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The European Demolition Association presents the last edition of its annual report about the demolition industry.

Six partners from Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Portugal and Sweden have launched the OptiWaMag project – “Optimization of waste management in urban spaces and in households”.

With landfills swelling and the ocean suffering, it has become easy to find one area to blame. Plastic has become the new target, alongside many years fossil fuel usage being highlighted as another culprit. But how accurate is this sour sentiment towards plastic?

As part of a joint effort with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), Verdex Technologies has developed innovative technology that can take recycled PET carpet (and bottles) and turn them into an array of nonwoven products such as apparel, filtration and acoustical products to name a few.

A vineyard drip tube recycling program in South Australia is proving the viability of the circular economy for an increasingly sustainable wine industry.

E-Waste World Conference & Expo is a two-day international conference and exhibition dedicated to discussing the latest recycling technology, materials recovery solutions, green electronics, sustainable materials, non-toxic substitutes, and end-of-life strategies, as well as regulatory and business models to help reduce the environmental impact of all forms of consumer and industrial E-Waste.

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.