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APEAL: steel 'ideally positioned' to reach ambitious recycling rates
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: 'With 76% recycled in Europe in 2014, steel is ideally positioned to reach ambitious but achievable recycling rates by 2025,' according to the...
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European Commission raises 2030 recycling target
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: By the year 2030, at least 70% by weight of municipal waste from households and businesses should be recycled or prepared for reuse, according to...
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How 'future-proof' is the PVC recycling industry?
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: More than 3 million tonnes of PVC has been recycled in Europe thanks to the voluntary VinylPlus programme since 2000....
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EuRIC affirms position on measuring recycling rates
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: There is 'substantial room for improvement in the method chosen by the European Parliament to measure recycling rates’, according to the European...
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Where will battery recycling go from here?
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Around 30% of batteries are recycled in Portugal, while Belgium, Denmark and Sweden have already surpassed the mandatory EU target of 45%. But...
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Spain's paper recycling efforts is 'among the world's elite'
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: A total of 78% of all paper consumed in Spain was recycled in 2015 – while collection of paper for recycling reached 4.6 million tonnes. To...
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New record of 74.5% recovered paper use in Germany
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: In 2016, Germany used almost 17 million tonnes of recovered paper in producing a total of 22.6 million tonnes of paper and cardboard. This...
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'Politicians are moving in a circle, not the economy'
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The annual turnover of almost EUR 350 billion was linked to more than 1.5 million jobs in the European plastics sector...
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Canadians recycle more plastics, but recyclers crave more material
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Around 322 million kilograms of post-consumer plastic packaging were collected for recycling in Canada in 2015, reports...
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New PVC recycling record for the UK
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: A total of 120 392 tonnes of PVC was recycled in the UK last year, so reports Recovinyl. This represents not only a...
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Germany's aluminium industry optimistic as conditions 'better than expected'
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Approximately 660 900 tonnes of aluminium was produced in Germany in the first six months of this year, reports the country’s light metal...
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Ecosurety and Hubbub look to fix 'disconnect' between consumer and industry
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Leading resource efficiency specialist Ecosurety has joined forces with environmental charity Hubbub to increase transparency and, ultimately,...
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Scotland: improved household waste recycling performance in 2016
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The household waste recycling rate in Scotland was 45.2% last year - an increase of one percentage point over 2015, according to official...
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US sees robust sales but lower recycling rate for PET containers
Plastic newsletter: Yes Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The US recycling rate for polyethylene containers dropped to 28.4% in 2016 from 30.1% in 2015, reckons the Association...
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