Recycling news: 2025

Industry news £200m hydrogen-from-waste facility to be developed at Thames Freeport London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed it has received a £200 million investment to develop a hydrogen-from-waste plant at the Tilbury Tax Site at Thames Freeport. The facility, which will be delivered by Chinook Hydrogen, is expected to produce up to 12 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen per day from residual waste Dr Rifat Chalabi, Executive Chairman, … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 8 Aug 2025 Global CleanTech Xpo wil bedrijven in beweging krijgen – niet met intenties, maar met oplossingen Duurzaamheid is niet langer een nice-to-have. Steeds meer bedrijven worstelen met nieuwe regelgeving, CO₂-reductieplannen en circulaire ambities, maar weten niet altijd waar te beginnen. CleanTech Xpo wil daar verandering in brengen. Deze gloednieuwe vakbeurs, op 25 en 26 september in Kortrijk Xpo, wil bedrijven uit alle sectoren – waaronder voeding – de tools, partners en inzichten aanreiken [… RecyclePro · 8 Aug 2025 Policy & government Defending UK airspace Developments in aerial warfare have increased concerns about UK air defence. What are UK capabilities, and how can they be improved? POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 8 Aug 2025 Industry news Recell.store strengthens leadership team with key appointments recell.store, the UK’s first online marketplace for used EV batteries and an Altilium company, has today announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Simon Reid as Managing Director and Tom Rumboll, former CEO of leading vehicle recycling company SYNETIQ, as a Board Advisor. The strategic hires underscore recell.store’s commitment to accelerating [...] Altilium news · 8 Aug 2025 Global Día 3 del INC-5.2 Dando vueltas en círculos Es apenas el tercer día (de diez) de negociaciones del tratado de plásticos, y ya empiezan a notarse los nervios. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 8 Aug 2025 Industry news ‘A crisis in our health system that is entirely preventable’ Clean air campaign group Mums For Lungs have uncovered shocking statistics regarding the number of children admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties in London. The group submitted Freedom of Information requests to every NHS hospital trust in London asking for the number of paediatric respiratory hospital admissions and the number of paediatric A&E attendances with […] Air Quality News · 8 Aug 2025 Global Day 3 of INC-5.2 Going around in Circles It’s only Day 3 (out of 10) of the plastics treaty negotiations, and already nerves are starting to fray. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 8 Aug 2025 Industry news Ultrasound system can remove BPA from water more effectively Researchers have found a new way to remove a common pollutant from water using controlled waves of ultrasound, without the use of additional chemicals. The system, developed by chemists from the University of Glasgow, can scrub up to 94% of the traces of Bisphenol A (BPA) from samples of contaminated water by using ultrasound to […] Envirotec Magazine · 8 Aug 2025 Council news School admissions appeals - Peterborough City Council Peterborough Council · 8 Aug 2025 Policy & government Sampling and analysis of waters, wastewaters, soils and wastes - epa.vic.gov.au EPA Victoria · 8 Aug 2025 Research & science Subsea cables: how vulnerable are they and can we protect them? - joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) news · 8 Aug 2025 Industry news LLMs vs SLMs: How AI Models Impact Sustainability - Sustainability Magazine Sustainability Magazine · 8 Aug 2025 Global The GAYO Model: Centering Marginalized Voices in Waste Management Organic waste management in Ghana is increasingly focused on diverting organic materials from landfills to valuable resources such as compost and biogas. This shift is driven by the significant proportion […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 8 Aug 2025 Global UK Incineration Boom Could Reshape Europe’s Waste Flows Kjetil Vikingstad – Founder and Head of R&D at Norway-based Geminor – examines in this article the broader implications of the United Kingdom’s rapidly growing Energy-from-Waste (EfW) capacity: The UK is on the brink of a significant shift. Over the next two years, between four to five million tons of new EfW capacity will come […] Global Recycling · 8 Aug 2025 Global Exportban kunststoffen komt eraan Recycling van kunststoffen staat vandaag onder druk. Dat heeft te maken met een lagere algemene vraag en met de lage prijs van fossiele brandstoffen waardoor ook producenten die al met recyclaat werkten, toch terugkeren naar virgin grondstoffen en meer CO2-emissies. Vanaf november 2026 zal het er niet eenvoudiger op worden: dan gaat de exportban voor […] Het bericht Exportban kunststoffen komt … RecyclePro · 8 Aug 2025 Industry news What went right this week: closing the net on ocean plunderers, plus more World’s marine reserves are ‘working’, renewables united rival superpowers, and music was shown to slow ageing, plus more Positive News · 8 Aug 2025 Global Greenpeace Pictures of the Week From a demonstration at the plastic treaty in Switzerland to Sydney, in Bavaria, Germany, and a protest in Jakarta, here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace's work around the world this week. Greenpeace International · 8 Aug 2025 Policy & government Securing converged technologies: insights from subject matter experts Research setting out the cyber security risks and opportunities of technology convergence. GOV.UK · 7 Aug 2025 Council news Food waste collection - Wirral.Gov Wirral Council · 7 Aug 2025 Global Plastics Treaty Negotiators: Fix the process. Keep your promise. End Plastic Pollution. Four days into the final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, we are not on track to deliver a treaty that will protect people and nature. Enough is enough; something must change. We are joining the voices of waste pickers, frontline communities, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations around the world, calling on governmen… Break Free From Plastic · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Artificial Intelligence battery testing partnership for EVs Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Monolith and e-powertrain developer CamMotive have partnered for electric vehicle (EV) battery testing.The collaboration will