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Latest figures show that the total European installed plastics recycling capacity stands at 12.5 million tonnes in 2022. Due to heavy market disruptions, the growth rate went down from 17% to 10%, year-on-year.

To handle the process of recycling tyres as efficiently as possible, Roth International GmbH puts its trust in Untha’s XR3000C mobil-e.

Over the past five years, the number of discussions, debates, and articles related to the circular economy has almost tripled despite the global circularity rate falling from 9.1% to 7.2%. This is according to the Circularity Gap Report 2024, launched by Circle Economy Foundation today. 

Following the findings of 18 testing campaigns commissioned in 2023, RecyClass updated its Recyclability Evaluation protocols and released a new set of Design for Recycling Guidelines for all plastic packaging streams. The latest set provides the industry with the most up-to-date recommendations for improving the recyclability of plastic packaging.

Sorting mixed waste before incineration is a swift and cost-effective strategy for achieving substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from waste incineration, a new study by Zero Waste Europe and Equanimator finds.

Cronimet and Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu have expanded their partnership as announced in November 2023.

This single-shaft shredder incorporates innovations that efficiently process contaminated waste streams and help safeguard critical machine components.

As the association announced today, Emmanuel Katrakis, who has held the position since it was founded in 2014, will step down at the end of March.

Geminor handled 2.4 million tonnes of waste in Europe last year, a 32 percent increase from a turbulent 2022.

Recoup has found that new data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023. Significant quantities are now going to developing, non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

Since 2015, ZASE, the organisation in charge of managing wastewater in the Solothurn-Emme area, has been operating a gas treatment plant from Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) on the site of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Zuchwil.