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EU Parliament backs waste shipment restrictions
| Europe’s recycling industries expressed dismay at the European Parliament’s adoption of current waste shipment proposals citing major inconsistencies undermining the trade of recycled materials, says Euric.
Quick-change mixed waste processing
| Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center efficiently sorts both MSW and single stream using the same circuit with Tomra Autosort units to successfully reduce landfilling
IERC 2023 in Salzburg next week
| The IERC 2023 Congress will be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 18 to 20, 2023.
Plastics Recycling Show Europe expands into second hall
| The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) returns to the RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on May 10–11, 2023, expanding into two halls for the first time (Halls 11 and 12). The free event's visitor registration is now open.
New Bobcat L85 wheel loader for paper recycling
| Since the beginning of the 1940s, the Rua family business in Spain has been dedicated to the management and recovery of paper and cardboard, later expanding the activity to plastics, metals, wood, and other industrial waste.
Recycled glass and road safety
| Redwave supplies a new processing plant for the production of premium reflective glass beads.
Geminor: Finland moves from export to import market
| In Finland, the market for waste products is turning upside down.
Renewcell applies new textile fiber preparation system using Andritz ADuro technology
| Renewcell has produced its first fiber material with the ADuro textile fiber preparation system from Andritz at its new site in Sundsvall, Sweden.
Aluminium beverage can recycling remains high at 73%
| Aluminium beverage can recycling achieved a record level of 510,000 tonnes, saving 4.2 million tonnes of CO2eq.
IERC 2023 preview interview
| Interview with Stephane Burban, trader copper and precious metals recycling, Glencore.
Stadler: Light packaging sorting plant for TBM in Japan
| Stadler has designed the facility to automatically sort light plastic packaging and Limex, a limestone-based material developed and produced by TBM.
EU’s circular material use rate decreased in 2021
| According to Eurostat, in 2021, the EU’s circular material use rate reached 11.7%.
Recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets
| RecyOuest, France, has started up the world's first recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets at its mill in Argentan.
EU: Parliament and Council agree on battery law
| The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council to make batteries more sustainable, circular and safe.
