Heraeus Precious Metals enters hydrogen business
| Heraeus Precious Metals has announced the establishment of a new dedicated Business Line, Hydrogen Systems, effective 1 January 2024.
Geminor launches new waste treatment company for the offshore industry
| Geminor and its partners are now establishing Risavika Gjenvinning, a company that will develop new technology solutions for the treatment and recovery of waste from the petroleum industry.
EU economy emissions in 2022: down 22% since 2008
| In 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by economic activities of EU resident units stood at 3.6 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2-eq), indicating a 22% decrease compared with 2008.
PPWR: Further improvements needed to advance packaging circularity despite positive developments
| The EU’s Environment Ministers have adopted their General Approach on the proposal for an EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Neste doubled the amount of waste plastic processed during 2023
| In its efforts to scale-up chemical recycling, Neste has successfully concluded another series of industrial-scale processing runs with increasing volumes of liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
Geminor France sends first shipment of RDF to Germany
| Germinor’s first stream of Refuse-derived Fuel from France to Germany opened this month.
ICIS: Cautiously optimistic future for plastics circularity
| The circular economy has been one of the most powerful megatrends affecting the plastics industry over the last few years and is widely anticipated to keep building momentum in the future.
Material cleaning with state-of-the-art sorting technology
| Austrian recycling experts have joined forces for the consistent recycling of PET.
APEAL regrets lack of support for recyclability shown by European Council
| APEAL regrets a lack of ambition regarding recyclability measures in the European Council’s General Approach to Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Meeting EU environment policy targets by 2030 will be challenging
| The EU 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) builds on the European Green Deal and sets the framework for EU environmental policy until 2030.
EUBP unveils the results of the 2023 Market Data Report
| Main findings show that after a period of stagnation, the overall plastic production is picking up again.
New standard for circular plastics ensures higher quality and cost reduction
| Cirplus has developed a new standard for the use of recycled plastics together with the IKK — Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy and the Kunststoff-Institut Luedenscheid.
EuCertPlast & RecyClass join forces
| EuCertPlast and RecyClass have reached an agreement for the future development of the certification for plastics recyclers. Going forward, the expertise and know-how of the two audit schemes will be combined under the RecyClass Recycling Process Certification.
Steel packaging exceeds EU 2025 recycling target with new calculation methodology
| New independently verified figures published by APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, show that steel packaging has already met its new EU recycling rate target for 2025, four years ahead of schedule.
Metales Bolueta recycles non-ferrous metals with Steinert technology
| Metales Bolueta is a family-run business, founded in 1980 and is based near Bilbao, Spain.
