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The recycling industry has become more complicated in recent years. The increasing economic strength of China and recent trade tensions with the US have greatly reduced the market for recycled waste.

The global fashion industry has developed a dangerous addiction to synthetic fibres, which are made from climate-destroying fossil fuels like oil and gas, to power its fast fashion business model, according to a new report.

The global waste to energy market is expected to rise in demand as conventional energy sources are depleting rapidly while contributing to harmful emissions.

Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require drastic changes throughout all value chains, in particular for energy-intensive industries such as metal production.

Today, Canada’s relationship to plastic waste fundamentally changed: the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) launched to end plastic waste and pollution.

German consulting company MVW Lechtenberg & Partner has been appointed to act as owner’s engineers for a new mechanical and biological treatment plant (MBT) which will be errected at the Shafdan complex in Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, Israel.

In the greater Kuala Lumpur area, Malaysia’s largest waste management company, Kualiti Alam Sdn. Bhd, operates a landfill for the disposal of residual materials from several waste management companies.

Global crude steel production reached 1,864.0 million tonnes (Mt) for the year 2020, down by 0.9% compared to 2019.

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company and manufacturer of continuous filament glass fibers, has announced the launch of a thermal recycling unit for waste glass fibers in its Engineered Products plant in Trnava, Slovakia.

UniSort Unibot combines reliable sensor technology with modern robotics to further increase the efficiency of sorting facilities.

The Circularity Gap Report 2021 finds that efficient resource consumption can save 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon and help avoid climate breakdown.