combine Monolith’s platform and CamMotive's battery data with a hybrid modelling technique to detect anomalies in the EV battery development process. It will use physics-based simulations and machine learning to continue reading this… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Truth about toxic chemicals is hard to swallow Concerns about the chemicals in plastic production, packaging, recycling and pollution have, slowly but surely, been rising to the surface (as Footprint reported on Wednesday). Now they have really boiled over. A new report in The Lancet noted that plastic pollution has worsened, as experts warned Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Chemical toxicity as concerning as climate change: report The damaging consequences of chemical toxicity are “greater than is generally appreciated”, according to a new report that drew on peer-reviewed studies and more than 50 interviews with scientists, start-ups and NGOs. Public health and toxic chemical pollution – including from food contact materials and pesticides – are “deeply intertwined with toxicity impacting human health through […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Be fairer to farmed fish, say consumers The majority of consumers believe fish should have the same legal protection as other farmed animals we eat, according to a large survey conducted by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).Most of the 9,127 adults polled also supported stronger fish welfare legislation. And 92% said they would Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Hardier nuts: Mars investing in resistant legumes Up to 30% of peanuts never make it from pod to plate due to pests and diseases, according to Mars. And just 1 in 100 peanuts are good enough to become Peanut M&M’S, the company said. The losses cost farmers “hundreds of millions of dollars” and “are jeopardising a key source of protein for Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Sumitomo Electric deploys VRF at OMU in Japan Sumitomo Electric, the Japan-based manufacturer, has delivered its vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery to the Innovation Academy Smart Energy building on the Nakamozu Campus of Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) in Japan.The VRF battery is designed to meet the net zero energy building (ZEB) standards, emphasising energy efficiency, energy generation, and energy storage. It was chosen… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news DATAPOINT This week’s stats include inflation, pesticides, food fraud and funding for Scottish SMEs to develop healthier foods. 720,000 tonnes. Use of pesticides and herbicides in Brazil, producer and exporter of coffee and sugar, citrus fruits and grains, is growing quickly. A study of 4,600 food samples Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news FlexGen buys Powin assets with Court Approval The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey approved the battery energy storage system (BESS) and energy management software provider FlexGen’s acquisition of assets of the energy firm Powin.The approval of the court, which is presiding over the Chapter 11 cases for Powin LLC and its affiliates, means that FlexGen will own all… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 7 Aug 2025 Council news Tree Preservation Orders - Canterbury City Council Canterbury Council · 7 Aug 2025 Council news Performance and Reports - Guildford Borough Council Guildford Council · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Foodbuy Group – 2024 Pitch Social Foodbuy Group is a leading procurement organisation based in the UK. With over £2.5 billion of managed spend, they bring together the widest range of foodservice and hospitality clients on the planet to buy food, and everything associated with it. They work closely with their clients to deliver market-leading procurement solutions and insights for the […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Transforming Water Sustainability in Hospitality with BRITA’s PURITY C iQ In the hospitality industry, where consistent quality and operational efficiency are essential, water is often an overlooked yet critical component. From coffee machines to combi and steam ovens, high-quality water plays a central role in equipment performance and energy use in kitchens. Addressing these hidden energy inefficiencies, BRITA – a global leader in water filtration […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Industry news Innovation with NESCAFÉ® Self-Serve Units For over 80 years, NESCAFÉ® has been at the forefront of coffee innovation and working to protect the future of coffee for farmers and customers alike. At Nestlé Professional we’ve been actively looking at ways we can improve our coffee proposition and a crucial area we’ve been able to drive change is through the sourcing […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 7 Aug 2025 Global Guangdong launches world’s first 200,000 tons/year plastic recycling plant https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/12/WS6871c65ba31000e9a573ba30.html Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global NREL publishes carbon fiber composite deconstruction method https://www.compositesworld.com/news/nrel-publishes-carbon-fiber-composite-deconstruction-method Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought https://grist.org/science/oceans-contain-more-plastic-than-previously-thought Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Argentinian brand introduces the first locally produced compostable coffee capsules, sustainable innovation Argentinian brand introduces the first locally produced compostable coffee capsules, sustainable innovation Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Controlled Degradation of PBAT for PBAT/PLA Blend Melt-Blown Nonwovens https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/marc.202500276?af=R Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global EPA Withdraws Proposed SNURs for 18 Chemicals Made from Plastic Waste-Based Feedstocks https://www.lawbc.com/epa-withdraws-proposed-snurs-for-18-chemicals-made-from-plastic-waste-based-feedstocks Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global From Hiroshima to Gaza: defending peace In 2025, whilst a genocide is underway in Gaza, war continues in Ukraine, and threats of nuclear escalation abound, the promise of "never again" rings with tragic irony. Greenpeace International · 7 Aug 2025