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The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) assigns only a limited role to green public procurement and introduces comparatively low quotas for low-carbon construction materials such as steel and concrete. According to the environmental organisation ECOS, the proposal provides insufficient incentives to stimulate demand for low-emission industrial products and lacks clear regulatory timelines for product labelling.

At the trade fair combination for the bulk solids, process and recycling industries, the Fraunhofer IZFP will present a demonstrator that identifies and sorts black plastics by polymer type using active thermography and machine learning.

With war in the Middle East, crude oil and natural gas prices are surging as ships are held back at the Strait of Hormuz with obvious negative implications for global economies. But another big constraint is exports of chemicals and plastics from the region which will put upward pressure on prices.

Landbell USA has been selected by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) as the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) for the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (SB 707).

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a briefing examining the relationship between environmental pollution and mental health outcomes.

The long-awaited final version of the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) Implementing Decision text has been published and confirms that recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) imports from outside the EU will only count towards the 25% target from 21 November 2027.

The European Commission has adopted the 15th edition of the European List of Ship Recycling Facilities. The update includes, for the first time, a German ship recycling facility located in Emden.

European construction equipment sales increased by 4.6 per cent in 2025, marking a moderate recovery after the downturn of the previous year. This is according to the CECE Annual Economic Report 2026, which identifies a stabilisation of market conditions amid a still fragile macroeconomic environment.

The combination of mobile crushing and screening technology with digital monitoring systems enables the efficient processing of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in compliance with applicable standards.

Picvisa and Girbau have entered into a strategic collaboration to advance the automation of post-consumer textile sorting. As part of this cooperation, the companies are commissioning a new plant in Northern Europe that combines automated feeding and optical sorting technologies in a continuous process for the treatment of used textiles.

Develon has expanded its Series 9 smart crawler excavator range with optional intelligent safety technologies designed to reduce accidents on construction sites.

Emissions from Europe’s energy-intensive industries have declined significantly over the past two decades. However, progress has slowed and pollution-related health costs remain substantial. This is the central finding of the briefing “Zero pollution, decarbonisation and circular economy in energy-intensive industries” published by the European Environment Agency.