Recycling news: 2025

Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 25 Jul 2026.

Global Empowering Young Professionals: ISWA Sustainability Challenge at IFAT India 2025 ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 17 Nov 2025 Global Dringend nood aan meer gerecyclede kunststoffen in Europese automobielindustrie De auto-inustrie is een van de grootste gebruikers van kunststoffen in Europa, omdat ze deze materialen gebruikt om de veiligheid van voertuigen te verbeteren, elektrificatie te ondersteunen, emissies te verminderen en auto’s lichter te maken. Ongeveer 80% van de kunststoffen uit end-of-life voertuigen (ELV) wordt echter gestort of verbrand, wat een enorm verlies aan waardevolle […] Het bericht… RecyclePro · 17 Nov 2025 Global Canadian PROs join forces to align design guidance Five Canadian producer responsibility organizations are joining forces to provide clear, consistent guidelines to make packaging design recyclable, with plastics guidance anchored in the Association of Plastic Recyclers Design Guide. Resource Recycling (US) · 17 Nov 2025 Global Greenpeace report finds G20 failing to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap in 2035 NDCs Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace International has launched a new report at COP30, revealing the insufficient climate ambition in the 2035 NDCs of the G20 countries. Greenpeace International · 17 Nov 2025 Global OVAM zet strijd tegen voedselverlies op de kaart met Broccoli uit The Masked Singer In Vlaanderen belandt jaarlijks een enorme hoeveelheid voedsel in de vuilnisbak. Sinds vanavond kunnen we daar ook het gewicht van Broccoli bij rekenen – de afvaller uit The Masked Singer. Maar het verlies van Broccoli hoeft geen verspilling te zijn. Integendeel: draai hem in de soep en je hebt alsnog een winnaar. Met deze ludieke insteek vragen De Kostwinners van […] Het bericht OVAM zet strij… RecyclePro · 17 Nov 2025 Global From Declaration to Delivery: How ISWA Brought the Road to COP30 to Life in Belém ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 17 Nov 2025 Global Vlaanderen, Nederland en Noordrijn-Westfalen versterkensamenwerking rond circulaire economie Tijdens het Circular Valley Forum in Wuppertal ondertekenen de bevoegde ministers van Vlaanderen, Nederland en Noordrijn-Westfalen (NRW) vandaag een Joint Declaration of Intent (JDOI) om hun samenwerking rond circulaire economie te verdiepen. Het Circular Valley Forum is een jaarlijks evenement in Wuppertal dat bedrijven, onderzoekers en beleidsmakers samenbrengt rond circulaire innovatie. De o… RecyclePro · 17 Nov 2025 Global Tweede duurzame elektrische Fuchs MHL820F geleverd aan ROBA Metals Van der Spek Vianen heeft bij ROBA Metals in Ijsselstijn de tweede elektrisch aangedreven Fuchs MHL820F geleverd voor het op- en overslaan van te recyclen metalen. De nieuwe Fuchs MHL820F-MOD+ is uitgevoerd met een 10.4 meter giekconfiguratie waaraan een poliep is gemonteerd. ROBA Metals Vanuit een passie voor metaal is in 1937 het familiebedrijf Roba […] Het bericht Tweede duurzame elektrische… RecyclePro · 17 Nov 2025 Global Europa übernimmt die Führung bei fortschrittlichen Recycling-Technologien Neuer Report: „Mapping of Global Advanced Plastic Recycling Capacities“ – Umfassende Daten zu 390 geplanten, installierten und in Betrieb befindlichen Anlagen weltweit. Fortschrittliche Recyclingtechnologien – sowohl chemische als auch physikalische – sind entscheidend, um Kohlenstoff im Kreislauf zu halten. Ohne sie ist eine Kreislaufwirtschaft nicht möglich. Der neue Report „Mapping of Global… Recyclingportal.eu · 17 Nov 2025 Global “Duurzaam afvalbeheer geeft me energie” De recyclingsector wordt te veel gezien als een mannenwereld. Niks is minder waar. Meer en meer vrouwen vinden een job en een plaats in de wereld van afvalinzameling en -verwerking. En we stellen ze graag uitgebreid aan je voor. In elke editie laten we een vrouw uit de sector aan het woord over haar job […] Het bericht “Duurzaam afvalbeheer geeft me energie” verscheen eerst op Recyclepro . RecyclePro · 17 Nov 2025 Global Kreislaufwirtschaft – ja, aber wie? Klarer Fahrplan und echte Perspektiven! Das Werkstoffforum der Zukunft holt interessierte Unternehmen gerne ab. Mittelständische Unternehmen stehen vor der Herausforderung, Nachhaltigkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit und neue gesetzliche Anforderungen unter einen Hut zu bringen. Sie wissen: Die Kreislaufwirtschaft ist ein wichtiger Schritt – aber wo fängt man an, ohne dass der Aufwand das Tagesgeschäft sprengt? Das Werkstoffforum der Zukunft … Recyclingportal.eu · 17 Nov 2025 Global Berichts- und Sorgfaltspflichten für Unternehmen: EU-Parlament stimmt für Vereinfachungen Das Europäische Parlament hat seine Verhandlungsposition zur Vereinfachung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung und der Sorgfaltspflichten für Unternehmen angenommen. 