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Sustainability

Mind the Gap: Why waste management must be at the center of the circular economy transition

Ambitious targets are easy to set; the systems to deliver them are not. The widening gap between regulatory targets and the infrastructure on the ground runs through India's SWM Rules 2026, textile and e-waste EPR, and the materials that can never be recirculated

Jul 27, 2026

Reading time: about 5 minutes

A greek success story

From landfills to circularity: A conversation on Greece's waste management reforms

Just a few years ago, Greece was among the worst performers in terms of waste management. Yet instead of penalties, it is now receiving...
Jul 20, 2026

Reading time: about 8 minutes
#circular economy

#legislation
E-Waste

Reframing e-waste: From risk to resource in the global supply chain

Kevin Negoro Kasih, Managing Director of BlackForest Solutions, shares cross-border waste chain advice for multinational operators, with...
Jul 17, 2026

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#e-waste
Plastic recycling

Sirmax celebrates 20 years in Poland: from outpost to industrial hub

Today, Sirmax’s Polish site employs 132 people, operates 16 production lines and has an installed capacity of around 85,000 tonnes per...
Jul 15, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#plastic waste
Recycling

STADLER Group highlights waste sorting for a circular economy

As municipal waste volumes continue to rise worldwide, STADLER points to residual waste as one of the most complex – and increasingly...
Jul 14, 2026

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#business news

#circular economy
Recycling

A lasting partnership brings innovative waste sorting to Firminy

At the modernised Firminy sorting centre near Saint-Étienne, more than two decades of collaboration between Suez and Pellenc ST is lifting...
Jul 13, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#press release
Stainless steel, heavy metals and more

TOMRA expands its Dynamic LIBS application range

TOMRA Recycling, the top supplier of sensor-based sorting solutions for the worldwide recycling sector, is broadening the scope of...
Jul 8, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#artificial intelligence

#business news

Aluminium Recycling

Chasing the last one per cent

Benfleet Scrap Co already handled every grade of metal in Essex. For aluminium, the family firm decided good wasn’t good enough and built a...
Jul 7, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#collection and handling

#metals
Circular Economy

Circularity gains a regional champion as CPA joins Recycling Expo Middle East 2026

The Circular Packaging Association will shape the programme at next September's recycling expo in Dubai, putting circularity, viable...
Jun 25, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#circular economy
Waste Wood

Meinhardt Holzwerk invests in modern recovered-wood processing at Mainz-Wiesenau

With stricter quality requirements, excessive fines content and high energy consumption, the recovered wood processing operation at...
Jun 24, 2026

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#business news

#press release
Recycling Expo Middle East

Recycling expo backs planting drive for circularity

The expo is supporting Emirates Environmental Group's "For Our Emirates We Plant" initiative, extending its circular economy commitment...
Jun 23, 2026

Reading time: Less than a minute
#business news

#climate change
Coperion's Peter von Hoffmann on the one extruder that handles every polymer:

"Modularity is a genuine advantage"

As recyclers juggle shorter runs, mixed feedstocks and tighter food-contact rules, extrusion equipment is under pressure to do more without...
Jun 22, 2026

Reading time: about 10 minutes
#business talk

#chemical recycling
BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition

Textile recycling at a crossroads: can policy and the circular economy keep up?

Textile waste volumes are climbing and a wave of new regulation is on the way — but the textile recycling and reuse sector says it is being...
Jun 18, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#event
Glass Recycling

Dryden Aqua and MSort make water filters made from recycled glass

STEINERT's MSort sorting technology turns green and brown recycled glass into AFM® filter media for water treatment.
Jun 17, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#glass
€100 million for Austria’s raw material future

ARA sets new standards in plastics recycling

Thanks to technological innovations, ARA reached the EU recycling rate of 50% for plastic packaging in the household sector in 2025. At the...
Jun 11, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business news

#press release
Starlinger's Paul Niedl on why food-grade recycling is a race past the regulators:

"Regulatory approval is the floor, not the finish line"

Food-contact recycling is usually framed as a race to clear FDA and EFSA approval. Paul Niedl, Commercial Head of Starlinger's recycling...
Jun 9, 2026

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business talk

#chemical recycling
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
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
IFAT 2026

A pioneering diesel shredder marks a new chapter in mobile recycling

Austrian manufacturer Lindner has unveiled an innovative new addition to its Merak 2800 shredder range — a diesel-driven model that frees...
May 21, 2026

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
PRSE

EREMA's plastic recycling breakthrough takes top honour at PRSE 2026

EREMA took home the Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2026 in the "Recycling Machinery Innovation" category at this year's Plastics Recycling...
May 21, 2026

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#event