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Recoup: 750,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging goes uncaptured
| The new UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey report by Recoup says that 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging are not currently collected for recycling.
Cadel Deinking is now Keycycle Deinking
| Keycycle, a subsidiary of the Erema Group, has worked together for two years with the Spanish company Cadel Deinking to further develop the process of removing printing inks from the surface of plastic.
Argentinian recycler Reciclar processes up to 600 million plastic bottles per year
| The Argentinian plant, with a surface area of more than 22,000 m2, features the latest generation of Tomra equipment.
HDPE and PP recycling line for Turkish plastics recycler
| The recycling line, installed at the company’s recycling facility in Başiskele, Kocaeli Province, began operations in mid-September 2022.
New waste and recycling kit for Doosan wheel loaders
| Doosan has launched a new waste and recycling kit for the company’s DL-7 range of wheel loaders.
Leading a revolution in biowaste recycling
| Biowaste is a key topic in the European Union. 120 million tons of this residue are generated in the EU per year, which represents 200 kg per European citizen.
FEAD welcomes Commission’s PPW Regulation
| The Commission's proposal on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is welcomed by FEAD because it reiterates recycling's position as the foundation of circularity.
Sustainable metal packaging is put at risk by PPWR proposal
| The provisions on reuse in the proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste endanger the competitiveness of the European food and beverage industry and its packaging value chain.
Biogenic emissions from Waste-to-Energy plants should be part of the carbon removal certification
| ESWET welcomes the European Commission’s proposal on the certification of carbon removal and would like to highlight that Waste-to-Energy should be included because of its share of biogenic emissions.
EuRIC: A boost for recycling but non-recyclable packaging must be phased out sooner
| The proposed Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) sets a robust framework to boost packaging recycling.
European recycling industry calls for unhampered trade of raw materials from recycling
| The procedures for the export of recycled materials still classified as waste laid down in the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) are burdensome, costly, and time-consuming, say EuRIC and FEAD.
Vecoplan supplies processing and storage technology to UBQ
| UBQ Materials has patented the world’s first thermoplastic material consisting entirely of unsorted household waste, including organics.
Revealed: The countries championing and blocking EU food waste action
| The countries supporting and opposing ambitious legally binding EU food waste targets have been revealed, according to a survey of EU member state positions published today by Feedback EU and European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
European recyclers support Japan’s objection to proposed OECD rules on e-waste trade
| In its latest position paper, European recyclers have united in support of an objection raised by Japan to new international rules that risk subjecting shipments of non-hazardous e-waste to burdensome administrative requirements.
