Recycling news: 2025

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FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 16 Jul 2025 Global A LIFE-threatening budget: Commission’s MFF proposal risks quiet rollback of EU environmental funding – through budget lines, not headlines The European Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) suggests that the EU LIFE Programme – the Union’s only dedicated fund for environment, nature […] European Environmental Bureau · 16 Jul 2025 Global Circular Choices: A circular bioeconomy for growth and innovation 17 September 202514h – 17hResidence PalaceBrussels The upcoming EU Bioeconomy Strategy, set for adoption by the end of 2025, aims to bolster innovation and solidify the EU’s leadership in the bioeconomy by proposing actions to bring bioeconomy innovations to market, create green jobs, reinforce circularity and sustainability, and align with initiatives like the Clean Industrial […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 16 Jul 2025 Global Greenpeace: Ramaphosa, G20 must end financial apartheid with tax on super-rich Greenpeace Africa has demanded G20 host and South African President Ramaphosa push ahead on accelerating efforts to impose a wealth tax on the world’s billionaires. Greenpeace International · 16 Jul 2025 Global “US Eco-Sheets Crush Plastic Giants”: Ultra-Strong Bacteria Fabric Shakes Up Every Household and Industry With a Sudden Wave of Unstoppable Innovation Read Bioplastics News · 16 Jul 2025 Global Transforming biodegradable polymers into functional electronics Read https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/transforming-biodegradable-polymers-functional-electronics Bioplastics News · 16 Jul 2025 Global Samen vooruit met Europa De Europese regelgeving zit in een stroomversnelling. Of het nu gaat om circulaire economie, producentenverantwoordelijkheid of administratieve vereenvoudiging: Brussel roert zich, en dat laat zich voelen in onze sector. De Clean Industrial Deal is daarvan een krachtig voorbeeld. Met dit nieuwe beleidskader wil Europa een duurzame én competitieve industrie verankeren. Circulariteit staat daarbi… RecyclePro · 16 Jul 2025 Global How Centre for Earth Works (CFEW) is Transforming Waste Systems in Nigeria The issue of organic waste management is particularly pressing in cities around the world, including Nigeria, where organic waste constitutes, on average, 50 percent of municipal waste. In some cities, […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 15 Jul 2025 Global From Bezos’ Wedding to Sevilla’s Streets: A Global Demand to Tax the Super-Rich This isn’t about envy. It’s about accountability, democracy, and survival. Greenpeace International · 15 Jul 2025 Global Catalysing Local Action in Romania to Meet EU Packaging Targets ‘RoFlex’ is a powerful new pilot showing just how flexible packaging can be sorted and recycled to meet the EU’s new packaging rules. Local actors are taking the lead, with CEFLEX supporting with technical insights, data and value chain coordination. The pilot shows what real implementation looks like and what must happen next to close the gap to 2030 EU legislative targets. CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging) · 15 Jul 2025 Global A brief look at Reusable Beverage Containers Reloop's Director of Circular Economy Development, Anna Larsson, sheds light on why there has been a decline in the reusable beverage containers, and what can be done to reverse it. Reloop Platform · 15 Jul 2025 Global Advanced Sorting Technologies for the Nordic Markets German-based Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH is a global leader in recycling and sorting plant solutions. With advanced technologies, specialized expertise, and tailored solutions, the company supports the Scandinavian countries’ efforts to achieve their ambitious recycling and circular economy goals. Nordic countries are globally recognized as leaders in sustainability, with some of the most advanced … Global Recycling · 15 Jul 2025 Global Kunststof afvalberg in ziekenhuizen verkleinen Ziekenhuizen zitten op een berg afval. Een berg die vandaag uitsluitend in de verbrandingsoven landt. Deels omdat het bij wet verplicht is (voor risicohoudend medisch afval), deels omdat ze niet weten waar ermee naartoe. Daar wil het Select4Care project verandering inbrengen. Het Vlaams Instituut voor Logistiek (VIL) slaat de handen in elkaar met Denuo, de […] Het bericht Kunststof afvalberg in… RecyclePro · 15 Jul 2025 Global European Bioplastics input to the INC-5.2 negotiations Open the document Bioplastics are complementary tools to help end plastic pollution To address plastic pollution at its roots and support global climate action, European Bioplastics (EUBP) strongly believes bioplastics should play a key role in helping the transition from conventional plastics to products that are certified biobased, biodegradable and/or compostable. In this [...] European Bioplastics News · 14 Jul 2025 