Finland pilot plant demonstrates production of bioplastic from soy residues
Four companies have collaborated to develop what is said to be the first process in the world to produce compostable bioplastic from food and...
Cool collaboration? Firms showcase SIM card made from recycled refrigerators
Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from...
Comment: Seven ways in which luxury fashion brands should address recycling
This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses...
Metal recycling group unveils new hybrid material handler at Liverpool Alexandra Docks
Giant material handler will help site meet 2040 net-zero sustainability target
EMR (formerly European Metals Recycling) has introduced its first electrically-enabled material handler in the...
Plans for Scotland’s first hazardous soil treatment centre announced
Research project to create new materials from recycling’s waste products
Heriot-Watt University has joined forces with Brewster Bros, a recycling business based in Livingston,...
State-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling opens in Germany
Polypropylene bales.
Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA and chemicals firm Borealis announced in January the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein,...
Solar-powered computers to accelerate digital literacy in Madagascar
A new partnership aims to deliver solar-powered computers to 10,000 children a year across schools in Madagascar and East Africa. The computers will go...
UK’s first compostables-specific sorting line
Recycling firm Paper Round has announced the commissioning of a new sorting line at its facility in Essex for the Vegware compostable catering disposables...
Advisory group reminds Scots to recycle old batteries
The Scottish government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is reminding Scots that they should recycle batteries separately to other household waste after...
Sponsored content: Announcing Recolight’s webinar series for 2021
Recolight has announced a new Circular Economy webinar series for 2021. It will build on the events held in 2020, and the progress being made by the lighting industry
Project aims to boost recycling supply chain for luxury cars
A new research project aims to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for one of the most...
Consortium shows new market potential for recyclates from flexible packaging
A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging, from CEFLEX (a consortium of European firms working on flexible packaging recycling) and its stakeholders,...
UK faces tidal wave of plastic if ‘poorly designed’ Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is...
· Plastic packaging would dominate supermarket shelves under flat rate DRS
· 60% of shoppers would switch from endlessly recyclable aluminium cans to plastic...
£1.2m funding for waste vision start-up
Intelligent waste management start-up Recycleye has secured £1.2 million in seed funding, it was announced in mid-December
Funding for plastic recycling tech
Greenback Recycling Technologies, a company striving to develop circular solutions for packaging waste, has closed an approximately £8m series A financing round
Knocking landfill on the head: Recycling scheme celebrates three years
The National Hard Hat Recycling Scheme recently celebrated three years in operation. It was introduced in November 2017, with the intention of providing...
Prague to pilot large-scale, dynamic waste collection
The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind...
Conference programme announced for Plastics Recycling Show Europe virtual event
Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Participation in all elements...
Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic
UK biotech company Toraphene says it is preparing to unveil the world's first truly biodegradable, compostable and commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging.
The company...
EU beverage carton recycling rate hits 51%
The latest figures on beverage carton recycling in the EU show that they have surpassed 50% for the first time. The recycling rate for...
