July 2025 — A new generation of recycling innovation is emerging as BioFuture Additives (BFA) introduces a regenerative solution that transforms how recycled plastics and textiles are processed and ma...

A major step forward for textile circularity: FTR+, a new digital marketplace dedicated to textile reuse and recycling, officially launched on July 8, 2025....

Environmental services & Solutions Expo (ESS Expo) returns in 2025 as the premier event dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations and solutions in the fields of circular economy, net-zero emissio...

A new impact assessment commissioned by Reconomy and conducted by Resource Futures sheds light on how a future EPR scheme for textiles could function in the UK. The study outlines three potential scen...

France’s Senate has unanimously approved a revised bill aimed at curbing the environmental impact of the ultra-fast fashion industry — marking one of the first serious legislative efforts in Europe ta...

How can circularity fuel Europe’s competitiveness? That’s the core question driving this year’s EU Green Week, which officially opened today in Brussels....

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...

Dubai, UAE – The PolyNext Awards & Conference 2025 is set to take center stage on October 01-02, 2025, at the prestigious Crowne Plaza Dubai, Salah Al Din St, Deira, Dubai. This premier global event i...

The most plastic is made from fossil fuels, predominantly coal and oil, despite rhetoric by producers, supermarkets and drinks companies about plastic being recycled. Globally, landfill remains the ma...

AUDI AG is the first car manufacturer to develop and implement an economically viable recycling concept for recyclates from end-of-life vehicles. The company began testing the MaterialLoop program in ...

As of January 1, 2025, states including California, Oregon, and New York have enacted bans on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam products commonly used in foodware, packaging, and coolers. The legislatio...

♻️ Enva Officially Opens Scotland’s Only Fridge and Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) Recycling Facility....

Extracting valuable metals from used lithium-ion batteries just got easier! 🌱🔋 A new method uses plant oil and water to clean the "black mass"—a low-value mix of anode, cathode, and other materials—in...

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...

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....

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...

Residents of Wells will soon participate in a pioneering recycling trial, as Somerset extends its successful flexible plastics collection scheme...

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...

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...

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...

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). 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. ...

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....

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 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. ...

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. Advanced plastic waste recycling technologies can tolerate mixed plastics and films, which can’t be handled through traditional mechani...