| STOPP, an initiative co-funded by SIRE and the European Union to promote sustainable food packaging use and reduce plastic waste and environmental impact, has just kicked off.

| Republic Services has opened North America’s first vertically integrated plastics recycling facility, producing recycled resins for use in sustainable packaging.

| Together with the Dutch recycling company RetourMatras, H&S has implemented a plant for the chemical recycling of discarded PU mattresses, enabling the recovery of high-quality recycled polyols.

| The European consortium of 10 partners is opening up a streamline of cooperation between humanitarian aid organizations and the bio-based sector that will identify the bio-based solutions for solid waste management applicable in various humanitarian settings.

| The award is evidence of Fornnax's commitment to using its cutting- edge fleet of machinery to push the envelope of innovation in tyre recycling technology.

| On Thursday, 1 February 2024 Ireland becomes the 15th European country to introduce the Deposit Return System (DRS) for single-use beverage packaging.

| Ecoprog has published the 16th edition of its annual study on the global Waste to Energy sector.

| Bobcat has announced annual updates for the L75 and L85 for model year 2024, allowing owners of the latest versions of these machines to benefit from some of the advanced features that were introduced last year on the L95.

| 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.