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WRAP and OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) today announced a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets.

20,000 tons of virgin PET is imported to New Zealand annually. New Zealand government’s Waste Minimization Fund supports the project to reduce that environmental harm.

According to Zero Waste Europa, Spain’s second largest area just released its Zero Waste strategy plan with clear objectives
for 2025.

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) has to announce the creation of the European Plastics Recycling Branch (EPRB).

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 146.7 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2019, a 1.0% increase compared to January 2018.

Unlocking the full potential of the circular economy to tackle the climate challenges – this is the objective that drives 750 attendees from more than 60 different countries during the World Resources Forum 2019 (“Closing Loops – Transitions at Work”).

Despite a year filled with political gridlock and uncertainty in U.S. politics, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) achieved a number of important victories benefiting recyclers in 2018.

The Austrian recycler ‘PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH’ recorded a plus of 9 % in the recycling of PET bottles in 2018.

Ahead of its second Global Recycling Day, the Global Recycling Foundation has launched a special education pack to inspire schools around the world to think ‘resource not waste’ and celebrate Global Recycling Day on 18th March 2019.

CEPI member countries’ paper and board production was stable in 2018, compared to the previous year, according to preliminary figures.