Recycling news: 2025

Global Día 1 de la INC-5.2 En la mañana del primer día del INC-5.2, la sala plenaria estaba llena y cargada de expectativa. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 6 Aug 2025 Global Local company aims to reduce environment pollution with biodegradable packaging (video) https://www.wcjb.com/2025/08/05/local-company-aims-reduce-environment-pollution-with-biodegradable-packaging Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Day 1 of INC-5.2 The main question going into negotiations is whether the majority of countries will stand strong against the small group of petro-states attempting to weaken the treaty, especially on the question of mandatory production cuts. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 6 Aug 2025 Global Tiderock Companies, Inc. Enters Exclusive European Distribution Agreement with NextGen Bioplastics, Accelerating Sustainable Packaging Expansion Across Europe https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiderock-companies-inc-enters-exclusive-123000729.html https://www.cleanthesky.com/innovation/nextgen-bioplastics Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Binghamton University researchers develop process to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5671/binghamton-university-researchers-develop-process-to-turn-food-waste-into-biodegradable-plastics Bioplastics News · 6 Aug 2025 Global Recommendation for the Nordic Countries: Stronger Waste Prevention Measures In a new report commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy, Sweco – one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies – recommends more measures. The study, which aimed to identify realistic and effective measures to strengthen waste prevention and the promotion of reuse in the Nordic region, suggests […] Global Recycling · 6 Aug 2025 Global 80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki — time for a nuclear-free world for a peaceful, sustainable future On August 6 and 9, 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, instantly claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people. Greenpeace International · 6 Aug 2025 Global INC-5.2 GAIA Experts & Spokespeople Members at the Plastics Treaty Negotiations The resumed session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5.2) started today in Geneva, Switzerland. The incredible GAIA members from frontline and fenceline communities, waste […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 5 Aug 2025 Global Packaging in Indonesia: Researchers explore reuse options as circularity barriers prevail https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/circular-packaging-barriers-indonesia.html Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Break Free From Plastic outlines priorities for an effective treaty during INC 5.2 opening plenary During the opening plenary of INC-5.2 (the final scheduled round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty), John Beard Jr. with Port Arthur Community Action Network offered the following intervention on behalf of the Break Free From Plastic movement, while colleagues representing indigenous peoples and other fenceline communities stood behind him in solidarity Break Free From Plastic · 5 Aug 2025 Global [Opening Statement] INC-5.2 Plenary Distinguished Delegates, My name is Rafael Eudes, representing Aliança Resíduo Zero Brasil and GAIA, a network of over 1,000 organisations advancing real-world solutions to end plastic pollution. We reaffirm our […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 5 Aug 2025 Global Tariffs deal leads to Anti-Americanism, but where does it come from? Europeans believe that they’re the butt of the joke regarding the latest EU-US tariff deal. Ursula von der Leyen betrayed the Europeans. She accepted a 15% tariff on EU goods with no countermeasure on US goods. She promised to invest € 600 billions in the US …. however, she doesn’t have the mandate to do […] Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Extra-Strong Bacterial Cellulose Sheets as a Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/extra-strong-bacterial-cellulose-sheets-as-a-biodegradable-alternative-to-plastic-402532 Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Microbes from the wild help scientists craft plastic that melts back into nature https://interestingengineering.com/science/plastic-that-melts-into-nature Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Avoiding misleading eco-claims (Trinidad and Tobago) Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Huhtamaki launches new compostable ice cream cups https://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/huhtamaki-launches-new-compostable-ice-cream-cups-83306 Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global University at Buffalo Details Solvent Recycling for Sustainable Plastics Management Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling https://www.buffalo.edu/postdoc/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2025/07/plastic-recycling-improvements.detail.html Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Biomimetic layered, ecological, advanced, multi-functional film for sustainable packaging (Study) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61693-2 Bioplastics News · 5 Aug 2025 Global Laatste onderhandelingen in Genève voor een VN-Kunststoffenverdrag Van 5 tot 14 augustus 2025 vinden in Genève de onderhandelingen plaats van het Intergouvernementeel Onderhandelingscomité (INC 5.2) voor een wereldwijd, juridisch bindend verdrag tegen kunststofvervuiling. Want jaarlijks komt miljoenen ton kunststof in rivieren, oceanen en ecosystemen terecht. Deze sessie in Genève zou de finale onderhandelingsronde moeten zijn, met als doel een akkoord te bere… RecyclePro · 5 Aug 2025 Global MATEXPO 2025 is nu reeds helemaal uitverhuurd Gregory Olszewski heeft goed en minder goed nieuws. De managing director van de in september te houden materieelvakbeurs MATEXPO signaleert namelijk, dat het iets moeilijker gaat in de sector en verkopen op een lager pitje staan. Tegelijkertijd ziet hij dat dit geen grote invloed heeft op zijn vakbeurs, die is namelijk nu al helemaal uitverhuurd […] Het