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New research by waste management company Biffa reveals that nearly one fifth (17%) of England and Wales’ waste (from both businesses and households) cannot be recycled due to contamination.

Recoup has published its 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report, which found there is a clear bottleneck in the UK’s recycling infrastructure for plastic recycling.

In the wake of its recent World Recycling Convention, the Bureau of International Recycling expresses concern regarding the effect of the current energy / cost-of-living crisis on the livelihood of its member companies in Europe and across the globe.

In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, around 127 kilograms (kg) of food per inhabitant were wasted in the EU.

Erema presents its new Chemarema series for the first time at K 2022.

With its new development Intarema TVEplus DuaFil Compact, the company wants to redefine the quality level for recycling particularly challenging post-consumer materials.

In 2020, each person living in the EU generated 34.6 kg of plastic packaging waste on average. Out of these, 13.0 kg were recycled.

The two-year-old Stadler Center is fulfilling its role as an innovation hub, participating in important research such as the EnEWA paper recycling project.

Cyclyx International, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell have announced that they have signed an agreement to advance development of a first-of-its-kind plastic waste sorting and processing facility in the Houston area.

A new study published by Zero Waste Europe finds that waste incineration is too inconsequential to reduce the European Union countries’ (EU27) dependence on Russian gas.

Enva has announced the opening of a new recycling facility for used oil filters and oily rags at its Bilsthorpe site in Nottinghamshire.