Stadler completes Switzerland’s largest electronic waste sorting plant
| Immark AG, part of the Thommen Group, is a pioneer and market leader in the recycling and disposal of electronic waste in Switzerland with a recycling rate of up to 95% that far exceeds the requirements of the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE).
Cronimet and CNGR join forces to close the loop in battery recycling
| Cronimet and CNGR Advanced Material have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to expand Cronimet’s recycling capacity at its newly founded competence center for battery materials and battery recycling, Revomet Bitterfeld GmbH.
Vast amounts of waste caused by single-use e-cigarette batteries
| While the lithium-ion batteries in disposable electronic cigarettes are discarded after a single use, they can continue to perform at high capacity for hundreds of cycles, according to new research from UCL and the University of Oxford, supported by The Faraday Institution.
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe entry deadline extended
| The entry deadline for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 has been extended until 18.00 CET, Friday 12 January 2024. The judging panel for the 2024 awards has also been announced.
Position paper in favour of ambitious DRS
| While the negotiations about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are still open, fifty organizations from 13 European countries make a call for the implementation of a solid and effective Deposit Return System (DRS) for beverage containers in all members states.
Andritz textile recycling line starts operating at Italian recycling specialist
| Andritz recently started up a new textile recycling line at Sfilacciatura Negro’s plant in Biella, Italy. Designed for processing post-consumer textile waste with automatic removal of hard parts, the tearing line supports the company’s expansion into new recycling segments.
Plastics Recyclers Europe’s Manifesto calls upon the EU for a genuine circularity for plastics
| Plastics Recyclers Europe calls upon the EU to maintain the ambition to achieve a genuine circularity for plastics by driving the competitiveness and innovation of the EU plastics industry.
End of take-make-waste economy impossible without recycling of unsold goods
| On Monday, EU negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, a key part of Europe’s strategy to foster a circular economy.
New research charts course to circular plastic
| A recently study by KPMG, Plastic feedstock for recycling in the Netherlands, highlights the Netherlands’ leading position in Europe in the reuse of raw materials.
EU one step closer to making sustainable products the norm
| EU legislators agree on Ecodesign rules, but fail to ban the destruction of unsold goods and ensure enforcement for products sold online.
Increased processing time for TFS becomes challenge for sustainable recovery in Europe
| The waste and recycling industries in Europe are experiencing increasingly longer processing time for Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (TFS) applications. This unfortunate development may contribute to the delay of a circular economy in Europe.
Efficient sorting of electronic and electrical waste
| The requirements for recycling electronic waste have increased enormously recently.
First automated textile waste sorting and recycling line in France inaugurated
| France’s first industrial plant for automated sorting and recycling of textile waste was officially inaugurated at Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, Amplepuis, on November 30, 2023.
Geminor: New HUB can receive 80 percent of Finland’s total RDF import
| With international industry guests present, Geminor recently opened its new import facility for Waste-derived Fuels in southern Finland.
New packaging waste regulation draft could prove controversial
| The latest draft of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) – which passed its plenary vote in the EU Parliament on Wednesday 22 November – brings further sweeping changes to the proposed legislation, some of which are likely to prove controversial.
