Recycling news: 2025

Global FEAD: Commission adopts new State aid framework The post FEAD: Commission adopts new State aid framework appeared first on FEAD - European Waste Management Association . FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 1 Jul 2025 Global Malaysia to ban US plastic waste, leaving California in a bind Jun 26, 2025 at 07:17 PM PDT Karah Rucker (Anchor/News Reporter) Malaysia says a ban on plastic waste imports from the United States will begin on Tuesday, July 1. That could create problems for California, which sends much of its plastic waste overseas. The ban starts next week because the U.S. has failed to ratify the Basel Convention, Malaysia said. It’s one of only a few countries to do so. Basel Action Network · 1 Jul 2025 Global Ship Recycling Convention Enters into Force with Uncertainty and Criticism Published Jun 26, 2025 3:07 PM by The Maritime Executive The long-awaited Hong Kong International Convention setting standards for the industry to dismantle end-of-life vessels has gone into force. It comes, however, amidst criticism that the agreement fails to address many key issues in safety and sustainability, and the concerns of beaching in ship recycling. Basel Action Network · 1 Jul 2025 Global Malaysia to fully halt US e-plastic imports Published: June 26, 2025 Updated: June 26, 2025 by Colin Staub The Malaysian government recently published regulations indicating the country will stop all U.S.-sourced imports of scrap plastic, including e-plastics from electronics, on July 1. Reports from plastic traders indicate the flow of scrap plastic into Malaysia has already slowed. Basel Action Network · 1 Jul 2025 Global Malaysia to set stricter plastic import controls Posted by Chris Voloschuk, Associate Editor Published June 26, 2025 On July 1, imports of all plastic scrap will be prohibited from entering Malaysia. Basel Action Network · 1 Jul 2025 Global Restoring Eligibility for Financial Compensation of CO₂ Costs in Electricity: Essential for the Competitiveness of the Plastics Industry The plastics industry as vital contributor to Europe’s economy and central facilitator of a low-carbon future faces significant increases in… Plastics Europe · 1 Jul 2025 Global Greenpeace welcomes new global initiative to advance tax reform on the super-rich Spain, Brazil and South Africa today launched a coalition to advance work on taxing the super-rich at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla. Greenpeace International · 1 Jul 2025 Global The Belém Declaration on Plant-Rich Diets The post The Belém Declaration on Plant-Rich Diets appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 1 Jul 2025 Global €86 billion in limbo: EU countries miss key deadline to protect their most vulnerable The deadline for National Social Climate Plans (NSCPs) has now passed, and the majority of EU governments have not submitted their plans on time to the […] European Environmental Bureau · 1 Jul 2025 Global BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition: Ensuring Free Trade despite Tariffs and other Restrictions The world is changing – but the answer is NOT blowing in the wind. More than 1,900 participants, drawn from well over 800 companies and more than 60 countries attended the recent convention of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in Valencia 2025, the world association gave account. “We are more visible and better connected […] Global Recycling · 1 Jul 2025 Global Joint Industry REACH Restriction Labelling Technical Paper Europe’s polymer producers and converters have developed guidance for a harmonised approachto the information required for compliance with the labelling… Plastics Europe · 1 Jul 2025 Global media met MEERWAARDE Het Nederlands-Belgische Louwers Mediagroep, communicatiespecialist in uiteenlopende B2B-sectoren, herpositioneert zich strategisch met een nieuwe huisstijl en de frisse baseline: ‘media met MEERWAARDE’. Tegelijk verhuist het Belgische kantoor naar een nieuwe, toekomstgerichte uitvalsbasis in bedrijvencentrum O-Forty in Oostkamp. De dubbele vernieuwing onderstreept de ambitie van de groep om ha… RecyclePro · 1 Jul 2025 Global Testing Separation Processes under Real-Life Conditions: How TRENNSO-TECHNIK® Test Centers Accelerate the Development of Efficient Solutions In the recycling and bulk materials industries, tailor-made separation solutions are key to efficient, economical, and sustainable processes. But how can companies ensure in advance that a specific separation plant is suitable for their material, product, and objectives? TRENNSO-TECHNIK® has the answer: testing – in its in-house test center. This medium-sized, family-run company based in […] Global Recycling · 1 Jul 2025 Global Reageren thermografische camera’s voldoende snel? Het risico op brand stijgt voor recyclingbedrijven. Dat heeft alles te maken met broei door verhitting of producten als lithium-ion batterijen die niet op de juiste manier gesorteerd