Balancing the needs of the circular economy and a toxic-free world

| Growing pressure to transition to the circular economy and the desire to eliminate legacy additives is proving to be a conundrum for the plastics recycling sector.

BSEF appoints new secretary general

| BSEF has announced the appointment of Michael Hack as the new Secretary General. Effective 1st October 2021, and pending regulatory filings
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Tomra: High-quality recycling starts with targeted collection

| According to calculations by the World Bank, approximately two-thirds of household waste is still incinerated or landfilled.

Incineration under EU ETS generates climate benefits and employment

| A new study by CE Delft requested by Zero Waste Europe shows that including incineration under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) would encourage waste prevention and recycling, and generate climate and employment benefits.
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Waste bale shortages expose sorting, collection shortfalls

| European waste bale supply is tight across all major recycled polymer chains as growing demand from the packaging sector continues to expose shortfalls in collection and sorting capacities.

Time to acknowledge role of DRS

| Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and Zero Waste Europe call on the EU to facilitate the beverage industry’s transition to circularity by developing a legal framework for setting up new efficient DRS for beverage packaging.

Updated results single-use vs multiple use paper

| A full life cycle assessment (LCA) commissioned by the European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA) and carried out by independent consultant Ramboll challenges the common perception that reusable tableware has lower environmental impacts.

Starlinger installs food-grade plastics recycling facility in India

| The Indian recycler Srichakra Polyplast commissioned a PET bottle-to-bottle and a post-consumer polyolefin recycling line from Starlinger by mid of September.

End-of-waste: Time to move forward

| Recyclers’ Talks #5, organised on 5 October 2021 in partnership with eREC attracted over 100 participants.

First products granted RecyClass Recycled Plastics Certification

| The Certification attest the inclusion of recycled plastics in products containing between 10% to 100% of recycled content.

Metso Outotec launches online tool for metal recycling machines

| The new Index operating and production data collection system from Metso Outotec’s Metal Recycling business transfers relevant data from the recycling machine directly to the customer’s equipment.
Martin Kummer; pixelio.de

CCS for incinerators “an expensive distraction to a circular economy”

| Zero Waste Europe and Only Solutions LLP have published a report on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) presenting key general and specific arguments on how this practice, instead of a solution, is a distraction to a circular economy.

“Circular economy is not the panacea many had hoped for”

| The definition of a circular economy is unclear and lacks substance, according to a team of researchers from Lancaster University Management School, Lund University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

New CIWM strategy leads way to ‘A World beyond Waste’

| Launching its new strategy,, CIWM has outlined the role it will play in shaping the future of waste, recycling and resource management.

ICBR Honorary award goes to Jacques David

| The International Congress for Battery Recycling ICBR 2021, gathered in Geneva, has recognized the lifetime contribution to battery collection and recycling of Mr Jacques David.