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RecyClass Recyclability & Recycled Content Use of Claims Guidance sets do’s and don’ts for how to communicate transparently on the circularity of plastic products.

The residue-free production of ready-to-use fertilizer from phosphate-containing sewage sludge ash has been brought to market maturity by Glatt Ingenieurtechnik and Seraplant.

There’s a great concern about sustainability in the construction industry, with engineers and architects looking towards viable green solutions to create structures and buildings that care for the environment more than they have previously done.

Rewarding metal recycling environmental benefits and preserving free and fair trade of circular metals were among the key messages of Recyclers’ Talks #3 organised on 7 June 2021 by EuRIC.

As part of the NextLap program, managed by the collaborative innovation consultancy Beta-i and promoted by the Portuguese management entity Valorpneu and the Danish-based recycler Genan, nine companies associated with the sector’s value chain and five entrepreneurs have started to develop six projects focused on giving a second life to materials derived from the recycling of end-of-life tires and promoting a more circular market.

The Circular Economy concept is an important element to reduce environmental impacts and raw material consumption. However, this concept alone, especially when it is reduced to recycling, will never be enough to achieve a sustainable society.

The world is experiencing a profound energy transition. Industrial manufacturers across the globe are swapping combustion fuels for electricity in line with global ambitions to decarbonize energy supply and improve energy productivity.

Shifting to a full circular clothing industry in the Netherlands won’t just impact the environment—it can also bring employment benefits, boosting job creation by as much as 25%.

With the title “Cosmic sustainability: the Universe is a Recycler”, BIR’s latest Keynote Address was delivered by Lucy Hawking – journalist, novelist, educator and, perhaps most famously, daughter of Stephen Hawking.

In response to the EU’s zero-pollution ambition, FEAD has held an online debate on the role waste management can play in combining circular economy and zero-pollution objectives at EU level.

Electronics recycling was in “a very complex environment” in which there was “an absolute need for a dramatic change”, commented Helmut Kolba of Germany-based Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH in hosting his first meeting of BIR’s E-Scrap Committee since becoming its Chairman.