May 2024 crude steel production
| World crude steel production for the 71 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 165.1 million tonnes (Mt) in May 2024, a 1.5% increase compared to May 2023.
New bottle-to-bottle recycling plant for Magpet
| For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source.
Plastics Recycling Awards winners announced
| The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. For the first time in the of the awards, the judges have announced two Plastics Recycling Ambassadors as well as the four product and two innovation category winners.
Partnership for recyclable material processing
| Through a strategic partnership with the company Plato Technology, Vecoplan intends to offer customers comprehensive processing solutions for plastics recycling from a single source in future.
A Circular Future with Plastics
| The EuPC Conference, co-organised at the Blue Point Brussels with Belgian partners Agoria and essenscia PolyMatters, marked two days of discussions, networking, and collaborative efforts towards advancing circularity and overall sustainability within the plastics value chain industry.
PET bottle recycling solution from a single source
| For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source.
EuRIC urges swift deal and no EPR for second-hand
| EU Environment Ministers have adopted the Council’s position on the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD), covering food and textile waste.
BASF and WHW Recycling make battery cell production more sustainable
| BASF and WHW Recycling GmbH have entered an agreement on the processing of cathode and anode waste.
New monitoring tool reviews progress on plastics circularity in Europe
| Plastics production and consumption patterns across Europe remain unsustainable and need to be made more circular to reduce waste, pollution, climate change and other negative impacts on the environment according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today.
Waste Framework Directive: food waste reduction sidelined while Council agrees to textile reforms
| The Council of the EU has favoured the treatment of textile waste in its position on the Waste Framework Directive, while breaking its promise to reduce food waste, the environmental network Zero Waste Europe says.
Adnritz participates in development of Smart Waste Factory
| Andritz is participating in the development project ReWaste F, which brings together science and industry to transform the Austrian waste management sector towards a sustainable and resource-efficient circular economy.
Converting biodegradable plastic waste into green energy
| The Valplast Project aims to implement an alternative to the current way that biodegradable plastic packaging waste is managed to align it with circular economy principles.
Geminor launches on-the-move quality checks for waste-derived fuels
| Geminor is implementing new quality control measures on secondary fuels under transport. The initial tests on RDF and SRF are conducted by an independent laboratory.
Refuse Derived Fuel for the cement industry
| Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) and the more refined Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) are produced from MSW after recyclable materials have been removed.
World’s largest plastics recycling event opens in Amsterdam next week
| The world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, takes place next week at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 19-20 June.
