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Low demand, high imports endanger European plastics recycling industry
According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the plastics recycling market in Europe has been heavily destabilised throughout 2023.
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Aimplas turns poultry feather waste into sustainable foams suitable for hydroponic crop systems
This is just one of the developments made within the European Unlock project to boost the sustainable circular bioeconomy for rural development in Europe by creating new agricultural applications for feather keratin.
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Stadler Selecciona S.L.U., a subsidiary of Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH, has completed the installation of a new sorting plant at the Torija waste treatment centre.
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On October 4th, the Bergen Municipality, BIR and Envac jointly launched a new waste collection station of Bergen’s automated waste collection system.
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The national BEHG-taxation on CO2 emissions brings new costs to the German EfW-industry from early next year.
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The new waste recycling plant will support diversion of significant volumes of waste from landfill.
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This year’s special edition of the European Recycling Conference cast a spotlight on the future of car recycling, considering the European Commission’s recently proposed End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, a game-changer for the automotive industry.
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In 2021, around 131 kilogrammes (kg) of food per inhabitant were wasted in the EU. In total, the EU produced 58.4 million tonnes of food waste, which includes edible and inedible parts.
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Three dozen of the universally applicable shredders from Eggersmann are now going to the long-standing dealer Ryoki in Hiroshima.
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The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 are now open for entries.
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A new report published by UKWIN shows that if waste reduction targets are met, English incineration capacity would exceed available feedstock by 2.6 million tonnes in 2027, with this overcapacity growing to 7.4 million tonnes by 2042, even if no additional incinerators are built.
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Demand across Europe in recycled polyolefins is expected to remain low for the remainder of 2023 as bearish macroeconomics continue to drag on the sector.






