SK tes opens battery recycling facility in Rotterdam
| The new Rotterdam facility, initially spanning 10,000 square meters with potential expansion to 40,000 square meters, represents a substantial investment in addressing the material needs of the EV market.
Schneider Electric collaborates with GR3N
| Schneider Electric has partnered with GR3N to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry.
Geminor acquires Rømskog Industrial Park
| The Waste management company has acquired Rømskog Industrial Park, strengthening its logistics and potentially creating more local job opportunities.
FEhS Institute welcomes EU Commission’s 2024-2029 policy guidelines
| Pursuing the objectives of the European Green Deal in a Clean Industrial Deal, create a new law on the circular economy to intensify the use of secondary raw materials and optimize public procurement.
PET bottle-to-bottle recycling to mitigate effects of climate change
| The Indian PET recycler Ganesha Ecopet ramps up its PET bottle-to-bottle recycling capacities with two Starlinger recycling lines to a total of 42,000 tons per year.
EU waste legislation requires radical rethink
| On 25 July 2024, the European Commission called on all Member States to meet waste collection and recycling targets; its letters of formal notice to the Member States underline their legal obligation to properly and fully implement EU environmental law.
Chemical plastics recycling is ready to go
| Scientists around the world can now go full throttle in their research into chemical plastics recycling. Researchers at ETH Zurich have laid important foundations for this by showing that it’s all about the stirring.
Only partially on track
| The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations are important guidelines for many countries and regions.
Review of UK 2018 waste strategy shows only 20% of policies fully implemented
| A review of the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy undertaken by CIWM has found that only 20% of the policies in the strategy have been fully implemented, with another 54% only partially in place.
Andritz ships fiberboard recycling line to Portugal
| Andritz has received an order to supply a dry fiberboard recycling line to Sonae Arauco’s mill in Mangualde, Portugal.
How the manufacturing sector is tackling waste
| The manufacturing sector is a huge contributor to waste in the UK, with the UK government estimating that in 2020, it generated around 40.4 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste.
EuRIC: Increasing circularity in the construction sector
| EuRIC’s Construction and Demolition Branch (ECDB) has released its manifesto, “EU Recyclers’ Manifesto: Increasing Circularity in the Construction Sector. Re-constructing Europe.”
Veolia increases solvent recycling
| Veolia has expanded the solvent recovery capacity at its Garston, Liverpool, facility to 86,000 tonnes a year to meet the growing demand for more sustainable industrial products.
Entries open for plastics recycling awards Europe 2025
| The Winners are to be revealed at Plastics Recycling Show Europe in April.
How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled
| Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide.