worden. Het maakt dat een dekking van een brandverzekering quasi uitgesloten is. Thermografische camera’s zijn een onmisbare tool geworden in dat verhaal, maar reageren deze voldoende snel? […] Het bericht Reageren… RecyclePro · 1 Jul 2025 Global Annual Report 2024 Progress is never easy, but it is always possible – with hope, courage and community. Greenpeace International · 30 Jun 2025 Global New taxes on premium flyers and private jets: Greenpeace comment Barbados, France, Kenya, Spain, Benin, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Antigua & Barbuda supported by the European Commission, have announced they will form a ‘solidarity coalition on premium flyers’ to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development. Greenpeace International · 30 Jun 2025 Global Greenpeace activists cover Setas de Sevilla to call for climate action Activists from Greenpeace Spain today covered the iconic Setas de Sevilla monument with a massive banner, marking the first day of the FfD4. Greenpeace International · 30 Jun 2025 Global Nieuwe thermometrische camera’s voor nog snellere branddetectie Bij brand telt elke seconde. Dat weten ze bij Araani maar al te goed. Dankzij de slimme analyse van beelden, hebben de FireCatcher camera’s al heel wat onheil bij recyclingbedrijven voorkomen. Sinds juni is er een complementaire technologie op de markt: de ThermoCatcher. Die maakt gebruik van thermometrische camera’s die de exacte temperatuur meten in […] Het bericht Nieuwe thermometrische came… RecyclePro · 30 Jun 2025 Global Giant baby Musk float in march for tax justice at UN summit in Sevilla: ‘Make rich polluters pay’ Campaigners are calling on world leaders to advance commitments for new and fair global tax and debt rules, and to hold fossil fuel polluters accountable for climate and nature damages. Greenpeace International · 29 Jun 2025 Global Futamura & Repaq (Germany) – Compostable portion packaging for condiments The innovation is the result of intensive collaboration between Futamura (UK) and Repaq (Germany). The sachet packaging solution is a flexible laminate material that provides excellent protection and preservation by delivering excellent moisture and gas barrier properties for sensitive foods, especially liquids. It is certified compostable and is based on paper, renewable cellulose and [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jun 2025 Global Ecosmed social cooperative society (Italy) – Ecobuddy The mission of Ecobuddy® is to valorize waste and by-products from local agrifood chains by transforming them into new bio-materials and biodegradable and compostable items. Ecobuddy offer a wide range of biodegradable and compostable biocompounds made from various agrifood waste typical of our territory (oil pomace, silverskin, beer spent grain, etc.). Our bio-materials can be [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jun 2025 Global Celanese & Bio4Life – Compostable labels for Fruit & Vegetables Traditional plastic labels and noncompostable adhesives contaminate organic waste streams, hindering composting efforts and creating microplastic pollution. The TÜV DIN certified Home Compostable label stock made of Clarifoil® Cellulosic BioWhite Film and BioTAK® HC700 adhesive directly solves this problem, ensuring that labeled produce can be composted without having to remove the label, a pro… European Bioplastics News · 29 Jun 2025 Global Arweco (Germany) Otura bioplastic compound based oat hulls Otura® is an innovative bioplastic compound based on an agricultural byproduct that has hardly been used to date: oat hulls. These are a residual material from the industrial processing of oats and have mostly been thermally recycled or disposed of until now. Otura turns them into a high-quality biobased material with a wide range [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jun 2025 Global SK leaveo (Republic of Korea) – Crystal Nano Cellulose reinforced-PBAT SK leaveo’s CNC (Crystal Nano Cellulose, a naturally derived 100% biodegradable nanocellulose additive) reinforced-PBAT and its formulations deliver enhanced properties with accelerated crystallization, enabling expansion into specialty applications such as coatings and spinning technologies — areas addressed exclusively by SK leaveo. In PBAT polymerization, CNC acts as a nucleating agent, rais… European Bioplastics News · 29 Jun 2025 Global Greenpeace Pictures of the Week From a giant banner in Venice, to confronting bottom trawling in New Zealand waters to celebrating the oceans in Mexico, here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace’s work around the world this week. Greenpeace International · 27 Jun 2025 Global A student journey to build Greenpeace’s Innovation Hub It was a journey filled with inspiration, unexpected challenges and powerful moments that reminded us just how vital innovation is to the future of environmental activism. Greenpeace International · 27 Jun 2025 Global Greenpeace activists