Highlights
New EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging.
The rules include packaging reduction targets (5% by 2030, 10% by 2035 and 15% by 2040) and require EU countries to reduce the amount of plastic packaging waste....
Plastic waste exported for recycling from England have increased by more than 10%
RECOUP said year-on-year, despite increases in material being recycled in the UK, quantities of plastic waste exported for recycling from England have increased by more than 10% to just over 600,000 t...
A pioneering flexible plastics collection scheme extend in the UK.
Residents of Wells will soon participate in a pioneering recycling trial, as Somerset extends its successful flexible plastics collection scheme...
TOMRA presents the new INNOSORT™ FLAKE
TOMRA revolutionizes its product portfolio with the launch of the new INNOSORT™ FLAKE for high-throughput purification of plastic flakes. Its enhanced features enable simultaneous flake sorting by pol...
The world’s first fully automated sorting plant for textiles recycling!
Sysav Industri AB is now operating the world’s first fully automated sorting plant for textiles recycling in Malmö, Sweden.
The plant is fully automated – people are needed only to start and stop the...
Bottle recycling machines with on-site recycling capability.
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) installs plastic bottle recycling machines. A new plastic bottle recycling machine was installed on October 18 at the Annam Gourmet store, Thu Duc City. It is anticipated th...
10p back for each bottle.
People are getting 10p back for their used drinks containers in a Brecon (UK) trialling a deposit scheme that could come to all parts of the country....
RWM - Resource and Waste Management Expo has ended on 14 of September at NEC, Birmingham (UK)
RWM - Resource and Waste Management Expo has ended on 14 of September at NEC, Birmingham (UK). Watch the magic that unfolded at Environmental Services and Solutions Expo 2023. ...
ZenRobotics and Terex Recycling Systems to Deliver a Fully Robotised Material Recovery Facility in Norway
ZenRobotics and Terex Recycling Systems to Deliver a Fully Robotised Material Recovery Facility in Norway. ...
Juno Technology uses a wet processing system to reclaim contaminated fiber.
Juno Technology uses a wet processing system to reclaim contaminated fiber. ...
The Dutch company Myne, formerly Reukema,with Delft University of Technology is launching the world's first digital recycling plant.
The Dutch company Myne, formerly Reukema,with Delft University of Technology is launching the world's first digital recycling plant....
Australian engineers to make stronger concrete with old coffee grounds
Australian engineers to make stronger concrete with old coffee grounds. Researchers have given tons of waste coffee grounds a “double shot” at life, by infusing it into concrete—where it not only incr...
Copenhagen will recycle a large proportion of used diapers
Copenhagen will recycle a large proportion of used diapers from childcare facilities and homes from 2024....
Tesco is introducing clear caps to 425 million of its own brand milk bottles per year to make them easier to recycle.
Tesco is introducing clear caps to 425 million of its own brand milk bottles per year to make them easier to recycle. ...
A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering into force
A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering into force. This will support the shift to a circular economy, increase security of supply for raw materials...
UK company uses water to break down the bonds in waste plastic
UK company uses water to break down the bonds in waste plastic.
Advanced plastic waste recycling technologies can tolerate mixed plastics and films, which can’t be handled through traditional mechani...
Innovate Recycle has opened the UK’s first carpet recycling facility in Northampton.
The Innovate Recycle team has developed a patented mechanical process which deconstructs polypropylene carpets, which make up 70% of the UK market. ...
Origin Materials creates sustainable PET Bottle Caps, Enabling “All PET Mono-Material” Bottle and Cap Solutions.
Origin Materials, a California based manufacturer creates sustainable PET Bottle Caps, Enabling “All PET Mono-Material” Bottle and Cap Solutions....
The largest solar panel recycling plant has opened just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up
The largest solar panel recycling plant @werecyclesolar in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up. ...
Plant to recycle fridges for Northern Ireland
Plant to recycle fridges for Northern Ireland
Andritzwill supply Enva Northern Ireland Ltd. with an automated fridge recycling plant for their new site in Toomebridge....
A water treatment company in San Francisco has partnered with a brewery to create a beer made with recycled water from a residential building
A water treatment company in San Francisco has partnered with a brewery to create a beer made with recycled water from a residential building...
More than 7 billion plastic bags have been prevented from polluting
More than 7 billion plastic bags have been prevented from polluting the UK landscape since the introduction of the single-use carrier bag charge. ...
The UK government has announced new plans to encourage the use of fewer resources and increase recycling
The UK government has announced new plans to encourage the use of fewer resources and increase repair, reuse and recycling as part of its “goal” to achieve a circular economy approach. ...
The manufacturing facility for the microwave-assisted depolymerisation of PET.
gr3n and Intecsa Industrial are entering a joint venture to build a ‘first-of-a-kind’ manufacturing facility for the microwave-assisted depolymerisation of PET. ...
A pilot project supports the uptake of recycled content in footwear
A pilot project supports the uptake of recycled content in footwear to increase circularity in the footwear industry.
Fashion for Good launches new pilot with Fashion giants Adidas, Inditex, Target a...
McNeilus EV earns certifications as low-emissions vehicle.
McNeilus EV earns certifications as low-emissions vehicle. The company says the certifications mean customers can buy the Volterra ZSL with help from vouchers....
UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a new, more effective way of recycling solar panels,
UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a new, more effective way of recycling solar panels, which can recover silver at high efficiency. In tests, using their process, the researchers were able to extr...
UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a new, more effective way of recycling solar panels,
UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a new, more effective way of recycling solar panels, which can recover silver at high efficiency. In tests, using their process, the researchers were able to extr...
Minnesota test AI program to pull food from waste stream.
Minnesota test AI program to pull food from waste stream. The innovative program collects food scraps from all residents in city and sort more materials from the trash, including food scraps and o...
Digital Deposit Return Scheme set up for milk bottle recycling.
Digital Deposit Return Scheme set up for milk bottle recycling. UK-based recycling technology expert Polytag, Sweden-based recycling app Bower and online supermarket Ocado Retail are trialling a rec...