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The costs to society from plastic pollution — including environmental clean-up, ecosystem degradation, shorter life expectancy and medical treatment — exceed US$100bn per year, according to new research which sheds light on the growing global plastics crisis.

In cooperation with Robert Bosch GmbH and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF has been investigating the use of recycled plastics in high-stress applications.

Interview with Jean-François Nogrette, Senior Executive Vice President, Veolia France & Special Waste Europe for the International Battery Recycling Congress (ICBR 2022).

TrueCircle has announced the public launch of TrueCircle Trade, a new online platform for recyclables trading, underpinned by Computer Vision AI quality data.

BASF publishes a study by Cyclos-HTP, according to which coextruded PE/PA multilayer films are recyclable. The results and conclusions of the investigations are available in a publication.

The inter-municipal waste management organization ZZO Włodawa uses three Bobcat telehandlers for their waste recycling in East Poland.

Growing pressure to transition to the circular economy and the desire to eliminate legacy additives is proving to be a conundrum for the plastics recycling sector.

Launching its new strategy,, CIWM has outlined the role it will play in shaping the future of waste, recycling and resource management.

The worldwide production of plastics is about 350 tonnes per year. The largest consuming sectors are agriculture and the food industry.

As a constituent of flexible multi-layer films for stand-up pouches, cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) from Topas Advanced Polymers are compatible with polyethylene film recycling streams. This has now been confirmed by the Association of Plastic Recyclers.

De Bree Solutions, based in Belgium, has invested in a new wet processing solution from CDE as the company modernizes its operation to boost process efficiency and respond to growing demand.