bericht MATEXPO 2025 is nu reeds helemaal… RecyclePro · 5 Aug 2025 Global Iceland Is Reducing Landfill Waste As reported by Statistics Iceland in February this year, less than ten percent of waste went to landfill sites in 2022. More recent data is not yet available. In that year, the Icelandic waste processing facilities received 1.581 million tons of waste, Statistics Iceland, the center for official statistics in the country, informed. Of this […] Global Recycling · 5 Aug 2025 Global Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva One day before the start of INC-5.2, hundreds of people from around the world gathered at the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand an ambitious, legally binding treaty that protects people and the planet Break Free From Plastic · 4 Aug 2025 Global New process turns food waste into biodegradable plastic https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/new-process-turns-food-waste-into-biodegradable-plastic Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Environmental life cycle assessment of renewable starch alternative plastic: a comparative analysis of end-of-life scenarios in the Republic of Korea https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625015288 Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Murdoch University research on Bioplastics https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20250719/1412aceca98946e9961c9eb9edbdd145/c.html Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Hungry bugs and disappearing bioplastics hold key to ending plastic waste crisis, say scientists Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Green labels on plastic packaging can mislead consumers, survey reveals https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/misleading-green-labels-plastic-packaging.html Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Origin Materials signs PET bottle cap agreement with Hordijk https://ecoplasticsinpackaging.com/end-markets/beverages/origin-signs-pet-bottle-cap-agreement-with-hordijk Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Veolia Group presenteert halfjaarcijfers 2025 Op 31 juli 2025 heeft Veolia Groep haar cijfers over de eerste helft van 2025 gepresenteerd. De Groep laat een sterke groei zien, die de soliditeit van Veolia weerspiegelt. De omzetgroei houdt aan en stijgt tot ruim € 22 miljard, een toename van 3,8%¹. Het nettoresultaat groeit daardoor met ruim 4,3%⁴ tot € 762 miljoen. […] Het bericht Veolia Group presenteert halfjaarcijfers 2025 verscheen eer… RecyclePro · 4 Aug 2025 Global Last Chance To Forge Treaty To End Plastic Pollution Crisis https://wwf.org.au/news/2025/last-chance-to-forge-treaty-to-end-plastic-pollution-crisis Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/03/world-in-15tn-plastics-crisis-hitting-health-from-infancy-to-old-age-report-warns Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global Boulder-based organization seeks to make pet food bags sustainable https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/boulder-based-organization-seeks-to-make-pet-food-bags-sustainable Bioplastics News · 4 Aug 2025 Global EcoReFibre Project Enters Final Phase In April 2025, partners in the EcoReFibre research project met at Dieffenbacher headquarters in Germany to review progress and plan the next steps toward developing processes for recycling end-of-life fiberboards and using recycled wood fibers to produce new fiberboards. The project was launched in May 2022 and is scheduled to end in May 2026. During […] Global Recycling · 4 Aug 2025 Global Sensibilisering en handhaving om zwerfvuil op het strand in de kiem te smoren Deze zomer slaan Mooimakers en de OVAM de handen in elkaar voor een proper strand. In Oostende en Blankenberge loopt een proefproject dat strandbezoekers bewust wil maken van zwerfvuil, overtreders wil aanpakken én het effect van deze aanpak wil meten. Met gerichte acties zetten ze in op sensibilisering én handhaving aan de Belgische kust. Drie […] Het bericht Sensibilisering en handhaving om z… RecyclePro · 4 Aug 2025 Global UN tax talks could push polluters and billionaires to pay for harm to climate and nature Practices like tax dodging and profit shifting are depriving countries of vital resources needed for development and climate goals. Greenpeace International · 4 Aug 2025 Global Denuo vraagt Waalse overheid om gelijke behandeling van alle textielrecuperatiebedrijven Denuo, de federatie van de Belgische afval- en recyclagesector, maakt zich zorgen over de nieuwe steunmaatregelen van de Waalse overheid voor de textielrecuperatiesector. De sorteervergoeding van €151 per ton wordt uitsluitend toegekend aan sociale-economiebedrijven, terwijl tegelijk een vrijstelling van de verbrandingsheffing geldt voor niet-gesorteerd textiel. Deze combinatie creëert een onev… RecyclePro · 4 Aug 2025 Global What's Slowing Down the Plastics Treaty Talks? If put into action, it could provide legally binding measures for countries to cut back on plastic waste and regulate plastic production, use, and disposal — an effective solution to plastic pollution and the persistent havoc it wreaks. Break Free From Plastic · 4 Aug 2025 Global Na zeef nummer 11 nu nummer 12, een Powerscreen Titan 1800 in gebruik genomen bij jubilerend Van der Heijden/Puinbreken.nl/Zeven.nl Van der Heijden uit Nistelrode, ook bekend onder puinbreken.nl en zeven.nl heeft na zeef nummer 11 een Powerscreen Horzion 6203 die begin van het jaar geleverd is geleverd door Van der Spek nu een Powerscreen Titan 1800 toegevoegd aan de uitgebreide materieelvloot. Dit is zeef nummer 12 geworden. De nieuwe hybride Powerscreen Titan 1800 is […] Het bericht Na zeef nummer 11 nu nummer 12, een Pow… RecyclePro · 4 Aug 2025 Global “Schuim, dat zorgt voor een hoop gedoe!” Anti-schuimmiddelen zijn onmisbaar in diverse sectoren, waaronder plastic recycling, food processing en afvalwaterzuivering. Toch is het ene anti-schuim het andere niet. George van Diermen, Business Leader bij Van Meeuwen Additives: “Advies kan een wereld van verschil maken en zowel het verbruik als de kosten van middelen verlagen.” Een proces zonder ongewenst schuim draait stukken beter […] He… RecyclePro · 4 Aug 2025