Recycling news: 2025

Global Which oil companies are the least responsible? Dear ChatGPT, Which oil companies are the least responsible? i've copy pasted the answer wthout edit. Bioplastics News · 2 Dec 2025 Global What kind of chemicals do PLA and PBAT release in the soils? Dear ChatGPT, What kind of chemicals do PLA and PBAT release in the soils? I've copy pasted the answer without editing it. Bioplastics News · 2 Dec 2025 Global Connections: User’s Guide To Risk Analysis There is no magic or mystery when it comes to risk assessments. This primer provides the fundamentals. BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Love To Compost In Minnesota Organics Recycling Toolkit's goal is to increase participation in municipal source separated organics programs and decrease contamination. BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Organics Recycler Grows In Idaho Timber Creek Recycling entered the world of organics recycling many years ago as a way to make bedding for its cows … BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Multifamily Food Scraps Collection New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) convened three experts from across the U.S. who represented multifamily food waste diversion programs … BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Compost Marketplace Requirements The USCC and AAPFCO have collaborated over the years to address compost labeling and registration initiatives that benefit the composting industry. Part II BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global BPI Microgrant Winners $47,210 of funding was awarded to 12 projects … BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Char In A Jar “… Each jar turns a classic holiday gag into something that supports real circular-economy impact …” BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global PFAS-Driven Biosolids Use Ban Challenges Maine WWTPs Article reports “handling sludge has gotten more expensive and more complicated” in the past three years. BioCycle · 2 Dec 2025 Global Closing the loopholes: A call for stronger EU rules for safer and fairer eCommerce Online marketplaces have become a major gateway for non-compliant products entering the EU, allowing third-country sellers to bypass essential safety, environmental, and EPR rules. As millions of low-value parcels flow into Europe each year, regulatory loopholes leave consumers exposed to unsafe goods and undermine fair competition. Seventy NGOs and industry groups are now calling on the EU to … EXPRA · 2 Dec 2025 Global Green corruption: the environmental crime hiding in plain sight This project was funded by the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The funds are made available by resolution of the German Bundestag. The EEB is responsible for the content of this publication. Money makes mischief. As investment in the energy transition grows, so does the risk of the criminal-minded s… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 2 Dec 2025 Global BIOPLASTICS MARKET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 2025 Open the document Continuous growth: global production capacities of biobased plastics 2025-2030 Global biobased plastics production capacity currently represents roughly 0.5% of the 431 million tonnes* of plastics produced annually. Global plastics production is maintaining its upward trajectory, supported by expanding end-use industries and innovation in material performance. Within this mome… European Bioplastics News · 2 Dec 2025 Global EUBP presents the Results of the 2025 Market Data Report Berlin, 2 December 2025 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) unveiled its Bioplastics Market Development Update 2025 at EBC25 in Berlin, presenting new data that confirms the continued global expansion of biobased plastics production and their growing role in the transition to a sustainable, circular economy. According to the report, global biobased plastics production capacity is [...] European Bioplastics News · 2 Dec 2025 Global Afvalconferentie 2025: code rood voor afvalsector Tijdens de Afvalconferentie 2025, bijgewoond door 300 professionals, werd duidelijk dat de circulaire economie onder zware druk staat. Faillissementen, regeldruk en geopolitieke onzekerheid vormen al een bedreiging, maar de extra belasting van 567 miljoen euro voor de afvalsector, aangekondigd op Prinsjesdag, is voor velen de druppel. Tijdens een verkiezingsdebat gaven (kandidaat-)Kamerleden va… RecyclePro · 2 Dec 2025 Global Lithiumrückgewinnung kommt einen großen Schritt voran Das Unternehmen Accurec ist seit 30 