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PET is the second most recycled polymer in the European Union. Despite this position, the European PET recycling sector is under increasing pressure. Low market prices and growing stockpiles, driven in part by imports of lower-cost recycled material, are placing significant strain on established recycling facilities in Europe. This development comes at a time when domestic recycling capacity is required to meet existing and upcoming EU circular economy targets.

A recent study identifies methane emissions from landfilled municipal waste in Europe as a significant long-term climate factor that is insufficiently reflected in current policy discussions.

Textiles have not yet been part of a functioning circular economy, either in Switzerland or internationally. In particular, the reuse of fibres as a raw material for new textiles is associated with technical, organisational and economic challenges.

European recycling and waste management associations have called on the European Commission to ensure a smooth and workable implementation of the new EU Waste Shipment Regulation, which entered into force in May 2024 and will largely apply from 21 May 2026.

Representatives from the German government, the European Commission and the Free State of Bavaria will open IFAT Munich 2026, underlining the political and economic relevance of environmental technologies.

A new technical study by Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (SSV) examines the recycling performance of opaque glass packaging in Europe and provides data on its detectability in current optical sorting systems.

Cylib has completed a customer project involving the production of lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃) from end-of-life NMC (nickel, manganese, cobalt) lithium-ion batteries. The recycled lithium carbonate has been qualified by an international battery manufacturer and is being used in the production of new electric vehicle batteries.

As one of Germany’s largest scrap dealers, Schrott Wetzel has been active in the recycling industry for several decades. At its Mannheim site, the company has reached a further stage in the development of its operational infrastructure.

Stadler has completed the modernization of the BZB light packaging sorting plant in Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia, Spain, upgrading the facility originally commissioned in 2002.

Feeding, sorting and dismantling are core processes in scrap recycling operations. At Kovosrot Group in Prague, these tasks are carried out using a Sennebogen 830 G material handler, which is deployed across a wide range of applications in the company’s scrap and metal recycling yard.

Sixty-two climate-vulnerable regions across Europe have been selected to strengthen their climate adaptation planning within the Pathways2Resilience programme, an EU-funded initiative under the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change.

Newly published research indicates that the climate benefits of plastic recycling in Europe depend primarily on recycling quality rather than recycling volume.