.
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As the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) works on the development of harmonised End-of-Waste (EoW) criteria for textiles, EuRIC, the voice of Europe’s recycling industries, calls for an approach that is practical, market-driven, and innovation-friendly.
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A new report from Zero Waste Europe highlights the shift underway in local waste management, showing that municipalities globally are increasingly prioritising prevention, reuse, and repair over recycling.
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In July 2023, the European Commission adopted its proposal for revising and merging the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3 R Type-Approval Directive into a Regulation on Vehicle Design and Management of End-of-Life Vehicles. The proposal aims to strengthen the EU single market while reducing the negative environmental impacts linked to the design, production, use, and end-of-life treatment of vehicles and contributing to improving the circularity and sustainability of the automotive and recycling sectors.