Jahren auf die Rohstoff-Rückgewinnung aus Altbatterien spezialisiert. Am 1. Dezember 2025 wurde nun ein weiterer Meilenstein erreicht: Im Beisein von EU-Umweltkommissarin Jessika Roswall und zahlreicher internationaler Gäste aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Medien erfolgte die feierliche Inbetriebnahme einer „europaweit einzigartigen Anlage“, die Lit… Recyclingportal.eu · 2 Dec 2025 Global Abwasserbehandlung: Garant für saubere Gewässer Kommunale Kläranlagen halten EU-Vorgaben flächendeckend ein. Novellierte Kommunalabwasserrichtlinie erfordert Nachrüstungen bei der Stickstoffelimination. Keine sauberen Gewässer ohne eine auf hohem Niveau sicher funktionierende kommunale Abwasserwirtschaft: Die kommunalen Kläranlagen in Deutschland halten die Vorgaben der EU zur Abwasserbehandlung nach wie vor flächendeckend ein und leisten da… Recyclingportal.eu · 2 Dec 2025 Global Tana Oy appoints Antti Mikkonen as Vice President, R&D Antti Mikkonen has been appointed Vice President of Research & Development (R&D) at Tana Oy, effective 1 December. Mikkonen brings nearly two decades of solid experience in R&D management and product development within the heavy machinery and technology sectors. Most recently, he served as Head of Product at Gofore Oyj, where he led the development […] Recyclingportal.eu · 2 Dec 2025 Global EU auditors support incentives to keep recycling viable In a recent report, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) called progress toward recycling targets "too slow," and offered several recommendations including how to make recycling markets more economically viable, while reiterating its support for economic mechanisms that help support recyclers. Resource Recycling (US) · 2 Dec 2025 Global Top Resource Recycling stories from November 2025 Stories exploring Denver's zero-waste plan, an Ohio plastics recycling start-up, Canadian PRO alignment, Michigan's bottle bill and a leader in mattress recycling drew reader attention in November. Resource Recycling (US) · 2 Dec 2025 Global Women in Circularity: Shweta Srikanth In this series, we spotlight women moving us toward a circular economy. Today, we meet Shweta Srikanth of Ecore International. Resource Recycling (US) · 2 Dec 2025 Global Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act faces injunction Enforcement of Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) now hangs in the balance after a preliminary injunction was filed challenging the law, arguing that implementation and enforcement costs could create undue hardship for affected businesses. Resource Recycling (US) · 2 Dec 2025 Global Industry Announcements for Week of December 1 FROM RESOURCE RECYCLING: Industry association Can Manufacturers Institute named Pearce Crosland as senior director of government relations and regulatory affairs. Coastal Waste & Recycling has promoted Travis Hitchcock to chief operating officer. Nespresso donated 100,000 pounds of finished compost as part of its Grounds to Grow LA project. Waste management technology firm Routeware announced t… Resource Recycling (US) · 1 Dec 2025 Global More than 9 out 10 French people support a mixed deposit system New analysis confirms strong public backing for a mixed deposit return system in France. Reloop Platform · 1 Dec 2025 Global Bioplastics Newsletter (8) Subscribe to the Newsletter. Read the articles and watch social media clips. Bioplastics News · 1 Dec 2025 Global ENI and environmental and ecological crimes Dear ChatGPT, has ENI committed environmental and ecological crimes? I've copy pasted ChatGPT's answer without editing it. Bioplastics News · 1 Dec 2025 Global Armourdale Residents Demand Accountability and Transparency, Leading Reworld to Withdraw Application for Materials Processing Facility FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2025 Armourdale, Kansas — After months of Armourdale community action, led by RiSE for Environmental Justice (RiSE4EJ), Reworld (formerly Covanta) withdrew its permit application to […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 1 Dec 2025 Global Press Release: The Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance expands its network to South Africa The Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) has expanded its global network with the addition of its newest member, the PRO Alliance from South Africa—its first partnership in Sub-Saharan Africa. This milestone strengthens EXPRA’s mission to support transparent, efficient, and sustainable EPR systems worldwide. Welcoming the new member, EXPRA Managing Director Joachim Quoden highlight… EXPRA · 1 Dec 2025 Global Policy Now | December 2025 – Year-end nears, policy talks continue As we reach the end of another year, policy has shifted to advance our nation's infrastructure to one that is more circular and focused on recycling and refill. Resource Recycling (US) · 1 Dec 2025 Global Fluohesjes voor alle kleuters en lagereschoolkinderen Extra aandacht voor veiligheid. Dat is geen overbodige luxe in de afval- en recyclingsector. In deze rubriek zetten we voortaan in elke editie een initiatief in de kijker waar veiligheid prioriteit krijgt. Bij de start van het nieuwe schooljaar sloeg Aurubis de handen in elkaar met lokale scholen in Beerse en Olen voor meer verkeersveiligheid. […] Het bericht Fluohesjes voor alle kleuters en la… RecyclePro · 1 Dec 2025 Global REACH en afval-einde, nog niet opgelost Op dit moment werkt de Europese Commissie aan twee dossiers die de recyclingindustrie de nodige zorgen baren: REACH en end-of-waste (einde-afval). De twee dossiers hangen nauw samen en mogelijk zijn er wat lichtpuntjes. In eerste instantie REACH, deze regelgeving wordt belangrijk, zodra een afvalstof ophoudt een afvalstof te zijn. Dit is bijvoorbeeld het geval voor […] Het bericht REACH en afva… RecyclePro · 1 Dec 2025 Global Closing the Loop for PET Trays Tray-to-tray recycling is becoming a recognized approach for advancing circularity in plastic packaging, especially for food-grade applications. The PET tray stream has long been underutilized: around one million tons enter the EU market each year, yet about 70% is still lost. Recent EU legislation such as the SUPD and PPWR is now driving change and […] Global Recycling · 1 Dec 2025 Global TU Wien entwickelt neue Recyclingmethode für Textilien Ein neuartiges, ungiftiges Lösungsmittel ermöglicht es, Textilien aus Mischfasern fast perfekt zu recyceln. Wir erzeugen mehr Textilien als je zuvor: Weit über hundert Millionen Tonnen Textilien werden weltweit jedes Jahr produziert – mehr als doppelt so viel wie noch im Jahr 2000. Dadurch wird es immer wichtiger, alte Textilien nicht einfach zu entsorgen, sondern sie […] Recyclingportal.eu · 1 Dec 2025 Global Startschuss für Bürokratieabbau in der österreichischen Abfallwirtschaft Die österreichische Abfall- und Ressourcenwirtschaft ist vorsichtig optimistisch, nachdem die Politik erste Schritte zur Deregulierung der Branche angekündigt hat. Derzeit unterliegen Rohstoffe aus recycelten Materialien zahlreichen Wettbewerbsnachteilen gegenüber Primärrohstoffen, das verhindert echte Kreislaufwirtschaft. Der aktuelle Entschließungsantrag der Regierungsparteien zur Beseitigung… Recyclingportal.eu · 1 Dec 2025 Global Eisenhüttenschlacken: Euroslag-Zahlen 2024 für Produktion und Verwendung 40 Millionen Tonnen Naturgestein und 11,4 Millionen Tonnen CO2 ersetzt. Im Jahr 2024 wurden in der Europäischen Union etwa 19,6 Millionen Tonnen Hochofenschlacke (HOS, HS) und 16,5 Millionen Tonnen Stahlwerksschlacke (SWS) produziert. Durch einen zusätzlichen Abbau zwischengelagerter Hochofenschlacken standen insgesamt rund 38 Millionen Tonnen Eisenhüttenschlacken zur Verfügung. Davon kamen 35 … Recyclingportal.eu · 1 Dec 2025 Global Traditionsunternehmen BSG präsentiert sich in neuem Gewand Tochter der HS-Schoch-Gruppe feiert Wiedereröffnung nach umfassendem Umbau. Die BSG Baumaschinen Service GmbH, Tochterunternehmen der HS-Schoch-Gruppe, öffnet nach fast einjähriger Umbauphase erneut ihre Türen – und präsentiert sich mit modernisierten Räumlichkeiten, optimierten Produktionsflächen und neuem Elan. Das 1979 gegründete Traditionsunternehmen mit Sitz in Eglhausen ist seit 2017 Teil… Recyclingportal.eu · 1 Dec 2025 Global COP30 roundup newsletter November 2025: Cutting through the greenwash The post COP30 roundup newsletter November 2025: Cutting through the greenwash appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 30 Nov 2025 Global COP 30 special edition November 2025 newsletter The post COP 30 special edition November 2025 newsletter appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 28 Nov 2025 Global The Best Company of 2025 And the winner is .... Bioplastics News · 28 Nov 2025 Global 🚮 A WHOLE LOADA RUBBISH Dear reader, Today we are revelling in rubbish. Not just because Brussels strikes (solidarité ! ✊) have left our streets strewn with more litter than usual. We’re also in the throes of a weird waste-Bermuda Triangle where European Week for Waste Reduction coincides with Black Friday’s wave of hyper-consumerism (don’t get us started on the fact that it’s Resource Justice Film Week too!). Living … META (European Environmental Bureau) · 28 Nov 2025