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‘CÍRCULO – Associação pela Circularidade de Resíduos Especiais’ from Portugal has joined FEAD as a full member.

Dr Steve Döring has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of APK AG.

Enva has acquired WEEE Solutions, an independent waste electrical and electronic equipment recycler.

Kasper Thomsen, Country Manager in Geminor Denmark, is now in charge of international operations in the Geminor group.

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Manfred Rissmann has been appointed as the new Country Manager for Geminor in Germany. He has spent the last five years with the company as Business Development Manager.

Eriez announces the appointment of Jaisen Kohmuench as President & CEO, effective January 1, 2024. He will succeed current President & CEO, Lukas Guenthardt, who is retiring at the end of 2023.

Austrian Next Generation Group has acquired a majority share in Hydrodyn, a company specializing in plastic waste cleaning and purifying.

Landbell Group has joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.

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US optical sorting equipment manufacturer MSS Inc. and British technology company Recycleye announce a strategic partnership in North America to combine their strengths and bring new technology to the waste sorting and recycling sectors.

Vecoplan has opened a subsidiary in France.

BASF has entered into a long-term collaboration agreement with Tenova Advanced Technologies for its battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. Both companies agreed to jointly optimize the hydrometallurgical recycling process, leveraging TAT’s novel process for the recovery and production of lithium, which includes lithium solvent extraction and lithium electrolysis.

The European Commission published on 8 February a list of 28 experts who will join the new EU Sustainable Finance Platform for a two-year mandate. EuRIC, FEAD and PRE, who jointly applied through the European Alliance for Sustainable Finance in Waste Management & Recycling (EASF), will be part of the platform.

Cronimet has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to combat climate change. In doing so, Cronimet commits itself to the climate protection goals of the international initiative and at the same time lines up with the “Business Ambition for 1.5 °C” campaign of the UN Global Compact.

The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has appointed Luc Brantjes, Tata Steel’s packaging division Director of Sales, as the association’s new President. He succeeds Viliam Gašpar of U.S. Steel Košice.

Reconomy Group has announced that Guy Wakeley has been appointed (CEO), effective 1 January 2023. He succeeds Paul Cox, who has transitioned to the role of Founder Director on the Group Board.

TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling.

Tomra has announced a collaboration with PolyPerception to offer AI-powered material analysis technology to waste sorting and recycling facilities.

During the General Assembly of Chemical Recycling Europe (CRE), Mr. Carlos Monreal, Founder & CEO of Plastic Energy, has been reelected as CRE President for the next two years.

Reclay takes over 100 percent of the shares in Finnish consulting company.

EREMA and chinese Recycler INTCO Recycling have signed a strategic partnership for recycling PET.