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The Initiative “Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland” (ERDE, or Crop Plastics Recycling Germany) will be taking back polypropylene baler twine nationwide from 2021, predominantly for mechanical recycling.

Starlinger viscotec, PET-MAN and the dairy pro- ducer Biohof Zauner developed the first white yoghurt cup made from 100% rPET, which can be recycled after use and made into a yoghurt cup again.

To prevent food waste, Russian supermarket chain Perekrestok is implementing a new freshness control system based on Visual Freshness Sensors. This is a joint project with the Israeli foodtech startup Evigence Sensors.

Mexico is one of the world’s ten biggest producers of Municipal Solid Waste on account of its vast size and large population.

As business leaders strive for sustainability, systemic problems such as poor working conditions, unfair distribution of profits and wasteful consumption patterns will undermine Europe’s quest for a fair and truly circular economy.

Zero Waste Europe has released a report highlighting the importance of Sustainable Finance for a Zero Waste Circular Economy in the post-COVID-19 recovery.

On November 1, 2020, the Bavarian company Sesotec GmbH appointed Joachim Schulz as its new CEO. With the expiration of his three-year contract, former CEO Marc Setzen will depart from the company.

The first phase of a brand new, state-of-the-art waste management facility for Tangiers has been inaugurated.

The fourth consecutive Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) goes virtual for the first time, from December 9th to December 11th.

While the worldwide lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic may have positively influenced a reduction in air pollutants, before the outbreak there were seven million deaths each year due to pollution.

Wuppertal, in the German state of Nordrhein Westfahlen has been a pioneer of transportation since the construction of a suspended railway, the Schwebebahn, in the late 1800’s.