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Stadler designs light packaging sorting plant for PreZero
| Environmental services provider PreZero is driven by the ultimate goal of reducing the consumption of natural resources in a world where they are no longer wasted through closed loops.
80% of businesses yet to prepare for Plastic Packaging Tax
| Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste and Committee Member of Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging, says that the proposed plastic packaging tax has not gone far enough.
Fashion must end toxic relationship with economic growth
| A new report commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau says that only a radical rethink of its economic model can curb the fashion industry’s sustainability problem.
EU Commission’s Mattia Pellegrini to keynote at PRSE Conference
| Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Environment at the European Commission is to be the keynote speaker at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe’s conference, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022.
From urban waste to school benches
| Transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into school benches is precisely the sort of topic destined to pique a school child’s curiosity.
Europe’s best circular economy business ideas
| Landbell has presented the nominated start-ups for the 2022 Green Alley Award.
Global Waste Index 2022 released
| The comprehensive Analysis ranks 38 member states of the organisation for economic co-operation and development according to how effectively they manage their waste
Anviplas and Erema: working together over generations
| The Spanish recycling company Anviplas has been involved in plastics recycling for more than 30 years, during which time it has built up extensive know-how that now benefits customers throughout Europe, in Africa and in Asia.
Big changes in the pipeline for Northern Ireland’s waste industry
| The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty, Managing Director of Re-Gen Waste.
WEEE Forum expands with five new members
| Continuing its global expansion, the WEEE Forum has announced that five PROs have joined recently, bringing its membership to 46 spread over six continents, its highest ever.
Study highlights vital role of aluminium cans in circular economy
| Research commissioned by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) into the recycling of three beverage container materials – aluminium, glass and plastic (PET) – has shown that aluminium cans best support a circular economy.
Euric elects its new leaders for 2022-2025
| Euric has elected its new leaders during the General Assemblies held in Brussels on 8 and 9 March 2022.
Net Zero targets under threat
| The threat to oil and gas supplies from Russia with the war in Ukraine means a rethink on sustainable energy and net zero emissions is inevitable, according to Ranjit Baxi, Founder of the Global Recycling Foundation.
Doosan completes demolition and material handler lines
| With the arrival of the new DX380DM-7 model, Doosan has completed the company’s range of new High Reach Demolition Excavators.
