Circular Propylene Glycol solutions
| Dow announces launch of reduced carbon, bio-based, and circular Propylene Glycol solutions to support more sustainable offerings for propylene glycol applications.
A roadmap for boosting waste recycling
| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation has issued recommendations for an EU circular economy. In it, Euric suggests exploring chemical recycling when no better recycling alternative available.
UK-wide inhaler recycling scheme launched
| Grundon Waste Management has launched the UK’s first proven nationwide inhaler return and recycling scheme – a move expected to deliver significant carbon savings for the NHS.
Stop waste management initiative in Indonesia
| in East Java, Indonesia, more than 130.000 people have received access to waste management, more than 120 permanent jobs were created and more than 5000 metric tonnes of waste were collected. The project STOP has been further expanded with a new material recovery facility in Banyuwangi.
Growth and focus on electrification
| 71 years of handling and crane technology: at this year's in-house exhibition from September 19 to 22 at the company's headquarters in Straubing, Sennebogen will showcase new technological developments and investments in new and existing sites.
CDE commissions waste recycling plant
| CDE has commissioned a waste recycling plant in the UK for NRE Aggregates part of regeneration business Peel L&P.
Tozero opens first plant in Munich
| The company has inaugurated Europe’s first hydrometallurgical battery recycling pilot plant on the company’s one-year anniversary.
Untha processes pulper ropes into recyclable material and alternative fuel
| The paper industry increasingly employs wastepaper recycling and more sustainable processes in line with the principles of the closed-loop economy.
Applications for 2024 Green Alley Award open
| In 2014, Landbell Group started the first Green Alley Award with the vision to invest and innovate for the future.
Report: Paper-based food packaging at the centre of Europe’s waste crisis
| Some of the most regressive actors in the packaging value chain, such as single-use paper packaging producers and McDonald's, have been conducting a massive lobbying campaign to greenwash single user paper as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics.
EuRIC hails ITRE committee’s adoption of CRMs report as a landmark victory for recyclers
| EuRIC welcomes the ITRE committee’s adoption of the Report on Critical Raw Materials, which reflects the recycling industry’s concerns and recommendations.
AI-based sorting technologies create new cycles
| Steinert and RE Plano, a subsidiary of the Remondis Group, have joined forces to establish a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Bochum.
Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand
| With two Starlinger Recostar PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines, Piedmont-based Dentis Recycling Italy expanded its product portfolio and now offers food-grade rPET pellets in addition to hot-washed PET bottle flakes.
Reusable take-away packaging has significant potential to reduce carbon footprint
| Reusable take-away packaging could present a compelling climate case over single-use alternatives if return and washing systems are properly implemented and optimised, according to a new study today from Zero Waste Europe, Reloop, and Tomra.
Waterjet cutting allows for environmentally friendly ship recycling
| In Germany, two pilot projects are under way for the dismantling of obsolete ships with the waterjet abrasive suspension system.