Global Centre for AI Excellence - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 14 Jul 2025 Global NGOs Under Fire: The Political Battle for Europe’s Civil Society Over the past months, environmental NGOs found themselves in the eye of a political storm. The legitimacy of their EU funding was questioned. The next biggest battle will be about preserving their funding from the EU multi-annual budget which risks being heavily skewed towards competitiveness and military spending. What does this shifting European political landscape reveal? And how can civil s… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 14 Jul 2025 Global Post-consumer Recyclates for Automotive Applications German-based companies TechnoCompound GmbH and RE Plano GmbH (a subsidiary of REMONDIS Recycling) have agreed to intensify their cooperation in using post-consumer recyclates (PCR) for automotive applications. Both companies collaborate against the backdrop of the numerous EU regulations currently being discussed and have already been passed regarding the sustainability of companies and product… Global Recycling · 14 Jul 2025 Global GAIA at INC-5.2: Advocating a Binding Global Plastics Treaty to End Plastic Pollution Plastic pollution does not respect borders. A new legal instrument, covering the entire lifecycle of plastic, is required to tackle this planetary crisis. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 14 Jul 2025 Global Comstock Metals and RWE Clean Energy Enter Strategic Solar Recycling Partnership Comstock Metals LLC, a subsidiary of American company Comstock Inc., has entered into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with RWE Clean Energy, the U.S. subsidiary of global energy company RWE. Under the terms of this new agreement, Comstock Metals will serve as a preferred, strategic partner for the recycling, disposal, and decommissioning services for RWE’s […] Global Recycling · 13 Jul 2025 Global Bio-Circular Carbon Black for Coatings Systems Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals company, informed that it has launched ECOLAR 50 POWDER – a new bio-circular carbon black. The new product would deliver coloristic properties comparable to regular specialty carbon blacks, Orion underlined. “Based completely on bio-circular feedstock not in competition with the food chain, ECOLAR 50 POWDER contains 100 percent biogenic […] Global Recycling · 12 Jul 2025 Global Greenpeace Pictures of the Week From a protest calling for the protection of the Mayan jungle in Mexico to the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace’s work around the world this week. Greenpeace International · 11 Jul 2025 Global Grupo Puntacana Resort Scales Up Organics Recycling The resort complex on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic uses a combination of wasted food reduction, recycling, composting and anaerobic digestion to achieve its landfill diversion goal. BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global Washington, D.C. Rolls Out “Smart” Food Scraps Drop-Off Bins About 4,700 residents have registered to use the smart bins … BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global CalRecycle Extends January 2026 Deadline Impacting Compostable Products The Biodegradable Products Institute sent a letter in December 2024 to CalRecycle, the agency implementing the AB 1201 law, requesting an extension to the January 2026 deadline for five years … BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global New Model Ordinance For Advancing Community Composting The model ordinance was developed to provide “clean, ‘off-the-shelf’ legal language to address ‘unreasonable’ regulatory barriers that impose burdens that are unintended, unnecessary, or disproportionate to the expected benefits of applying the requirements,” according to NRDC. BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global Connections: How-To Guide To Measure Soil Carbon Storage While you are changing the soil, that added carbon storage may not be something you can calculate after your first compost application. BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global More Insights On USCC’s Composting Industry Survey Data The USCC shares additional findings based on survey responses from more than 263 composting facilities across 40 states … BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global Mini-Grants For Community Composters The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Mini-Grant Program focuses in particular on historically underserved communities, including Native Nations and neighborhoods affected by discrimination and exclusion. BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global Federal Action On Digester-Generated RNGs The federal budget reconciliation bill signed into law on July 4 includes a two-year extension of the Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit. BioCycle · 11 Jul 2025 Global Press release: Resilient in uncertain times, pulp and paper