rebrand NZ bottom trawler ‘ocean killer’ on Chatham Rise “As the rest of the world moves towards more comprehensive ocean protection for international waters, New Zealand is standing in the way of progress by continuing to advocate for the bottom trawling industry.” Greenpeace International · 27 Jun 2025 Global 🔥Simplification Crisis Boiling Over Summer is here, but if you were hoping for a political siesta, brace yourself. Brussels is boiling over, and that sound you hear is a pressure cooker about to blow. The “simplification” saga rolls on. You know, another day, another win for corporate lobbies. But the latest blow from the EU Commission, a move to kill the directive preventing companies from greenwashing, has left a deep crater in… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 27 Jun 2025 Global “Samenspel van verschillende oplossingen nodig” We kunnen het jou niet zwart-op-wit aantonen, want hard cijfermateriaal is er niet. Maar dat lithium-ion batterijen een letterlijk en figuurlijk brandend actueel onderwerp zijn in de wereld van recycling staat wel buiten kijf. In een allereerste rondetafelgesprek bracht RecyclePro de hele keten samen rond tafel. Om te praten over waar het misloopt, maar vooral […] Het bericht “Samenspel van ver… RecyclePro · 27 Jun 2025 Global CleanTech Xpo 2025: nieuw evenement met focus op duurzaamheid in bedrijfsvoering op 8 & 9 oktober in Kortrijk Xpo Professioneel platform voor duurzame transitie Op 8 en 9 oktober 2025 vindt in Kortrijk Xpo de eerste editie plaats van CleanTech Xpo, een nieuw vakevent dat bedrijven ondersteunt in hun transitie naar een duurzamer bedrijfsmodel. De focus van het event ligt op praktische inzichten die bedrijven helpen om duurzaamheid concreet en haalbaar te maken – […] Het bericht CleanTech Xpo 2025: nieuw eve… RecyclePro · 26 Jun 2025 Global Waste Sector holds Key to Cost-Efficient Climate Solutions By Mariel Vilella, Global Climate Program Director New report recommends financing and scaling-up community-led organic waste management to reduce waste methane emissions (This article was first published by We Don’t […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 26 Jun 2025 Global Benny Mermans appointed President of Plastics Europe Plastics Europe today, 26 June 2025, announces the appointment of Benny Mermans, Vice President Sustainability at Chevron Phillips Chemical, as… Plastics Europe · 26 Jun 2025 Global Bonn ‘talking shop’ at odds with urgency needed to save forests, climate A lack of urgency to address the escalating climate crisis has marred the Bonn climate conference, leaving much work to be done to deliver real progress at COP30. Greenpeace International · 26 Jun 2025 Global Member of the month: EGF – Environment Global Facilities ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 26 Jun 2025 Global The Global Plastics Treaty: Asia Pacific Perspectives 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) · 26 Jun 2025 Global Evidence-driven circular solutions: Reflections from our EU Green Week Partner Event On 24 June 2025, as part of the European Commission’s Green Week 2025, we hosted an event that brought together a senior panel of experts to discuss circular solutions in fibre-based packaging. Held in Brussels, the fireside chat featured voices from the European Commission, industry... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 26 Jun 2025 Global A landmark test case to stop bullying lawsuits Greenpeace International faces Energy Transfer in a test case under the EU’s new anti-SLAPP law, aiming to stop corporate bullying and defend free speech. Greenpeace International · 25 Jun 2025 Global Bridging EU bio-waste legislation and practical solutions for healthier soils Final reflections from the LIFE BIOBEST project—2.5 years of practical solutions to close the bio-waste management gap Across Europe, the soil beneath our feet is in silent crisis. Today, 60–70% of European soils are classified as unhealthy, and nearly half suffer from dangerously low levels of organic matter. When soils are degraded, they lose their […] Zero Waste Europe · 25 Jun 2025 Global Amazon Guardians: A living example of real solutions 25 years later, riverside and Indigenous People from the Médio Juruá river, in the Amazon, welcome Greenpeace again - today, the region is a global example of forest conservation. Greenpeace International · 25 Jun 2025 Global Green Deal or raw deal? How the EU’s Strategic Mining Projects are Undermining Democratic Norms “Lo que es mina, contamina” – If it’s a mine, it contaminates. That’s the message Latin American human rights defenders brought to Brussels earlier this year (as laureates of the Marianne Initiative), as they expressed shock and concern over the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). Framed as a pillar of the European Green Deal, the CRMA aims to ensure “sustainable” access to minerals, but it… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 25 Jun 2025