382 Abgeordnete stimmten am 13. November für das Verhandlungsmandat, 249 dagegen und 13 enthielten sich. Die Abgeordneten sind der Auffassung, dass nur große Unternehmen mit durchschnittlich über 1.750 Beschäftigten und einem Jahr… Recyclingportal.eu · 17 Nov 2025 Global Circular Economy Act muss Rahmen für Investitionen setzen Der BDE hat der Europäischen Kommission seine Stellungnahme zum geplanten Circular Economy Act (CEA) übermittelt und betont die zentrale Bedeutung der Kreislaufwirtschaft für den Erfolg des europäischen Green Deal und des Clean Industrial Deal. Anja Siegesmund, Geschäftsführende Präsidentin des BDE: „Europa braucht eine Kreislaufwirtschaft, die Ressourcen schützt, Unternehmen stärkt und das Kli… Recyclingportal.eu · 17 Nov 2025 Global 2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry Europe’s plastics recycling industry is entering its sharpest decline — with turnover down 5.5% — putting at risk Europe’s circular economy, industrial resilience and thousands of local jobs. The latest annual report [1] shows the largest capacity contraction ever recorded. Preliminary 2025 data reveal a 50% rise in recycling facility closures, resulting in the loss […] Recyclingportal.eu · 17 Nov 2025 Global Chinese social media ads for plastic recycling (Video) Europe was talking about it, China is already advertising it on social media. China has become streetwise overnight while Europe has become bureaucratic. Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Pyrolysis Man – pioneer or charlatan? (Video) The liquid (so-called fuel) should be analysed to see if it's really clean fuel or if it's something much more polluting. The guy knows how to set up a show. Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global How Indians are recycling plastic bags into pipes (Video) It's in India or Pakistan. I remain skeptical of this video. Maybe it's greenwashing, Indian style 😂. Not sure if the pipes are really made of recycled plastic. Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Chemoselective Sequential Polymerization: An Approach Toward Mixed Plastic Waste Recycling https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202518059?af=R Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Selective PET recycling: Iron catalyst and alcohols convert bottles and textiles into valuable compounds https://phys.org/news/2025-11-pet-recycling-iron-catalyst-alcohols.html Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Exel Composites adopts bio-based UPR resin at commercial scale https://www.compositesworld.com/news/exel-composites-adopts-bio-based-upr-resin-at-commercial-scale- Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Smart Bamboo Glass’ Cuts Energy Bills And Carbon Footprint In One Stroke https://www.eurasiareview.com/16112025-smart-bamboo-glass-cuts-energy-bills-and-carbon-footprint-in-one-stroke/ Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Putting recycling myths to waste https://www.onkaparinganow.com/News-listing/Putting-recycling-myths-to-waste Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global China converts seawater into plastic Chinese did it again. Europe spent billions in researching how to convert food crops into plastic. Chinese converted seawater into bioplastics for less than 5 million €. I suspect fraud, connivence and nepotism relating to the EU Horizon program.... or maybe it's just flagrant incompetence. Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global Elm-plastic launches first bioplastic pipette for healthcare https://www.plastech.biz/en/news/Elm-plastic-launches-first-bioplastic-pipette-for-healthcare-21465 Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global WEF is going to push for a water emergency (Video) The WEF likes to conspire against the world population 😂 . Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global How indian train companies are dealing with waste (Video) Our relation to waste and waste management are culturally defined. Some cultures are just polluting more than others. Some may argue that Indians are the filthiest, Japanese are the cleanest. Bioplastics News · 16 Nov 2025 Global In a Time of Democratic Drift, the Aarhus Convention Holds the Line In an era when regulatory frameworks are being weakened and democratic accountability strained (Omnibus, anyone?), the Aarhus Convention offers one of the few internationally binding backstops for public rights in environmental governance. It is not just an environmental treaty: it is a democratic safeguard. The convention’s quadrennial Meeting of the Parties – or MOP – may be overshadowed by i… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 16 Nov 2025 Global Greenpeace joins over 40,000 marching in Belém calling for forest and climate action at COP30 Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in Belém to end the first week of the UN climate conference. Greenpeace International · 15 Nov 2025 Global Fire Reduction by Employing AI The German company Korn Recycling has reduced a major safety risk in its sorting plant in Albstadt: fires caused by improperly disposed lithium-ion batteries. Battery.Sort by WeSort.AI provides preventive protection for sorting facilities. As reported by the provider, the AI-powered Battery.Sort solution from Würzburg-based company WeSort.AI was integrated into the commercial waste sorting faci… Global Recycling · 15 Nov 2025 Global COP30 steps forward on fossil fuel phase-out and forest protection, but more needed Greenpeace has called on negotiators at the end of week one at COP30 in Belém to accelerate and implement climate and forest promises. Greenpeace International · 15 Nov 2025 Global Powering change: a visual journey into China’s green transition This year’s exhibition marks a new chapter: a nation in the midst of the world's largest clean energy transition. Greenpeace International · 14 Nov 2025 Global Forest Solutions: Showcasing solutions by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Indonesia for Rights and Forest Protection This report findings confirm that agricultural activity and expansion in the Amazon is driving an air pollution crisis alongside deforestation. Greenpeace International · 14 Nov 2025 Global Frontline Leaders Addressing Methane Reduction Across the Nation Convene in Louisiana to Chart a Just Path Forward GAIA’s U.S. Methane Reduction & Environmental Justice Cohort at the Woodland Plantation in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 14 Nov 2025 Global Greenpeace calls on Toyota to stop greenwashing biofuel vehicles Greenpeace calls on Toyota to stop greenwashing biofuel vehicles Bioplastics News · 14 Nov 2025 Global Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal Borgarting Court of Appeal agreed with Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom that three oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are illegal. Greenpeace International · 14 Nov 2025 Global Geen exportbeperkingen voor schroot nodig Volgens de Europese staalindustrie moet Europa de export van schroot aan banden leggen. Met de recentste versie van de Waste Shipment Regulation zijn ze al deels in hun opzet geslaagd. Maar de staallobby duwt nu hard door om alle gerecyclede metalen binnen de grenzen van Europa te houden onder het mom dat we hier vandaag […] Het bericht Geen exportbeperkingen voor schroot nodig verscheen eerst … RecyclePro · 14 Nov 2025 Global Braskem COP 30 https://www.braskem.com/braskem-na-cop30-en https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/braskem-bioeconomy-policy-cop30.html Bioplastics News · 14 Nov 2025 Global Differential Effects of Microplastics on Soil Organic Carbon via Lignin Phenols and Amino Sugars in Soil Aggregates https://www.newswise.com/articles/differential-effects-of-microplastics-on-soil-organic-carbon-via-lignin-phenols-and-amino-sugars-in-soil-aggregates Bioplastics News · 14 Nov 2025 Global Researchers Develop Biobased Film That Could Replace Traditional Plastic Packaging https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-develop-biobased-film-that-could-replace-traditional-plastic-packaging Bioplastics News · 14 Nov 2025 Global The BioGlitter Initiative- Getting Plastic Glitter out of ASD https://environmentamerica.org/alaska/center/articles/the-bioglitter-initiative-getting-plastic-glitter-out-of-asd Bioplastics News · 14 Nov 2025