sector continues to lead on sustainability and decarbonisation, new data shows The Cepi key statistics report 2024 shows that pulp and paper sector remained resilient in 2024, with a recovery that has partly offset the decline of 2021-2023. While regulatory conditions for global competitiveness remain an issue, sustainability and decarbonisation remain priorities. Paper and Board consumption increased by 7.0% in 2024, slightly less than initially expected, […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 Jul 2025 Global Press release: European Paper Recycling Council Reports Strong Recycling Rates for 2024 European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) data reveals that the recycling rate for all paper products, including graphic paper, packaging and tissue, reached 75.1% in 2024. This figure aligns with multi-annual growth trends, demonstrating that the sector remains on track to meet its voluntary recycling target of a 76% recycling rate by 2030. The report highlights […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 Jul 2025 Global Cepi Key Statistics 2024 Download Cepi’s Key Statistics 2024. For more details on Cepi’s Statistics Terms of Use please contact: Ariane Crevecoeur, Cepi Statistics Manager, at a.crevecoeur@cepi.org CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 Jul 2025 Global 🎢 WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Keeping up with the Kardash…EU policy this week has felt like something out of Mission Impossible – explosions to the left, lasers to the right, and ahead a sliding door I’m somehow supposed to dive under before it seals shut. I barely clocked the neo-Nazification of Elon’s Grok, had no time to laugh at the staged photos from Macron’s UK visit, and have fully surrendered to ignoring Trump’s lat… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 11 Jul 2025 Global New in Germany: Ship Recycling According to EWD Benli Recycling GmbH & Co. KG in Emden, it is the first German firm to start dismantling ships, wind turbines and industrial plants in cooperation with Relog GmbH, a company that plans and implements dismantling projects. It received the approval documents from the Oldenburg Trade Supervisory Office in May this year. ewd-benli-recycling.com, […] Global Recycling · 11 Jul 2025 Global Gas duurder maken lukt, vergroenen (nog) niet Vlaanderen mist kansen in actualisatie energie- en klimaatplan Denuo, de federatie van de Belgische afval- en recyclagesector, verwelkomt enkele belangrijke keuzes in de actualisatie van het Vlaams Energie- en Klimaatplan (VEKP), maar mist tegelijk de moed om door te pakken op cruciale punten. Hervorming afvalheffing kan recyclage concurrentiëler maken Denuo verwelkomt de geplande hervorming va… RecyclePro · 11 Jul 2025 Global De strijd aanbinden met administratief overgewicht Niemand gaat graag op de weegschaal staan, meestal uit schrik dat de wijzer weer naar rechts opgeschoven is. Bij de regelgevende instanties lijkt dat geen mogelijkheid maar een zekerheid. Er komt alleen maar wetgeving bij. Met het nieuwe initiatief Wetwatchers.be voeren de Vlaamse Ondernemers, een samenwerkingsverband tussen 21 werkgevers- en sectororganisaties, de strijd op tegen […] Het beric… RecyclePro · 11 Jul 2025 Global PRESS RELEASE The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) supports Slovenia’s EPR Reform based on a on a single, not-for-profit organization In a landmark ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed the legality of Slovenia’s Extended Producer Responsibility reform, which designates a single, not-for-profit organization to manage packaging waste obligations on behalf of producers. The decision affirms that such a model, when properly justified as a Service of General Economic Interest (SGEI), complies with EU in… EXPRA · 10 Jul 2025 Global Fortieth anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing Before July 10, 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was already well known, the attack turned it into a legend. Greenpeace International · 10 Jul 2025 Global Bio-Based Fertilizers from Wastewater On 30 March 2025 (International Zero Waste Day), the WalNUT project – a circular model for nutrient recovery from wastewater to produce sustainable bio-based fertilizers – joined the campaign by highlighting its commitment to sustainable agricultural practices. As reported by the European initiative, which has received funding from the EU, current farming practices threaten soil […] Global Recycling · 10 Jul 2025 Global Verplichting Europees recyclingmateriaal De Vlaamse regering zet vol in op recycling en wil dat gerecycled plastic vaker en structureel wordt ingezet in nieuwe producten. Vlaanderen wil de circulaire economie voor kunststoffen actief ondersteunen en versterken. We trekken resoluut de kaart van recycling en pleiten ervoor dat gerecyclede content van Europese recyclingbedrijven moet komen. Dat is essentieel om onze […] Het bericht Verpl… RecyclePro · 10 Jul 2025