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Finnish company Neste, provider of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel, has opened a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

RTT Steinert, the Zittau-based subsidiary of Steinert GmbH, is pooling all the resources relevant to its customers in the waste recycling sector at one location and will be doing business in Zittau under its new name, Steinert UniSort, since 1 October.

Twenty innovation projects have joined forces to boost European Union efforts towards a circular economy for plastics.

With the aim of making used PET bottles and other plastic waste a valuable resource, Krones AG and Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH have joined forces in a partnership.

This year, the UK government declared a climate emergency and dedicated the country to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. The government also announced an “ambition” to reach zero avoidable plastic waste by 2042.

Chemical Recycling Europe (ChemRecEurope) welcomes Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) assessment of the potential of chemical recycling to complement mechanical recycling and to overcome its limitations, as much in the plastic waste treated as well as in the high-quality of the output.

PureCycle Technologies has announced that it has successfully completed purified waste carpet from its Feedstock Evaluation Unit (FEU), transforming discarded carpet into clear, odorless, ultra-pure polypropylene (UPRP) resin through its proprietary plastics recycling technology, developed and invented by Procter & Gamble.

Metso has been awarded with an order to deliver a Texas Shredder PS for Tata Steel’s upcoming steel scrap recycling plant. The order marks the first steel scrap shredding facility in India.

Over 320 participants attended this year’s International Congress for Battery Recycling in Lyon, France – more than ever before in the 24-year history of the event.

Enva, one the UK’s largest producers of recycled, extruded plastic compounds, has significantly increased the availability of recycled plastic compounds in the UK following a £1.8 million investment to double its output capacity.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 156.0 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2019, a 3.4% increase compared to August 2018.