| The EU Parliament’s own-initiative report adopted this month calls for an upgrading of secondary raw materials.

| After closing its third year with the collection of 4.2 tonnes of marine litter and excellent results in terms of recovery of this litter through chemical recycling, the RepescaPlas project has entered its fourth phase, in which it is expected to strengthen the industrial-scale management and treatment of marine litter.

| APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – Zero steel packaging to landfill – as part of Steel for Packaging Week.

| OKAY Engineering has transformed an older existing plant into a high-tech sorting facility through the addition of optical sorting units and associated equipment. 

| EU plans to stop firms adding microplastic to almost all products have major loopholes that would keep pollution flooding into the environment for nearly a decade and reward unproven biodegradable plastics, environmental groups are warning.

| Electronic waste should now be regarded as the greatest threat to our planet, according to the Global Recycling Foundation.

| Today, lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are considered by many as the best technology for sustainable transport since they provide high energy and power per unit of battery weight, allowing them to be lighter and smaller than other rechargeable batteries.

| Vita Nova is a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy.

| For the first time, Lidl and Kaufland are selling household goods that are made from at least 95 % recycled plastic from PreZero.

| Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) announced today their reciprocal membership.

| The University of Birmingham today announces a three-year research project with Bentley Motors to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for one of the most sought after luxury car brands in the world.

| In a joint letter, Zero Waste Europe, ECOS, and nine other signatories call upon the European Commission (EC) to avoid a flexible ‘mass balance approach’ method in determining recycled content in plastic products.

| Stadler and Tomra delivered the fully automated sorting plant for Sysav Industri AB, which sorts pre- and post-consumer mixed textile waste in southern Skåne, in Sweden.

| Almost 225 million tonnes of municipal waste was generated in the EU in 2019.

| Avery Dennison has announced the launch of AD Circular, a comprehensive program providing recycling of used paper and filmic label liners in countries across Europe.