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TRIMET Opens New Aluminium Scrap Sorting Facility in Germany
TRIMET Aluminium SE has commissioned a new facility in Hamm designed to process up to 40,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap per year, strengthening its supply of recycled raw materials.
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500 Tonnes of PFAS Foam Sent from New Zealand to Finland for Specialist Treatment
Around 500 tonnes of PFAS-containing firefighting foam from New Zealand is being transported to Finland for specialist treatment and disposal in an international hazardous-waste cooperation involving ...
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Cheshire West Recycling Cuts Contamination by 12% with AI-Powered Waste Intelligence
Cheshire West Recycling (CWR) has increased the amount of contamination removed at its manual sorting cabin by 12% over the past year after introducing continuous material monitoring from Greyparrot....

McDonald International Launches Recycling Plant at Hespin Wood, UK
McDonald International has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a new recycling plant for Cumbria Waste Group at Hespin Wood, Carlisle....
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ISWA unveils first programme for 2026 World Congress in London
The ISWA International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) has released the first detailed programme for the ISWA World Congress 2026, which will take place 16–18 November at London's QEII Centre....

REuse Economy Expo highlights growing role of Digital Product Passports in Europe’s circular transition
REuse Economy Expo brought together key circular economy leaders, policymakers and technology innovators in Paris this week, underlining the growing strategic importance of reuse systems, Digital Prod...

Circular Economy Awards & Forum marks a year of global expansion in 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, the Circular Economy Awards & Forum is reflecting on a year of significant growth and internationalization. What began as a regional initiative has evolved into a global plat...

🌍 FTR+ Marketplace Launches to Modernize Global Textile Reuse.
A major step forward for textile circularity: FTR+, a new digital marketplace dedicated to textile reuse and recycling, officially launched on July 8, 2025....
Sciense and technology

TeknTrash Robotics and Sharp Group Pilot AI-Powered Humanoid to Tackle Waste Sector Challenges
UK-based TeknTrash Robotics has partnered with environmental services provider Sharp Group to test ALPHA, an advanced humanoid robot designed to revolutionize waste sorting. The pilot at Sharp Group's...

Liverpool to Introduce HVO-Powered Waste Trucks Ahead of UK-Wide Food Waste Reform.
Liverpool City Council is preparing to deploy up to 36 waste collection vehicles powered by hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO)—a major step towards meeting new UK-wide food-waste collection laws set to ...

RFID Tags: A Game-Changer for Battery Recycling?
Every year, improperly disposed lithium-ion batteries pose hidden dangers at waste processing facilities. These tiny power sources—sometimes no bigger than a coin—can spark fires, damage equipment, an...

Reducing plastic waste with AI and enzymes
Protein Evolution, a young biotech company that utilises biological processes to promote the transition to a lower-carbon, circular economy for materials and plastics, has announced the launch of new ...
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MIT team wins NASA prize for recycling mixed waste in space
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won first prize in Phase 2 of NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge, receiving US$775,000 for a system designed to recycle mixed waste during fut...

Atlanta is gearing up for three major events shaping the future of resource recovery
The preliminary agenda is now live for Critical Minerals Expo North America, Battery Recycling Expo North America and E-Waste World Expo North America, taking place October 28–29 in Atlanta. More than...

Oxfam launches UK-first charity-owned clothing rental service
Oxfam has partnered with ACS (Advanced Clothing Solutions) to launch a clothing rental service using selected garments donated to the charity, creating a new route for extending the life of second-han...

New Framework Aims to Turn Digital Product Passport Data into Action
As Digital Product Passports (DPPs) move closer to implementation across Europe, attention is increasingly shifting from data collection to data utilisation....
Equipment

Greyparrot and Circular Services Test AI at New York MRF
Greyparrot says 89% of the aluminium passing through Circular Services' Sunset Park MRF in Brooklyn is recoverable, equivalent to around 91,000 aluminium cans per day. The companies are now preparing ...

OSR and Cleansort: More Than 20,000 Tonnes of Aluminium Sorted with LIBS
Four years ago, OSR introduced Cleansort's laser-based LIBS sorting technology as a pioneering project, laying the foundation for industrialising the process. Building on this milestone, a commercial ...

Matthiessen Bag Splitter in Kazakhstan’s New 150,000 t/y Sorting Facility
A new waste sorting complex with a capacity of 150,000 tonnes per year has opened in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan...

Lindner presents Urraco ECO mobile twin-shaft shredder
Lindner Recyclingtech has expanded its mobile shredding portfolio with the Urraco ECO, a new twin-shaft shredder designed for waste wood, green waste and commercial waste. The machine is positioned as...
Politics

TRIMET Opens New Aluminium Scrap Sorting Facility in Germany
TRIMET Aluminium SE has commissioned a new facility in Hamm designed to process up to 40,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap per year, strengthening its supply of recycled raw materials.
LIBS sorting for...

TOMRA: PPWR could reshape the economics of plastic recycling
New EU packaging rules could increase demand for recycled plastics while also changing the requirements for the recycling industry....

LEGO Starts Scaling e-Methanol in Plastic Production
The LEGO Group has started using e-methanol, a renewable material, to help make more than 90 robust and rigid LEGO elements, including cross axles, connectors, steering wheels and Minifigure hands....

STADLER opens 2,160 m² Test Center for recycling technology trials
STADLER brought together 50 participants from 10 countries, including representatives of leading recycling companies and international industry media, at its headquarters in Altshausen, Germany, for t...
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