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Securing Europe’s Raw Material Supply
| The Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (Futuram) project commenced on 1st June 2022 and plans to play a key role in ensuring a secure supply of secondary and critical raw materials from within the European Union.
Is Waste-To-Energy compatible with Net-Zero?
| On Tuesday 21 June, an event in Brussels to present the potential of CCUS technologies in Waste-to-Energy and the evolution from non-recyclable waste treatment to integrated resource recovery facilities.
Innovation Program for Packaging Recycling
| Sociedade Ponto Verde and Beta-i seek solutions to innovate waste recycling: Re-Source is a collaborative innovation program for packaging recovery and recycling challenges startups from around the world. Proposals for solutions are open until June 27th.
Increase in Production of Pro-Environment Polyols
| Perstorp is converting polyols produced at their largest production plant in Perstorp (Sweden) to so-called Pro-Environment products. By doing this, the company aims to enable reduced greenhouse gas emissions for its polyol customers and downstream value chains.
Steel Packaging hits all-time High
| Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit another all-time high of 85.5%, according to figures issued by Apeal, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging. It is an increase of 1.5% and is the 10th consecutive year in which the overall recycling rate has risen.
Sustainable Biowaste Management in Cities
| The European project Valuewaste organizes an exchange trip gathering stakeholders and policy makers of the Murcia Region in Spain to visit the biowaste collection experience carried out in the city of Kalundborg, Denmark.
PreZero: Is the packaging turnaround coming in 2022?
| PreZero discussed the future of the circular economy with experts at IFAT 2022.
FEAD’s 40th anniversary & biennial conference
| Today, the European Waste Management Association celebrated their 40th anniversary during a successful biennial conference at IFAT in Munich.
Tomra calls for closing the loop on plastics and beyond
| Tomra demands that political framework, bold decisions and smart investments in collecting, sorting and recycling should be used to improve circularity across all material streams and to overcome today’s supply chain bottlenecks.
Liebherr presents two new wheel loaders
| At IFAT, Liebherr is exhibiting machines specially designed for operation in the waste management industry and in recycling.
Geminor: UK secondary fuels export will stabilize in 2022
| Europe’s biggest export market for RDF and SRF reported more than 135 000 tonnes recovered overseas in March.
AMP Robotics continues European expansion
| AMP Robotics Corp continues to expand its presence in Europe to meet the demand for its AI and automation solutions and provide dedicated local support and service for the market.
BIR: Strong criticism of EU plans on waste shipments
| At the annual convention of the Bureau of International Recycling, all divisions criticized the EU Commission's plans for greater regulation of waste shipments: Restricting trade would endanger businesses and recycling.
VinylPlus exceeds 810,000 tonnes of PVC recycling
| VinylPlus announced today the results of the first year of its 2030 Commitment at the 10th VinylPlus Sustainability Forum (#VSF2022).
