China Aims at More Circular Economy

In China, the National People’s Congress approved the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) in March. It outlines – inter alia – the country’s targets regarding its green transformation, meaning circular economy and decarbonization. Regarding circular economy and urban municipal waste, which accumulated to 260 million tons nationwide in 2024, the People’s Republic of China plans to […]

Ecomondo 2026 Expands its Global Reach

From 3 to 6 November, the 29th edition of Ecomondo, the Italian Exhibition Group’s (IEG) international event on the green, blue, and circular economy, is scheduled to take place at Rimini Expo Centre. As European policies driving the ecological transition continue to gain momentum, Ecomondo confirms its role as the leading ecosystem where industry, institutions, […]

New European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Digital Tool for Declarations of Conformity

The companies PACKLIANCE GmbH and cyclos-HTP GmbH (CHI) will jointly launch a digital tool for preparing the declaration of conformity required under Article 39 PPWR. As reported, the solution enables companies to organize relevant packaging data in a structured manner and use it to generate both the technical documentation and the declaration of conformity in […]

From Waste to Value: Bonfiglioli at IFAT 2026

Bonfiglioli, a family-run Italian company with a global presence, conceives, designs and produces custom solutions for collecting, downsizing and sorting waste materials with the aim of maximizing recycling efficiency. In Munich, the company presented its complete solutions for recycling processing, biogas generation and wastewater treatment. Drive technologies for the biogas value chain The Italian company […]

Eriez Expands European Market Presence

Eriez, a global leader in separation technologies, has expanded its European sales network as part of a broader regional growth initiative to strengthen customer support and accelerate responsiveness across key industrial markets. As underscored, this enhanced structure would enable Eriez-Europe to deliver deeper technical expertise and more direct engagement with customers. These local insights in […]

ArabPlast 2027 – Set to Become the Middle East’s Largest Gathering for Plastics, Petrochemicals, Polymers, Packaging, Chemicals, Recycling and Rubber Industry

The countdown has begun for ArabPlast 2027, the Middle East’s largest and most influential exhibition for the plastics, petrochemicals, packaging, polymers, recycling, rubber and chemicals industries. The upcoming edition which is scheduled for 24-26 March, 2027 at Dubai World Trade Centre is set to be the biggest in the event’s history, bringing together more than […]

A Technology Award for DEScycle

At IFAT Munich 2026, DEScycle has won the “Knorr-Bremse AG Circular Technology Award”, Europe’s largest award for circular technology innovation, in collaboration with CIRCULAR REPUBLIC (an implementation platform for the circular economy). Selected from 50+ companies alongside some of the most advanced industrial technology startups in Europe, DEScycle was recognized in the Critical Raw Material […]

PFAS Removal Is Possible

In May 2026, Australian company EPOC Enviro’s “Surface-Active Foam Fractionation” (SAFF) technology has commenced a full‑scale remediation trial of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) at an Australian waste­water treatment facility. As reported, the “bench‑scale testing demonstrated exceptional PFAS removal across both the liquid and solids phases of sewage wastewaters. The results, which show >97 percent […]

International Cooperation Completed a Recycling Loop for Polyester Textiles

Three partners – Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN – were successful to produce the base monomer of a 100 percent recycled polyester. For this purpose, several tens of tons of post-consumer, polyester-rich, European textile wastes, sorted and prepared in France, have been processed in the companies’ semi-industrial demonstration unit, located in Japan. As underlined, this step […]

Wind Repowering Project in Spain with Waste Recovery

Norway-based company Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy producer, has completed the first phase of the Montes de Cierzo wind repowering project in Navarra. It replaced 44 old turbines with ten new ones, increasing the capacity to produce clean energy while reducing visual impacts and achieving almost full recycling and reuse of the old components. “I […]

Clean Earth Offers now Solar Panel Recycling in Texas

In April 2026, Clean Earth, a division of Enviri Corporation and a leading provider of environmental and regulated waste management services, has announced the launch of full solar panel recycling services at its Lancaster facility in Texas following approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. As reported, the permit would authorize the site to […]

RE&UP Partners with Madewell and ISKO on Textile-to-Textile Denim Capsule

According to RE&UP Recycling Technologies, the Netherlands-based firm is accelerating the shift toward a closed-loop textile economy through the mentioned strategic collaboration with American denim brand Madewell and global fabric manufacturer ISKO. By transforming approximately 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into high-quality recycled feedstock for a textile-to-textile recycled denim capsule, the circular tech company would […]

Pirelli North America Launched Closed-Loop Tire Recycling Initiative

The project, in collaboration with Bolder Industries and located in Rome (Georgia), has been recognized with the Tire Recycling Foundation’s Value Chain Collaboration Award. As reported, the initiative focuses on the recovery of scrap tires generated during the manufacturing process in North America. “These materials are collected and processed by Bolder Industries using pyrolysis technology […]

New Brand Identity

Terex Ecotec, a global leader in wood processing, biomass and recycling equipment, has launched a new brand identity at IFAT 2026: Ecotec. This would mark “a new chapter in the brand’s evolution after more than a decade of growth”. Ecotec had developed “one of the most robust and diverse product portfolios in the industry”. The […]

Hourglass International Launches RenuCycle

The goal is to keep disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) out of landfills. The waste management program is available through distributors in USA and Canada as “a streamlined, eco-friendly alternative to landfill disposal for gloves, masks, gowns, and more”. RenuCycle provides purpose-built collection containers. Businesses order their collection containers through a partnered distributor, fill them […]