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The Deputy Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and the CEO of Geminor cut the ribbon and officially opened a new waste processing facility in Hull. The facility is now operational with a capacity to produce up to 150,000 tonnes of RDF per year.

Following the EU Commission’s proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), EuRIC publishes its position paper on the proposal in view of ongoing discussions in the Council and the European Parliament.

World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 165.1 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2023, a 1.7% increase compared to March 2022.

Worldsteel forecasts that this year, demand will see a 2.3% rebound to reach 1,822.3 Mt. Steel demand is forecast to grow by 1.7% in 2024 to reach 1,854.0 Mt.

Kimberly-Clark Professional has expanded The RightCycle Programme to the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The three companies want to build the first industrial automatic textile sorting line in France, combining automated sorting technology and recycling technology.

A new report by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) demonstrates how Material Recovery and Biological Treatment (MRBT) systems are a cost-effective approach to treat (leftover) mixed waste.

Recycling plastics in a way that is both economically successful and makes ecological sense is something that was hardly imaginable for many just a few years ago.

Until now, only a tiny fraction of discarded textiles is recycled.

The energy recovery industry in the UK will play a major part in producing much-needed energy in the future.

COWI has completed the pre-FEED stage on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Runcorn.