RWM Launches National Environmental Services Survey

RWM announces a landmark moment in environmental services with the launch of the National Environmental Services Survey. The Survey, a key highlight of the Expo, signifies an ambitious effort to understand and address the most pressing environmental concerns at a national scale. The survey’s findings will guide the conversation at RWM and the wider ESS […]

Finland: Kuusakoski to Expand the Processing Capacity for Non-Ferrous Metals

Finnish recycling company Kuusakoski will invest 25 million Euro in a major new production line that is being built at the company’s recycling plant in Heinola. The aim is to increase the recycling efficiency and the processing capacity for non-ferrous metals, including aluminum. As underlined by the company, the demand for recycled raw materials is […]

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 Announced in Amsterdam

The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 were announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven category winners exemplify the advances in the circular use of plastics in today’s products, as well as the recycling innovation and technology that are enabling this progress. They are: Automotive, Electrical & Electronic Product: […]

Co-Host OMV Invites Downstream Industry Colleagues to Visit PRC: Europe 2023

OMV is co-hosting the Petrochemical and Refining Congress: Europe 2023 in Austria on May 22-24. Within the Day 3 of the event, OMV and BGS Group invited a limited number of delegates to visit one of the largest and most modern inland refineries in Europe – OMV Schwechat Refinery. OMV is Austria’s largest listed industrial […]

New Project to Develop a Recycling Solution for Acrylic Glass

The acrylic glass recycling company Pekutherm Kunststoffe GmbH – together with Polysecure GmbH, Pforz­heim University of Applied Sciences and an acrylic glass supplier – is developing an innovative recycling solution to be able to recognize high-quality transparent plastics and recycle them according to their specification. The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is funding the approach with […]

RecycleMe Launches free Recyclability-Tool in Slovakia

Internationally active consulting company RecycleMe has released its online tool “Circulate Easy” on the Slovak market. Users of the tool that allows the digital assessment of packaging can conduct assessments and evaluations of the recyclability of their packaging in a few simple steps, as the consulting company described the service. “The tool is free of […]

FEAD Urges Strong Recycling Industry in Response to ENVI Vote on EU Textiles Strategy

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament’s ENVI committee, expressing overall satisfaction with the direction of the report and the tabled amendments. The organization welcomes the Parliament’s view to ensure long-lasting, reusable, repairable, recyclable, and hazard-free textile products in the EU market and highlights the need for a robust […]

European Recyclers’ Call to Ensure Strong Push for Circularity Under EU Packaging Regulation

Following the Commission’s proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) publishes its position paper on the proposal in view of ongoing discussions in the Council and the European Parliament. While the European recycling industry strongly supports the proposal, certain barriers and loopholes for more circular packaging still […]

Battery Recycling: New Partnership

Singapore-based ACE Green Recycling (ACE), an integrated technology and supply chain platform for battery materials, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with STC, a leading European engineering, procurement and construction management company specializing in building plants and equipment for battery recycling and lead production. Through the strategic collaboration, STC will construct battery recycling facilities […]

Goal: Complete Waste-to-Biofuel Solution

In January this year, the companies Topsoe and Steeper, both headquartered in Denmark, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The agreement combines Topsoe’s technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as decades of experience in engineering with Steeper’s proprietary Hydrofaction technology and industry expertise. According to Topsoe, the company […]