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Asia and the Climate Transition

According to a new report, published by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), institutional investors in Asia are defying the perceived global retreat on climate commitments and are progressing their climate action. As per AIGCC, 240 of the largest investors across Asia (including 202 headquartered there), collectively managing 123 trillion US-Dollar, reported progress […]

Zambia’s Claimed Destination: Green Growth

The Republic of Zambia is progressing towards a circular economy as part of its National Green Growth Strategy. In April 2026, the country’s government signed a Host Country Agreement (HCA) with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), an intergovernmental organization founded at the United Nations Conference in 2012 on Sustainable Development and based in Seoul, […]

Digital Operator Assistant for TANA Shredders

Finnish engineering firm Tana Oy has launched Tana Wingman, a digital operator assistant for TANA shredders. According to the manufacturer of recycling machinery, the new digital operator is designed to improve visibility, safety, and operational efficiency, because the system would help operators monitor the shredding process and respond more quickly to changing conditions during loading […]

Cyprus’ Waste Management: Political Will Wanted

Municipal waste generation per capita in Cyprus slightly decreased between 2010 and 2022, says the European Environment Agency in its latest report of the country‘s waste management profile. However, the Cyprus Mail newspaper offered a contrasting viewpoint in August 2025, headlining: “Cyprus is a potpourri of environmental neglect.” The facts: According to numbers of the […]

New: A Diesel-Driven Shredder Version

Austria-based manufacturer Lindner-Recyclingtech GmbH has added a diesel-driven version to its Merak 2800 mobile universal shredder series. As underlined, the drive concept of the Merak 2800 DT would combine “maximum mobility with proven Lindner quality, while reducing the infrastructure requirements at the job site”. Previously, the Merak 2800 was available with an electric drive system, […]

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 […]

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