Market
Tomra presents new Innosort Flake
| Its enhanced features enable simultaneous flake sorting by polymer, colour and transparency, achieving unmatched quality even from highly contaminated inputs.
Cronimet expands cooperation with Finnish stainless-steel producer
| Cronimet and Outokumpu are further expanding their strategic partnership.
NGOs: Investing in nuclear energy is bad for the climate
| Today and tomorrow, EU nuclear energy stakeholders are meeting at the European Nuclear Energy Forum.
High-purity rPET for new bottles
| Croatia’s accession to the European Union has also given a significant boost to the topic of recycling, among other things.
Green claims on PET beverage bottles likely to be misleading
| Circularity claims on PET beverage bottles such as ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’ are likely to be misleading consumers, according to a new report by ClientEarth, ECOS (Environmental Coalition on Standards), Eunomia Research & Consulting and Zero Waste Europe.
OMV and Interzero to build Europe’s largest sorting plant for chemical recycling
| The fully automated sorting plant with a capacity of up to 260,000 tonnes per year is to be built in Walldürn.
Taxes alone will not solve Europe’s emissions challenges
| Taxes and levies imposed on the energy recovery industry are considered the quickest way to reduce emissions in Europe.
Zeppelin Systems and ReOil build tire recycling plant in Poland
| In March 2023, Zeppelin Systems launched the Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance to cooperate with international partners on shaping the future of tire production and tire recycling in a more environmentally friendly manner.
New report points out limitations of pyrolysis
| A new report released today has criticised a so-called “miraculous” method of plastic waste management that has been shown to be misleading in its efficacy.
10 Years of Vadias, Lindner Washtech & Erema
| Lindner Washtech and Bulgarian plastics recycling company Vadias Recycling are looking back on a 10-year anniversary and, together with Erema, on a partnership that has lasted just as long.
Geminor upgrades central Swedish Hub
| An investment of over 10 million Swedish kroner will ensure a doubling of waste handling capacity at Geminor's processing and storage facility in Landskrona.
ENVI packaging report endangers circularity in Europe
| Yesterday, the EU Parliament's Environment Committee adopted a contradictory position that endangers packaging waste circularity and Europe’s recycling industry.
EU legislative approach to chemical recycling will shape future of the pyrolysis oil sector
| Alongside access to sufficient high-quality waste, legislation is the most commonly cited potential barrier to growth in the chemical recycling sector, particularly given the ongoing uncertainty over the acceptance of chemical recycling under EU legislative targets, and the EU’s approach to mass balance.
FEAD: ENVI position on PPWR on the right track
| FEAD supports the adoption by the ENVI Committee of the position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
