News archive
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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) shows how geopolitics continues to undermine multilateralism.
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Accelerating global mineral demand, rising geopolitical tensions, and mounting environmental harm are converging into a global challenge. While the recent UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) talks confirmed that consensus on a binding global framework remains out of reach for now, this stalemate only heightens the urgency for coordinated global action.
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In sectors such as packaging, leather, and textiles, the use of functional coatings that provide properties such as water repellence, stain resistance, or non-stick effects is common practice.
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Early on 12 December, EU lawmakers struck a political agreement on new rules meant to make the automotive sector more circular – but the deal falls short of its promise, warn theEEB) and Deutsche Umwelthilfe.
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Austria’s deposit return scheme (DRS) is approaching the end of its first year with stable operational performance and high return volumes. By the end of November 2025, more than 1.2 billion PET bottles and aluminium cans had been collected.
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BASF and Essity joined forces together with the Technical University of Wien to revolutionize recycling of absorbent hygiene products (AHP).
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65 European and French civil society organisations have called on the European Commission to support a draft French law that seeks to rein in the most harmful commercial practices in the fashion sector, with an open letter published today.
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Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has expressed concern about the Environmental Omnibus proposal released by the European Commission. While the environmental network acknowledges that reducing administrative burden can be beneficial in a limited number of cases, this broad simplification initiative risks sending the wrong signals when it comes to circularity.
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Eroding vital protections will sideline people and nature, and leave Europe less competitive, less resilient and less sovereign, warns the EEB.
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Cirrec BV, part of the Faerch Group and located in Duiven, The Netherlands, has achieved a significant breakthrough in plastics recycling thanks to Tomra Recycling’s flakes solutions.
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The Global Recycling Foundation has announced the launch of its video competition for Recycling Heroes 2026. This year the winners will be from two categories: 15 entries from initiatives with two years of impact, and 5 start-ups.
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Despite progress in key areas, the EU remains likely off track for most 2030 environmental goals, according to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new 8th EAP assessment. Rising climate risks, slow transitions in production and consumption system and weakening enabling conditions highlight the urgent need for stronger, better financed and faster policy implementation.
