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Skipway Increases Hard Plastics Payloads to 26 Tonnes per Container with New REP-TEC Baler
Belfast-based recycling company Skipway has increased the payload of mixed hard plastics shipped in 40ft containers to as much as 26 tonnes, adding around eight tonnes to each load following the insta...

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast Opens €30 Million Plastics Recycling Plant in Belgium
Morssinkhof-Rymoplast has opened a new plastics recycling facility in Lommel, Belgium, adding up to 40,000 tonnes of annual processing capacity and strengthening the country's domestic recycling infra...
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Recycleye AI Sorter Achieves 97% Fibre Purity at UK Recycling Facility
Recovering valuable paper and cardboard from residual waste, an AI-powered sorting system from Recycleye has achieved 97% output purity at NEWS Recycling in Norwich, UK, part of the Norse Group, follo...

Specim Launches AI-Powered Hyperspectral System for Automated Textile Sorting
Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd., a KONICA MINOLTA, INC. Minolta company, has introduced RETEX, an industrial solution combining hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence to identify textile mate...
Economy

Who Will Buy Europe’s Recycled Textiles? The Demand Gap Behind the Recycling Boom
Europe is preparing to collect and process significantly more textile waste. But as recycling capacity expands, another question is becoming increasingly important: who will actually buy the recycled ...

Europe’s textile recycling problem is no longer just about volume. It is about economics.
The numbers are becoming harder to ignore. Let’s look at a few examples....

ERI launches India venture as part of major Asian e-waste expansion
US-based Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has launched ERI India, a 50/50 joint venture with Indian recycler Eco Recycling Limited (Ecoreco)...

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....
Sciense and technology

Polytag Expands AI-Free Packaging Tracking Network to Scotland
Polytag Limited has installed its Ecotrace UV-tag detection technology at Wyllie Recycling’s materials recovery facility (MRF) in Perth, Scotland, expanding its network to 15 detection units and givin...

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...
Trends

Volkswagen Opens Industrial Vehicle Dismantling Line in Zwickau, Targeting 4,100 Vehicles Annually
Volkswagen has officially opened a new vehicle dismantling and recycling facility at its Zwickau plant in Germany.
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Tadweer Group Starts Construction of 400,000-Tonne Waste Recovery Facility in Abu Dhabi
Tadweer Group has begun on-site works on a new material recovery facility in Abu Dhabi, developed in partnership with environmental services company Urbaser. The plant is designed to process 400,000 t...

AIMPLAS Develops Digital Product Passport and Reuse Systems for Plastic Packaging
AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics is leading the VERSO project to validate plastic packaging reuse systems and develop practical applications for the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP).
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UK launches £3.6m robotics hub for waste and recycling
West London Waste Authority (WLWA) and Kingston University are partnering with universities, technology developers, waste operators and public bodies on a £3.6 million project to accelerate the adopti...
Equipment

Skipway Increases Hard Plastics Payloads to 26 Tonnes per Container with New REP-TEC Baler
Belfast-based recycling company Skipway has increased the payload of mixed hard plastics shipped in 40ft containers to as much as 26 tonnes, adding around eight tonnes to each load following the insta...

Eilbeck Shredders Completes 60-Metre Waste-to-Energy Processing Line for US Market
Australian engineering company Eilbeck Shredders has completed a 60-metre industrial waste processing line for a customer in North Carolina, marking a major export project for its partnership with US-...

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast Opens €30 Million Plastics Recycling Plant in Belgium
Morssinkhof-Rymoplast has opened a new plastics recycling facility in Lommel, Belgium, adding up to 40,000 tonnes of annual processing capacity and strengthening the country's domestic recycling infra...

24/7 plant operation starts with one thing: reliable service
A recycling plant doesn't stop because production is inconvenient. Every hour of downtime means lost throughput, additional maintenance and increased operating costs.
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Politics

Polysmart to Commission $60 Million PET Recycling Plant in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Polysmart Packaging is due to commission the first phase of a $60 million food-grade recycled PET (rPET) facility in Mowe, Ogun State, on October 29.
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Clarios to Acquire Ecobat’s US Recycling Facilities, Strengthening Domestic Critical Mineral Supply
Clarios plans to acquire three US critical mineral recovery and processing facilities operated by Ecobat, expanding its closed-loop battery recycling network and strengthening domestic supplies of rec...

Recycleye AI Sorter Achieves 97% Fibre Purity at UK Recycling Facility
Recovering valuable paper and cardboard from residual waste, an AI-powered sorting system from Recycleye has achieved 97% output purity at NEWS Recycling in Norwich, UK, part of the Norse Group, follo...

Registration Opens for Textiles Recycling Expo USA 2027
📅 Second edition returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 7–8, 2027
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