Waste Management World magazine

Plastic Recycling

Any plastic, any day: The hard reality of multi-material extrusion

Recyclers are under pressure to process more plastic waste, in more varieties, to ever-higher quality standards. The extruder is where much of that pressure lands — and meeting it is getting increasingly complex.

Jun 2, 2026

Reading time: about 7 minutes

Interview with CIWM's Dan Cooke

World Environment Day 2026: Why resource management is climate action's underrated lever
Giorgio Colombo, ICMA San Giorgio, on why reconfigurable twin-screw platforms beat dedicated machines

"Flexibility must be engineered, not assumed"
Anaerobic Digestion

Delivering success: the 6 keystones of client satisfaction
EREMA's Markus Huber-Lindinger on building recycling lines that handle variability without sacrificing output quality

"Specialisation at the edges, flexibility in the core"
Circular economy

Electronic waste as a key to Europe’s supply chain security
Innovation

Leading by example: Austria's environmental technology at IFAT 2026

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Metal Recycling

Royal Mint turns prison workshops into a domestic precious metal recycling route

A new partnership between The Royal Mint and Recycling Lives Services is pulling gold and other precious metals out of UK electronic waste...
May 29, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#metals
Recycling

Stadler’s expansion into Japan signals a new era for recycling and waste sorting

German sorting technology specialist STADLER has opened a new office in Japan, bringing its recycling expertise and advanced waste sorting...
May 27, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business news

#press release
DRS

Automated reusable cups drive waste reduction at international championship

The 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Slovakia became one of the first major sporting events to deploy a fully automated...
May 21, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#artificial intelligence

#business news

Plastic Recycling

Any plastic, any day: The hard reality of multi-material extrusion

Jun 2, 2026

Reading time: about 7 minutes

Interview with CIWM's Dan Cooke

World Environment Day 2026: Why resource management is climate action's underrated lever

World Environment Day 2026 is all about climate action — stepping in, going further, steering a world already on the move. But one of the...
Jun 3, 2026

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change
Metal Recycling

Royal Mint turns prison workshops into a domestic precious metal recycling route

A new partnership between The Royal Mint and Recycling Lives Services is pulling gold and other precious metals out of UK electronic waste...
May 29, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#metals
Recycling

Stadler’s expansion into Japan signals a new era for recycling and waste sorting

German sorting technology specialist STADLER has opened a new office in Japan, bringing its recycling expertise and advanced waste sorting...
May 27, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business news

#press release
IFAT 2026

The world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste, and raw materials management takes place from May 4 to May 7, 2026, at the Messe München.

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Giorgio Colombo, ICMA San Giorgio, on why reconfigurable twin-screw platforms beat dedicated machines

"Flexibility must be engineered, not assumed"

The instinct to reach for dedicated equipment as recycling streams grow more complex is, Giorgio Colombo argues, exactly the wrong...
May 27, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business talk

#chemical recycling
DRS

Automated reusable cups drive waste reduction at international championship

The 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Slovakia became one of the first major sporting events to deploy a fully automated...
May 21, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#artificial intelligence

#business news