Recycling news: 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 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 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 Global Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations INC-5.2 GENEVA, Switzerland, August 7, 2025 — At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists — a new high compared to the 221 identified by CIEL at INC-5 — have registered to participate in the fifth and final scheduled session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) of the Plastics Treaty negotiations. The strong presence of […] Break Free From Plastic · 7 Aug 2025 Global Transforming biodegradable polymers into functional electronics https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/transforming-biodegradable-polymers-functional-electronics Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Coulée Coffee, First Fully Compostable Pour-Over Coffee System, Names David Schultz Chief Revenue Officer, Fueling Growth Momentum Coulée Coffee, First Fully Compostable Pour-Over Coffee System, Names David Schultz Chief Revenue Officer, Fueling Growth Momentum Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Diversey launches TASKI SUS Compostable Cloths range https://cleaningmag.com/news/diversey-launches-taski-sus-compostable-cloths-range Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Exploring the Miscibility Challenges of bio-based PLA/PBAT Backbones in Aluminium Feedstock for Metal Material Extrusion (MMEX) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025027173 Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global WRAP urges final push for global plastics treaty Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global European Commission pushes Circular Economy Act with public consultation https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/eu-circular-economy-act-public-consultation.html Bioplastics News · 7 Aug 2025 Global Greenpeace activists paint Geneva streets black to call out Big Oil’s chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty talks, demand UN kicks out fossil fuel lobbyists Greenpeace activists created a symbolic trail of black oil on the entrance of the Palais des Nations to call out the undue influence of the fossil fuel industry in the negotiations. Greenpeace International · 7 Aug 2025 Global Día 2 del INC-5.2 Los Estados miembros dedicaron la jornada a reuniones en grupos de contacto (un término que designa los espacios de negociación). GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 7 Aug 2025 Global Day 2 of INC-5.2 Member States spent the day in Contact Groups (a term for negotiating spaces). These spaces fall under Chatham House Rules, so while we cannot say explicitly which country said what, we can give some highlights of what was discussed and what the fault lines are. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 7 Aug 2025 Global Vijf voor twaalf voor interregionaal samenwerkingsakkoord verpakkingen Op 16 december 2024 heeft het Europees Parlement de Verordening verpakkingen en verpakkingsafval (PPWR) goedgekeurd. Hoera op alle banken want die omvat ook concrete doelstellingen om recycled content te verplichten in verpakkingsmaterialen. Dat duwtje in de rug kunnen kunststof recyclingbedrijven heel hard gebruiken. Maar Europa wil in de markt van verpakkingsafval ook de vrije markt […] Het b… RecyclePro · 7 Aug 2025 Global AI in Financial Services - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 7 Aug 2025 Global Denmark Is Looking for Solutions, Partnerships, and Projects “Denmark is committed to the EU targets to increase recycling of municipal waste to 55 percent in 2025, 60 percent in 2030, and 65 percent in 2035”, says an Action Plan for Circular Economy edited by the Ministry of Environment of Denmark in 2021. That seems questionable since the Circularity Gap Report on Denmark revealed […] Global Recycling · 7 Aug 2025 Global Organizaciones de América Latina y el Caribe instan a GRULAC a eliminar la incineración como opción de manejo de residuos en el tratado global de plásticos Un grupo de 17 organizaciones de la sociedad civil de América Latina y el Caribe instaron formalmente a los gobiernos del Grupo de América Latina y el Caribe (GRULAC) a […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 6 Aug 2025 Global German nazi cabal for compostable plastics Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Inside The Science Of PLA: The Eco-Friendly Biodegradable Plastic Born From Sugarcane And Science https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!technology/inside-the-science-of-pla-biodegradable-plastic-born-from-sugarcane-and-science-enn25071604897 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Net Hero Podcast – Chewbacca, bin bags and bioplastics https://www.energylivenews.com/2025/07/16/net-hero-podcast-chewbacca-bin-bags-and-bioplastics Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global One World Products Acquires Eco Bio Plastics, Advancing U.S. Manufacturing and Sustainable Packaging Innovation https://www.newmediawire.com/news/one-world-products-acquires-eco-bio-plastics-advancing-u-s-manufacturing-and-sustainable-packaging-innovation-7081311 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Maximizing Polylactic Acid Bioplastic Yield from Lactobacillus rhamnosus L6 via Response Surface Methodology: Evaluating Antimicrobial Effectiveness, Physical, and Chemical Properties of PLA https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.5c03643 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Meet 4 chemistry start-ups navigating uncertainty in the Trump era https://cen.acs.org/business/start-ups/Meet-4-chemistry-start-ups/103/web/2025/08 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Brokers of scientific fraud growing rapidly, study finds https://cen.acs.org/policy/publishing/Brokers-scientific-fraud-growing-rapidly/103/web/2025/08 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Clemson’s Sustainable Packaging Innovation Lab Awards $2.5 million to drive export-ready packaging innovations https://news.clemson.edu/clemsons-sustainable-packaging-innovation-lab-awards-2-5-million-to-drive-export-ready-packaging-innovations/ Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Sustainable Car Materials – The Future of Eco-Friendly Automotive Design (Pakistan) Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global EU Commission accused of massive fraudulent EU funds attribution Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Bio-based packaging for meat products https://biooekonomie.de/en/news/bio-based-packaging-meat-products Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Biffa closes UK recycling plant amid regulatory uncertainty and waste exports https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/uk-recycling-plant-shutdown-biffa-regulations.html Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Plastic Treaty talks are political blabla The Plastic Treaty talks are starting again. An important moment for the United Nations to show its relevance .... or irrelevance. Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Just Stop Oil makes a mega gaffe (Video) Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Berlin Packaging details progress toward SBTi-validated targets https://www.packagingdive.com/news/berlin-packaging-2024-sustainability-report-emissions-reduction/753528 Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Trump ridicules the European Commission with new plastic straw mandates https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-pushes-plastic-straw-purchases Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Nieuwe routes naar duurzaam plastic: de Circulaire Plastic Tafel aan zet Aan goede wil ontbreekt het maar zelden als het om plastic recycling gaat. Mikkend op meer gebruik van plastic recyclaat en een lagere milieu-impact van plastics in het algemeen stelde de Nederlandse overheid daarom recent de bijmengverplichting en plastic heffing voor. Die eerste moest bedrijven dwingen om een bepaald percentage plastic recyclaat in hun producten […] Het bericht Nieuwe routes … RecyclePro · 6 Aug 2025