Mattress Recycling: Worldwide but not Everywhere

According to numbers of Verified Market Reports, the global mattress recycling service market was valued at 1.2 billion US-Dollar in 2024 and is projected to reach 2.5 billion US-Dollar by 2033. The increasing demand for sustainable disposal methods and recycling initiatives is expected to drive an annual growth rate of 4.8 percent from 2022 to […]

UK Wastepolitics in Times of Change

“Of the 26 million tons of waste produced in the UK, 12 million tons are recycled, and 14 million tons are sent to landfill sites. This gives us an average recycling rate of 45 percent”, waste management company Recycling Bins.Co.UK states on its homepage. But recycling in the UK is a much more complicated, difficult […]

Plastics and Circularity – Caught between Necessity and Potential

K 2025 from 8 to 15 October 2025 in Düsseldorf (Germany) – according to the organizers “the world’s No. 1 trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry” – has set itself the goal of addressing the central issues of our times. One of its three “Hot Topics” reads “Shaping the Circular Economy”. For the […]

The Market for Plastic Pallets in the United Arab Emirates

According to new research published by India-based Astute Analytica, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plastic pallets market was valued at 103.09 million US-Dollar in 2024 and is expected to reach 174.47 million US-Dollar by 2033, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.25 percent during the forecast period 2025–2033. As stated by the […]

UK Incineration Boom Could Reshape Europe’s Waste Flows

Kjetil Vikingstad – Founder and Head of R&D at Norway-based Geminor – examines in this article the broader implications of the United Kingdom’s rapidly growing Energy-from-Waste (EfW) capacity: The UK is on the brink of a significant shift. Over the next two years, between four to five million tons of new EfW capacity will come […]

Denmark Is Looking for Solutions, Partnerships, and Projects

“Denmark is committed to the EU targets to increase recycling of municipal waste to 55 percent in 2025, 60 percent in 2030, and 65 percent in 2035”, says an Action Plan for Circular Economy edited by the Ministry of Environment of Denmark in 2021. That seems questionable since the Circularity Gap Report on Denmark revealed […]

Recommendation for the Nordic Countries: Stronger Waste Prevention Measures

In a new report commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy, Sweco – one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies – recommends more measures. The study, which aimed to identify realistic and effective measures to strengthen waste prevention and the promotion of reuse in the Nordic region, suggests […]

Iceland Is Reducing Landfill Waste

As reported by Statistics Iceland in February this year, less than ten percent of waste went to landfill sites in 2022. More recent data is not yet available. In that year, the Icelandic waste processing facilities received 1.581 million tons of waste, Statistics Iceland, the center for official statistics in the country, informed. Of this […]

The New Zealand Tire Market

According to AstuteAnalytica India Pvt. Ltd., New Zealand’s tire market is set to grow. It was valued at 800.24 million US-Dollar in 2024 and is expected to reach 1,312.16 million US-Dollar by 2033, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 4.40 percent during the forecast period 2025–2033. As reported, one of the drivers […]

HMD and Rokbak Offer Flexible Financing Solutions for West Africa

Rokbak has announced a new partnership with HMD, which brings flexible financing options supported by export credit agencies and private risk insurers for projects in West Africa. Since June 2024, when West African equipment dealer HMD officially introduced the Rokbak brand to Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire, the articulated dump trucks RA30 […]